2013年2月26日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第512回


Dazzle = To overpower with light. To confound with beauty or cleverness.

強い光で目をくらませる。美貌、聡明さで圧倒する。

The young girl dazzled everyone with her beauty.        


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2013年2月12日火曜日

今週のワンポイント英会話 第510回

A world of hurt. = To be in pain or in some trouble.

苦痛に満ちた状況。ひどい目に遭う状況。

From time to time I have to have water taken from my knees.  At that time I'm in a world of hurt.

WIFE AND WINE

My buddy told me that he took his wife to their favorite bar for her birthday celebration.  The owner of the bar gave his wife a bottle of wine for a birthday present.  His wife was thrilled.  
As they were leaving, my bro went to pay the tab.  
The owner charged him the usual tab plus ¥10,000 for the bottle of wine!
This is the kind of bar that I want to stay out of.

*thrill : (自動)感動する、ゾクゾクする  (他動)感動させる 
*bro : 友人
*tab : (レストランなどの)勘定書

2013年2月11日月曜日

Helping hand

Since I'm still on crutches, I was having trouble walking up a flight of stairs in the station when I was helped by a little old lady..... 
who had a walking stick! 
 Smiles all around.