Do you believe VS Can you believe - Student question

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One of my private students asked me....
"What's the difference between the phrases Do you believe and Can you believe?"

Do you believe…?  is a question. It's like saying... "Do you think something is true?"

Do you believe in ghosts?
Jim said he shot 2 holes in one playing golf last weekend! Do you believe him?

Can you believe… is often used as an expression when we hear shocking or unbelievable news.
Can you believe the boss said we can all leave early today! This is great!

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are getting a divorce. Can you believe it!!!

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Good-natured - English expression

~English expression~

 good-natured - adjective - kind, friendly and patient when dealing with people

"Anthony is so good-natured—he finds it difficult to hate anyone."

"The discussion was good-natured and positive."

Good-natured ← Click for pronunciation! (発音)

A good-natured joke = not trying to be mean or negative

*Usually we use the expression good-natured to describe a joke that is misunderstood
"Good-natured jokes are always better than mean tricks on April Fool's Day."

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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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Turn part 2

Turn part 2

From the last blog ~

“My red sock got washed with my white shirts by accident! My shirts have all turned pink!!!” “Brian will turn 35 next month.”

Colors and someone's age are adjectives. (形容詞)

• turned pink
• will turn 35

If one thing turns into a different thing (one noun {名詞} becomes another noun~water to ice eg.) we use the preposition to or into with the verb turn.

“If you put water into the freezer it turns to ice.”

“Brian turned into a real jerk after he became a manager.”

Make a sentence using turn with your open example!

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Autumn leaves changing color (Turn yellow, orange and red)

It's Fall! In this season leaves will become yellow, orange and red! The leaves change color. They will turn yellow, orange and red. (秋になると木の葉の色が変わる.)

In English conversation we use the word turn instead of become.

“Brian will turn 35 next month.” (35 years old)

“My red sock got washed with my white shirts by accident! My shirts have all turned pink!!!”

Tell me where do you like to see the autumn leaves in Japan? Write in the comment section below!

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raining off and on ~ 雨が降ったり止んだり

The weather has been strange lately. 

It was raining off and on today. 

(今日は雨が降ったり止んだりでした。)

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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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