Miss VS. Mistake - ミス vs. 間違い

Miss VS. Mistake

ミス vs. 間違い

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miss - verb - to fail to hit, catch, reach, etc. something

“The arrow missed the target.”

"I missed the 6:20 train this morning."

Don't miss our big sale this week! All cars are 40% off!"

"Our company missed it's sales targets for August. The boss is really mad!"

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mistake - noun - an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want * We use the noun mistake with the verb make.

“I made a mistake.”

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choice vs. choose

choice vs. choose

choice - noun - choice (between A and B) an act of choosing between two or more possibilities; something that you can choose (選択)
"I have to make a choice, I can have chocolate or vanilla ice cream?"

choose - verb - to decide which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available (選択する)
"I have to choose between chocolate or vanilla, it's hard!"

Vocabulary 単語 - trespass/trespassing

vocabulary – 単語

trespass - verb - trespass (on something) to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter

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"The sign on the fence said No trespassing."

"Pokemon Go has caused some trouble when people trespass on private property trying to catch a Pokemon."

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colorful - 単語

colorful - adjective - full of bright colors or having a lot of different colors

"The male birds are more colorful than the females."

The leaves in my hometown are very colorful in autumn.

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Something smells... くさい！

*That smells. When we say something smells without adding a positive adjective (you smell nice; dinner smells good etc.) it has a bad meaning.

"This bathroom smells!" = the smell is not good

"You smell, didn't you have a shower today!"

If something smells good please add a positive adjective to your sentence...

"There's a nice smell coming from the kitchen, Mom is baking cookies!!!"

"You smell great tonight, I love your perfume."

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English vocabulary (単語) - How to use the word "scenery" in natural conversation

scenery - noun - the natural features of an area, such as mountains, valleys, rivers and forests that are nice to look at
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"I love Hakone! (in Japan) The lake, the scenery, the people and the hot springs are great!"

"We had a lovely honeymoon in Hawaii. The weather and the scenery were so beautiful."

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The scenery in Scotland.
スコットランドの景色.

another - (もう一つの、別の、ほかの) how to use it naturally in English

another = one more; an extra thing or person

"I ate a piece of cake, it was very tasty so I had another!"

(One more piece of cake.)

"As soon as I finished my task at work my boss gave me another... I will work overtime tonight."

(I have an extra task to do now)

"Another Starbucks is opening downtown next week. There will be 8 cafes in 3 blocks!"

(One more Starbucks is coming)

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word of mouth - common English expression (英語表現)

word of mouth - because people tell each other and not because they read about it

"The news spread by word of mouth."

"Positive word of mouth advertising is great for businesses."

"Most companies are worried about bad word of mouth."

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The film had good word-of-mouth publicity.
 その映画には、良い口コミ宣伝があった.

English vocabulary - confident

Are you confident using English? Let's look at 2 ways to use the word CONFIDENT

Confident is an adjective. It can mean:
~ feeling sure about your own ability to do things and be successful

"She a relaxed, confident person. People felt very comfortable around her."

"The teacher wants the students to feel confident about asking questions when they don't understand."

It can also mean:
~ feeling certain that something will happen in the way that you want or expect

"The team is confident they will win the championship."

"I'm confident that you will get the job."

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Enjoy pt. 3

We can also enjoy ourselves!

enjoy yourself = to be happy and get pleasure from what you are doing

"They all enjoyed themselves at the party."

Enjoy pt. 2

Another common use:

I rarely watch dramas but I really enjoyed "The Notebook."

Be careful... this sentence is not natural English.

"I enjoyed skiing on my vacation."

BETTER

"I went skiing on my vacation. It was fun!"

*We can say "I enjoy playing tennis."

- This means I like playing tennis. This is fun for me.

Enjoy something

Here is a natural way that you might hear a native speaker use enjoy:

~ "We really enjoyed our time in New York."

~ "Thanks for a great evening. I really enjoyed it."

We always enjoy something

This sounds strange:

A: "How was the party?"

B: "I enjoyed." X

This is better:

A: "How was the party?"

B: "It was fun, I enjoyed it." ✔

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Up and Down VS Sideways

When you take a photo or video with your smartphone do you hold it....

Up and down

or...Sideways

Thin part 2 ~ other uses

Thin ~ other uses

Meaning not fat = not covered with much flesh 

"He was tall and thin, with dark hair."

For hair = not growing closely together or in large amounts 

thin grey hair

For liquid = containing more liquid than is normal or expected 

"The sauce was thin and tasteless."

For smoke = fairly easy to see through 

 

"They fought their way through to where the smoke was thinner."

For air = containing less oxygen than normal 

"At high altitudes the air is very thin."

Thick part 2 ~ other uses

Thick ~ other uses

For hair/fur/trees = growing closely together in large numbers

thick dark hair

"His eyebrows were thick and bushy."

a thick forest

For liquid  = not flowing very easily

thick soup

For fog/smoke/air = difficult to see through; difficult to breathe in

"The plane crashed in thick fog."

thick smoke

For a stupid person = (informal) slow to learn or understand things

"Are you thick, or what?"

convenient VS convenience ~ 便利 VS 利便性

convenient VS  convenience

convenient - adjective - useful, easy or quick to do; not causing problems (便利)

"Trains in Tokyo are very convenient and usually on time."

convenience - noun - the quality of being useful or easy for somebody (利便性)

"We have provided seats for the convenience of our customers."

*The adjective form convenient is used most of the time.

"Tokyo is a convenient place to live."

"Living beside a grocery store is very convenient."

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thick VS thin

thick VS thin
厚い VS 細い

thick - adjective - having a larger distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal

thin - adjective - having a smaller distance between opposite sides or surfaces than other similar objects or than normal

a thick book (= one that has a lot of pages) ~ a thin book (= one that doesn't have many pages)

Learn English with 外来語! - 外来語クイズ

Gairaigo (外来語) is Japanese for "loan word" or "borrowed word." 

It is a word borrowed from another language.

Let's look at loan words from English today. 

Often the 外来語 is a short version of the original word. For example:

コンビニ (conbini) is short for 'convenience store.'

デパート (depaato) is short for 'department store.'

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Do you know these words in English?

1) リモコン
2) エアコン
3) ホーム (駅で)

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