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Filling out a tax return

Me Phew. I finally finished tax return! I asked to skip the last week's lesson because I was busy with this. Katie Oh do...
culture

White day gift

March 14th was White Day. It may not be familiar in countries except for Japan. It is the day that men give presents to ...
life

Fukuoka and Davao tradition

An "oyster house" is Fukuoka's winter tradition. There are many restaurants where you can eat oysters like barbecue. I t...
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...
culture

How to win his heart on valentine’s day

I heard a something interesting about Valentine’s Day from a friend of mine who lives in Spain. Normally, men treat thei...
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The worlds customs of Valentine’s Day.

Me So, February 14th is Valentine's Day. Normally, women give men chocolates in Japan. But, I heard that the customs in ...
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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

I told with the Pilipino tutor the other day. She showed me new year party's picture. There was a Christmas tree, I aske...
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Japanese Christmas dinner

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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time scheduling

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

The other day, in an online English lesson, I got into a conversation about snacks with a tutor from the Philippines. Th...
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...
Family

The effect of Super Mario

Not long ago, my son sometimes refused to goto kindergarten. So, I make a domestic rule. It's "If you don't go to kinder...
COVID-19

The jobs get serious damage from COVID-19

Today, for lunch, I decided to go to a Sri Lankan curry shop that I've always been interested in. But, the restaurant op...
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...
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UNIT 138. Phrasal Verbs 5 on/off(2)

A Verb + on = continue doing something ------------------------------ drive on / walk on / play on = continue walking/dr...
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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...
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UNIT 136. Phrasal Verbs 3 out

A ------------------------------ out = not burning, not shining go out - Suddenly all the lights in the building went ou...
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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...
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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...
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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?) -...
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UNIT 132. Verb + Preposition 4 of/for/from/on

A Verb + of ------------------------------ accuse / suspect somebody OF ... - Sue accused me of being selfish. - Some st...
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UNIT 131. Verb + Preposition 3 about and of

A ------------------------------ dream ABOUT ... (when you are asleep) - I dreamed about you last night. dream OF/ABOUT ...
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UNIT 130. Verb + Preposition 2 about/for/of/after

A Verb + about ------------------------------ talk / read / know ABOUT ... tell somebody ABOUT ... - We talked about a l...
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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...
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UNIT 128. Adjective + Preposition 2

A Adjective + of(1) ------------------------------ afraid / frightened / terrified / scared OF ... - "Are you afraid of ...
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UNIT 127. Adjective + Preposition 1

A It was nice of you to ... ------------------------------ nice / kind / good / generous / polite / stupid / silly, etc....
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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 /...
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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...