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March 14th was White Day. It may not be familiar in countries except for Japan. It is the day that men give presents to ...
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life Instagram abbreviation
The other day, a Filipino tutor called Instagram "IG". He thought it was obvious, but is this a major expression? By the...
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Me So, February 14th is Valentine's Day. Normally, women give men chocolates in Japan. But, I heard that the customs in ...
Chat Style Using English for work
Me For my next work, there is a development team in India. So, the client said you can use English in the meetings. It i...
culture Christmas tree customs around the world
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me Hey! How was your Christmas? Many Japanese people eat Kentucky Fried Chicken for Christmas, but is it true that peopl...
culture Chaotic Christmas party
The other day, in an online English lesson, I got into a conversation about snacks with a tutor from the Philippines. Th...
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Katie Today's lesson, we planned to start 11:00 PM Japan time. But I can start 10:00 PM as usual. How about you? me Than...
life The Maniacal Story of Kit Kat
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life Request to subscribe to Youtube channel
I went to the a concert the other day. While I was waiting for it, I was approached by a local TV talent and asked to su...
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life The game music that has been loved for many years.
These day, my son is really into Tetris by Nintendo Switch. You can play it for free. He enjoys not only playing the gam...
grammar UNIT 139. Phrasal Verbs 6 up/down
A Compare up and down ------------------------------ put something up (on a wall, etc.) - I put some picture up on the w...
grammar UNIT 138. Phrasal Verbs 5 on/off(2)
A Verb + on = continue doing something ------------------------------ drive on / walk on / play on = continue walking/dr...
grammar UNIT 137. Phrasal Verbs 4 on/off(1)
A on and off for lights, machines, etc. ------------------------------ We say: the light is on / put the light on / leav...
grammar UNIT 136. Phrasal Verbs 3 out
A ------------------------------ out = not burning, not shining go out - Suddenly all the lights in the building went ou...
grammar UNIT 135. Phrasal Verbs 2 in/out
A Compare in and out: ------------------------------ in = into a room, a building, a car, etc. - How did the thieves get...
grammar UNIT 134. Phrasal Verbs 1 Introduction
A We often use verbs with the following words: in on up away around about over by out off down back through along forwar...
grammar UNIT 133. Verb + Preposition 5 in/into/with/to/on
A Verb + in ------------------------------ believe IN ... - Do you believe in God? (= Do you believe that God exists?) -...
grammar UNIT 132. Verb + Preposition 4 of/for/from/on
A Verb + of ------------------------------ accuse / suspect somebody OF ... - Sue accused me of being selfish. - Some st...
grammar UNIT 131. Verb + Preposition 3 about and of
A ------------------------------ dream ABOUT ... (when you are asleep) - I dreamed about you last night. dream OF/ABOUT ...
grammar UNIT 130. Verb + Preposition 2 about/for/of/after
A Verb + about ------------------------------ talk / read / know ABOUT ... tell somebody ABOUT ... - We talked about a l...
grammar UNIT 129. Verb + Preposition 1 to and at
A Verb + to ------------------------------ talk / speak TO somebody (with is also possible but less common) - Who was th...
grammar UNIT 128. Adjective + Preposition 2
A Adjective + of(1) ------------------------------ afraid / frightened / terrified / scared OF ... - "Are you afraid of ...
grammar UNIT 127. Adjective + Preposition 1
A It was nice of you to ... ------------------------------ nice / kind / good / generous / polite / stupid / silly, etc....
grammar UNIT 126. Noun + Preposition (reason for, cause of, etc.)
A Noun + for ... ------------------------------ a check FOR (a sum of money) - They sent me a check for $200. a demand /...
grammar UNIT 125. By
A We use by in many expressions to say how we do something. For example, you can: send something by mail do something by...
grammar UNIT 124. In/at/on (Other Users)
A Expressions with in in the rain / in the sun(=sunshine) / in the shade / in the dark / in bad weather, etc. - We sat i...