Today we're talking about a phrasal verb that you can use to talk about those times that you don't know what to say. Those moments in meetings or presentations when someone asks you a question, or you get to a challenging part of what you're saying and you stop talking. You just can't find the right words. Maybe you'll find this a useful phrasal verb to describe what sometimes happens to many of us!

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Silence... sudden silence... Are you OK?

In this episode, we'll cover the basics of meeting someone in Swahili. You'll learn key phrases and tips for making a good first impression, whether you're traveling or connecting with Swahili speakers in your community

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Introduction : Meeting Someone in Swahili 

Deux amis sortent ensemble.
Voilà leur interaction.
Bonne écoute!

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Sortie entre amis - A2

Bienvenidos al podcast "aprende español hablando". En este podcast y en lo siguientes, hablaremos del significado y de la importancia de las expresiones idiomáticas. En cada podcast, aprenderemos el significado de 4-5 expresiones idiomáticas con ejemplos prácticos y fáciles.

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Aprende español hablando. Expresiones idiomáticas.

Listen to this episode to see what those meanings are and how you can use them in your own sentences straight away!

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'Stand Up' As A Phrasal Verb Has Many Meanings You Need To Know

The people you meet might respond to uncertainty differently than you. Consider seeing things from their point of view and adapting a little. Listen to this story of Nicole and Susan. 

Nicole likes routines and likes to plan in advance. Every Sunday she spends the afternoon and evening at her parents’ house. Every Monday she meets her best friend for lunch and every Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings she goes to a café and reads. Having some control over what’s going to happen makes her feel safe. Then one day Nicole meets Susan. Susan never plans things in advance, is always late, and prefers to be flexible. She likes to make decisions based on how she’s feeling that day and feels that doing the same thing is limiting. Nicole tried to make plans to meet for coffee in advance, Susan sounds uninterested, but she never gives her definite answers. Her behavior really annoys Nicole. 

With people who don’t mind uncertainty …

Remember that you can learn a lot from the unknown and the unfamiliar.
Show flexibility.
For example:
For me, either way is fine.
Let me know what you’re comfortable with.


With people who avoid uncertainty …

Offer details when making decisions.
Provide a context with background information. 
For example:
The reason I do it this way is…
Let me explain why (I’m doing this).

Show you understand the importance of structure and plans. 
I understand the (structure/flexibility) is important / means a lot to you.
I can see why you (spend time on planning).

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Adapting to different ways of dealing with uncertainty

Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation states that:
Every mass attracts every other mass in the universe with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
Let’s break this down in a way that applies to language acquisition. Imagine that:
•	One “mass” is you, the learner.
•	The other “mass” is the language you are trying to learn.
•	The “force” is the attraction or motivation pulling you toward fluency.
•	The “distance” is how far you currently are from using the language fluently and comfortably.






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Tip 64 - How to apply Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation into Language Learning

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#171〉3月10日金曜日　天気/雨　気温/6℃ 

松前町/まつまえちょう
函館市/はこだてし
・桜開花予想
・松前町は来月22日
・函館市は来月24日
・去年秋以降の気温や、今後の気温を予想して決める。
・向こう一ヶ月の気温は高め

［単語］
開花/かいか…花が咲く
予想/よそう…将来どうなるか考える
以降/いこう…その時間のあと
向こう/むこう…これから
高め/たかめ…少し高い




レッスン待ってます♪

北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#171〉　桜開花予想　来月22日

A bluefin tuna was sold for 36.04 million yen -- around $273,000 -- at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The price of the 212-kilogram fish was more than double that of the most expensive fish at last year's New Year's auction: a 211-kilogram fish that sold for 16.88 million yen -- at that time worth $145,000.

Both fish were caught off the coast of the town of Oma in Aomori prefecture.

This year's auction began at 5:10 a.m. on January 5, and around 230 tuna were sold in just 15 minutes.

Seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought this year's most expensive fish for the sushi restaurant Ginza Onodera. The tuna was served to the restaurant's customers later that same day.

This is the third year in a row that Yamayuki has bought the most expensive tuna. However, prices had fallen in recent years as the restaurant industry suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yamayuki's president Yukitaka Yamaguchi told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the increased price this year "is good news that symbolizes the gradual recovery from the pandemic."

This year's top price was the sixth highest since records began being kept in 1999.

The highest price recorded was at the New Year's auction in 2019 -- just after Tokyo's fish market moved from Tsukiji to Toyosu. At that auction, a 278-kilogram fish was sold for 333.6 million yen -- at that time $3 million -- to Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain.