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Let's start with your first few words in Spanish.

4 Minutes Spanish - Complete Course for beginners

Your first few words in Spanish

手土産って難しい・・・

GWに関西に帰り、旦那と私、両家の母親の合計４人で食事に行った。
旦那のお義母さんは、２つも手土産を持ってきていた。１つは京都の名産であるタケノコ、もう１つは高そうな和菓子だった。一方、私の母は１つしか手土産を持ってきていなかった。しかもリーズナブルな大阪のお菓子だ。その手土産は相手が持って帰るときに重くならないようにと選んだのだが、何とも言えない気持ちになった。
次回からは手土産なしで会を開こうと思う。

izm's room

手土産って難しい

LUKE: Hello? Hi, Stephanie, how are things at the office?
STEPHANIE: Hi, Luke! How are you? Can you please stop and pick up 
extra paper for the computer printer?
LUKE: What did you say? Can you repeat that, please? Did you 
say to pick up ink for the printer? Sorry, the phone is 
cutting out.
STEPHANIE: Can you hear me now? No, I need more computer paper. 
Listen, I’ll text you exactly what I need. Thanks, Luke. 
Talk to you later.
LUKE: Thanks, Stephanie. Sorry, my phone has really bad
reception here.



LANGUAGE NOTES
• There are a few ways to express a lack of understanding and to request additional 
information. The most common ones are stated, but you can also say “Excuse me” or 
simply “I can’t hear you.” In a more formal situation, try saying “I’m sorry?” or “I beg 
your pardon?” (with a rising intonation).
• When asking someone to clarify information try saying Can you please repeat that? / 
Can you spell that for me? / Can you please write down the address for me?
• Cutting out describes a difficulty in understanding a caller due to poor cellphone 
reception. If you are having trouble understanding the caller, you can also say The 
line is breaking up / I am losing you. If the phone call is disconnected because of poor 
reception, you can say The call dropped.
• Talk to you later is the equivalent in a phone conversation of “See you later” in a 
regular, face-to-face conversation.
• Reception here means the availability of cellular service, the possibility to receive and 
give calls on a cellphone. Cellphone reception can be limited in remote areas, inside 
large buildings or underground (in the subway, for instance).

English Conversation practice (30-day challenge)

Day 7: Asking them to repeat

A Korean romantic comedy series about a woman who goes on a blind date with her boss.

Vocabulary:
proposal: asking someone to marry you
reject: to refuse someone
CEO: Chief Executive Officer, the boss of a company
great-grandchildren: the children of your grandchildren (I accidentally said grandchildren in the episode instead of great-grandchildren.) 
archaeopteryx: a bird-like dinosaur
fiancee: the woman you're engaged to, (the male equivalent is fiance.)
worry doll: a small doll you tell your worries to, this originated in Guatemala
gossip: rumors about the personal life of others
blind date: going on a date with someone you've never met

Phrases:
to pass away: to die
the lengths she goes to: extra effort someone does to achieve something
a running joke: a shared joke or a joke repeated throughout something
to talk behind someone's back: to say bad things about someone when they're not around
a white lie: lying about something small

Learn English with Stories

Movie Series: Business Proposal

Practice pronunciation with the 60-sec audios, here!
https://www.azumiism.com/2022/03/japanese-learning/lets-practice-japanese-pronunciation-with-scripts/#item2

Reviewing Japanese Grammar via Genki1

Let's Review Lesson 5, Genki 1

Что бы вы посоветовали автору?

Russfriend  (all about russia) 

А.П. Чехов. "Как я делал предложение"

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
〈#107〉8月26日金曜日　　天気/くもり　気温/23℃ 

・銭湯の大人料金30円値上げ480円にするために、北海道にお願い
・燃料費が上がってるため
・銭湯の料金は、都道府県で決まる。

［単語］
銭湯/せんとう…みんなで入る大きなおふろ
料金/りょうきん…値段のこと
値上げ/ねあげ…料金を高くする
燃料費/ねんりょうひ…お風呂の水を温めるための物のお金
都道府県/とどうふけん…東京都、北海道、大阪府、京都府、43の県


〈美和Miwa〉
日本語の先生
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レッスン待ってます♪
