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Words and Phrases #29
What is your name? おなまえは Well, I don’t know さあ、わかりません I suppose your wife is Japanese おくさんは にほんじん でしょう China ちゅうごく Chinese person ちゅうごくじん Tea おちゃ Won’t you drink tea? おちゃを のみませんか To drink … more →
My Japanese Study Blog
Speaking Part 2: Using Formula Structure
wrote 3 hours ago: A student asked me whether the following formula is useful for speaking part 2: I guess I could begi … more →
English 101
wrote 18 hours ago: Sorry for the MIA-ness everybody. Having recently ended a relationship and then immediately started … more →
Listening for "all kind" of music
wrote 1 day ago: “What kind of music do you listen to?” That´s the question you might ask when makng con … more →
No use crying over spilled milk, or is there?
wrote 2 days ago: We were walking into work today, my mother and I, and we both had our hands full. I was carrying my … more →
My favorite phrases
wrote 3 days ago: “Fortune doesn’t favor fools!” – Miss Fortune “I’m not myself, I … more →
Words, words, words, kissing
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wrote 3 days ago: I’ve been poring over medical vocabulary all night, looking stuff up and making orderly lists, … more →
Shiny, shimmering, splendid
wrote 3 days ago: shiny, shimmering, splendid: sung to the tune of the first line of the Aladdin classic hit. Sometime … more →
Bargaining.
wrote 4 days ago: Not only in shopping, but in life. You can’t always just go with whatever’s being given … more →
People Are Not Ice Cream Annoying Phrases 101
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wrote 6 days ago: I have a friend who constantly refers to her partner as gourmet Ice Cream. At first when she began s … more →
"Run Forrest, run!"
wrote 6 days ago: Anyone else is sick of this phrase any time some one is running away? The movie was fine and the sce … more →
Clouds N Cups Fashion Accessories - Beauty is not just skin deep
wrote 1 week ago: Our fashion accessories blog is up!! (http://cncfashionaccessories.wordpress.com/) This blog will … more →
All quote books have been delivered..,
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wrote 1 week ago: All copies of Am I Just A Quote Machine have been delivered to my teachers (history & economics, … more →
Say What?
wrote 1 week ago: Do you ever stop to wonder from where particularly common phrases come? Sometimes I do. I looked at … more →
Explaining 'fell' in one fell swoop
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wrote 1 week ago: For years I’ve been reading the phrase at/in one fell swoop, and even using it occasionally, w … more →
Climate crisis : Conservatives coined "climate change" because it does not sound as alarming as global warming. George Lakoff
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"I have good reaction timing"
wrote 1 week ago: It´s so funny when guys always try to prove they have good reaction timing. If they catch something … more →
The Weight of a Word
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wrote 1 week ago: Words are easily spoken But don’t weigh the same. Some are frivolous Others cause pain. … more →
Touche
wrote 1 week ago: This word, touché, has nothing to do with the verb touch. It comes from French and it is used by the … more →
Game of Thrones: The Houses and Their Words
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wrote 1 week ago: These beautiful graphics each represent a powerful house in the Song of Ice and Fire Universe [ie. G … more →
