2018-08-17から1日間の記事一覧

7/18: 四半期

7/12: Please / Could you

Pleaseはちょっと命令っぽくて強いので、Could youにしたほうがソフトになる。 There's a slight difference between the following two sentences. Could you tell me when the film will be ready? Please tell me when the film will be ready. Both are …

7/6: 電車の遅延

調整中な場合は、under maintenanceで良い。 When trains are delayed because they're being maintained, we say that they are under maintenance.

7/4: on hand / make sure that 〜

手元にない。 On hand --- 〜するわー、って言うとき。 When we want to express that we'll definitely do something, we use "make sure that〜". ex) I'll make sure to bring spares next time.

7/3: スケジュールの調整について

(c)は時間割を変える場合。 (d)は日程の変更。 c) Could you change the schedule? d) Could you reschedule 〜? If we use (c), we're asking someone to make changes to an existing schedule. We use this if we are talking about the schedule in the …

6/28: different "include" and "contain"

材料について話をするときは、containを使うらしい。 When asking about ingredients, we do not use "include". We use "contain".

6/27: you can find 〇〇

〜はXXXにありますよー、という表現をする場合。 場所の指定。 These dumplings are located in the frozen foods section behind me. You can find these dumplings in the frozen foods section behind me. Both sentences tell the customer where the du…

6/25: A, An, The / Direct, Firsthand

クラスがa/anで、インスタンスがtheみたいなイメージなのかなーと。 Whenever we use a singular, countable noun we must use an article. This can be the definite article (“the”), or the indefinite article (“a/an”). When talking about a specific …

6/19: of / arrangeについて

ofについて ofは所属、forは関連付け。 1) In English, we really only use "of" to indicate that one thing belongs to another thing. the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel The Sistine Chapel is inanimate, so it doesn't possess its ceiling, but the …

6/18, 19: Aboutを使わないケース / Let me look over ○○ now

Let’s go over when and how to use “about”. “About” usually means “on the subject of” or “connected with”. It can be used with some words, and can never be used with others. mention, explain, discuss, aware, consider, descriptionといった単…