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About Kids
I met two friends the first day in a while yesterday. They both had a baby only a few months ago, so I could meet their babies for the first time. One is a boy and the other is a girl, and of course they're so cute. However they cry very soon you know, so their mothers have no time to rest whole day...Caring child is very tough thing. I respect my mother who raised me and my brothers again. I'm not too confident about that now.
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The TOEIC test
It was the second TOEIC test yesterday. I felt it could be better than last time, but the time was still short for me to solve all reading section. The test's content is 100 listening problems and 100 reading problems to solve within 2 hours. So I think the most important thing to finilize them all is the speed to solve each problem.
I tried to deal with them so fast, but I didn't finished them all unfortunately. I was disappointed.
However, in fact some people can solve all problems within the limited time. So I could do it if I practice harder.
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How do you say ”くせがある” in English?
Hi. Could I ask you a question? It is a little thing.
I went to a new cafe near my house the other day, it was the Bali style. I tried to order a Bali coffee, and I asked the owner who took my order "I'd like to this Bali coffee, but I have never drunk yet. What kind of tastes?"
She said "すこしくせがあります".
”くせがある” is very popular pharase in Japan, it is used for someone's personality or food's taste or someon's writing character and so on. I suppose that "くせがある" means something strange and not ordinary.
In this case, what is the best phrase in English? If you have any ideas, please tell me. Thank you.
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About the word ”わかりません” in Japanese
Hello, everyone.
I have a question about the title.
We often use the word "わかりません" in Japanese, and I suppose you also use the word in English. However there are a few sentences meaning "わかりません” in English, right?
For example, "I don't know", " I'm not sure", "I don't make sence" and so on.
Of course I understand I have to use these sentenses in each proper situation, but I use "I don't know" all the time in any situation.
So please tell me proper situation when I use these sentences.
Thank you.
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A Jaapanese word "いろいろ" in English
いろいろ is very convenient to use in Japanese conversation.
e.g) 私は先週末、いろいろな場所へ行きました( I went to many places last week. )
この道具は、いろいろな用途に使えます( This tool can use in various way.)
最近いろいろと悩んでしまいます( I'm worried about some thing recently.)
What kind of words or phrases can I substitute for いろいろ?
Please tell me if my e.g. sentences are not natural.
Thank you.
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How would you say ... in English?
When I want to say "~ができなくて残念(ざんねん)でした” in Japanese, how would you say like that in English?
For example, "The other day I went to climb a mountain near my house, but my condition was not good. So I was on my way to top of the mountain I gave up to climb. It was really disappointed me."
Is the last sentence natural? I looked up my dictionary, I found a lot of words meaning "ざんねん".
(pity, regret, sorrow, shame and so on)
But I didn't know which is the best word fitting my situation.
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How do you say にちようひん in English?
When I want to say "I'm going to a supermarket for goods(e.g toilet papers, laundy detergent, hand soap or so) How do you say in English?
Daily necessaries? Toiletries? Commodity? What else?
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The somniloquy
I seem to have much talking in sleep. I sometimes wake up other people who sleep in a same room with me by my somniloquy. Of course I was not conscious of it, but the person who woke up by my somniloquy said to me "You said something loudly in sleep last night." Every time I heard like that I felt I was so sorry.
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I dreamt a dream in English
I dreamt a dream in English last night.
I didn't remember that very much, but it might be about "The Peanuts" which is the famous American cartoon. The snoopy played in a ground in my dream and spoke English. When I woke up, I felt somehow strange. Because I have never dreamt in English before. I was a little surprised.
I think it might affect my dreams what I study English in daytime. It could have something changing in my brain.
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What is the difference
What is the difference the words "thing" between "stuff"?
I often see the word "stuff" used for meaning "thing" by native speakers.
What kind of using "stuff"? Could I use it the same as "thing"?
Thank you.
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