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jiāng江nán南
hàn汉yuè乐fǔ府
jiāng江nán南kě可cǎi采lián莲，
lián莲yè叶hé何tián田tián田，
yú鱼xì戏lián莲yè叶jiān间。
yú鱼xì戏lián莲yè叶dōng东，
yú鱼xì戏lián莲yè叶xī西，
yú鱼xì戏lián莲yè叶nán南，
yú鱼xì戏lián莲yè叶běi北。

跟着Susan学诗词/Learning Chinese Poetry with me

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You can meet in Turkish with this section

Turkish for beginners

Lets meet in Turkish

夏料理と聞いて、何を連想しますか？
夏はやっぱり冷たくてのどごしがいいものが食べたくなりますよね。
今回は、アヤが好きな夏っぽいものについて話します。

What first comes to your mind when you think of a summer dish? 
It might be the season for the food that is cool and feels good going down.
This time, Aya talks about her favorite summery food.

♤ キーワード 
・バグる（gone buggy）
・豆板醤（トウバンジャン：Chinese chili bean sauce） 
・ふりかけ（rice seasoning）
・ピリ辛（ピリから：a little spicy）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ 
1. アヤさんが食べた夏っぽいものは？ 
2. アヤさんのご主人がそれを残した理由は？ 

♢ 前回のクイズの答え 
1.  フミさんがこの夏したいことは？ 
→ ５キロ痩せること 
2. それを続けるために、アヤはどんなアドバイスをした？ 
→ 今回をラストチャンスだと思う！ 

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アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 09：夏料理

To and for are some of the most common prepositions in English—you see them everywhere, in almost every sentence. That’s what makes it so frustrating to get them mixed up; after all, the for and to difference isn’t exactly easy to understand.

Word pairings that use to:
access to
addiction/addicted to
attraction/attracted to
change to
contribute to
dedicate/dedication to
new to
react/reaction to
refer/reference to
respond/response to
threat to
transition to
to some extent
to [someone’s] surprise
to [someone’s] face
to this day
Common phrasal verbs with to:

get around to
get down to
get to
look up to
see to
Word pairings that use for
advertise/advertisement for
approval for
argue/argument for
care for
cure for
hunger/hungry for
pay for
recipe for
room for
search for
study for
talent for
thirst/thirsty for
for a living
for a while
for free
for good
for now
for sale
for starters
for sure
for the best
for the record
for the time being
Common phrasal verbs with for:

go for
look for
look / watch out for

Dusty's LETS TALK!

To vs. For: What’s the Difference?

❄️Today is “立冬Lì Dōng“, the solar term of beginning of winter.Don't get cold, put some clothes on! We will learn about the tomorrow’s American election and some useful words in the political domain! Don’t miss out this episode.  

❄️今天是「立冬」，多穿点衣服，别着凉了。我们今天会学到有关明天美国大选的新闻，还有跟政治有关系的字喔。不要错过这一集的内容！   

[00:00] introduction
[03:44] explanation
[11:14] discussion   

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#29 美国中期选举进入冲刺阶段

Ascolta il dialogo per imparare ad acquistare una crema per il viso!

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Acquistare una crema per il viso

In this episode, Karen and Baiwei chatted about scams and their personal experiences with online scams.

Chillchat (Learn Chinese and Chill)

Scams！诈骗！

This episode is part two of Salary Expectations: How to Answer This Interview Question.

You learned to reassure the interviewer that you are reasonable and won’t give them a headache about salary down the line. In this episode, you will learn the definitions of five new English idioms and phrases, including definitions for “give (someone) a headache” and “down the line.”

You'll also get some homework at the end so you can continue to improve your English communication skills. Tune in to continue building your English vocabulary with new idioms and phrases! 

Episode originally published on December 4, 2020.

Original theme music by Lucas Knutter 

Read the transcript at https://www.express-to-impress.com/idioms-phrases/

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