English Recordings

1. Goodbye/Bye-bye!
2. See you soon!
3. See you later!
4. See you tomorrow!
5. Good night!
6. Cheerio!
7. Have a good journey

1. May I introduce you?
2. This is ...
3. Mrs .../ Miss ...
4. Mr ...
5. My husband/wife
6. My son/daughter
7. My brother/sister
8. My boyfriend/girlfriend
9. How do you do?
10. Nice to meet you

1. Good morning/afternoon!
2. Good evening!
3. Hello/Hi!
4. What's your name?
5. My name's ...
6. How are you?
7. Fine thanks. And you?

-Lumbar disc prolapse is herniation of part of the nucleus pulposus through a tear in the annulus fibrosus.

-Anesthesia, Anesthetized.
-Umbilicus.
-Myasthenia gravis.
-Esophagitis, esophago-jejunostomy.
-Reservoir.

[우연히]
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I met him in Seoul accidentally[by chance]. or I came across him in Seoul. or I happened[chanced] 우연히 창밖을 봤는데 걔가 빗속에 서있더라고.
• meet by chance; happen to meet; come[run] across; chance on; run into; bump into 우연히 만나다
• When she went to town, she bumped into an old friend. 그녀는 시내에 갔다가, 우연히 옛 친구를 만났다.
• It was bizarre that we ran[should have run] into each other in such a remote corner of the world. 그렇게 외딴 세계의 한 구석에서 우리가 우연히 만난 것은 기이한 일이었다.
• Last week after I picked up our clothes at the dry cleaner and checked them as I loaded them into the car, I came across an expensive black lace bra, size 36DD.
지난 주 저는 세탁소에서 저희 옷을 찾아 차에 실으면서 옷을 살펴보았는데, 그 속에서 우연히 레이스가 달린 사이즈 36 더블D컵인 비싼 검정색 브라를 발견했어요.
• Daddy, did God mean for you to be like this or was it an accident? 아빠, 하나님이 그래서 아빠도 그렇게 만드신 거야? 아니면 우연히 그렇게 된 거야?
• I met Meg. It was by chance. It's all right. She had no idea who I was. 멕을 만났어. 우연히 만난 거야. 괜찮아. 걘 내가 누군지 전혀 몰랐으니까.
• If a wild boar is encountered, it is better to step back from it, said an official who said the animals usually become aggressive when disturbed. 멧돼지와 우연히 마주치게 되면 피하는 것이 낫다고 한 관계자는 말하고 동물들은 괴롭히면 더 공격적이 된다고 말했다.
• I'm sorry, I couldn't help but overhear. 우연히 대화를 들었습니다
• While I was putting the bookshelves in order, I came across this book. 서가를 정리하다가 우연히 이 책을 찾아냈다
• I happened on a clue to a mystery. 비밀의 열쇠를 우연히 발견했다.
• happen to travel together with a peddler; happen to fall into company with a peddler 우연히 행상인과 길동무가 되다
• They overheard us discussing our plans. 그들이 우리가 계획을 토론하는 것을 우연히 듣게 되었다.
• Chance brought us into mutual acquaintance. 우리는 우연히 서로 알게 되었다
• It happened that we weve both traveling on the same train. 우리는 우연히 같은 열차를 타게 되었다
• I overheard her saying[say] that she would divorce her husband. 그녀가 남편과 이혼하겠다는 말을 우연히 들었다.
• I made this realization one day that Descartes` notion of `I think therefore I am` was wrong. “데카르트의 ‘나는 생각한다 고로 존재한다’라는 개념이 틀렸다는 걸 우연히 깨달았다.
• We overheard him say it.
우리는 우연히 그가 그 말을 하는 것을 들었다.
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[꽤나]
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• Well, you're in an awfully good mood. (기분이 꽤나 좋은가 보네요
• Yeah, that's what we need here. 그래요, 그런 사람이 우리 교회에 꽤나 적합하겠군요
• Well, that is a mighty nice smock. 꽤나 멋진 유니폼이군요
• She... she was pretty freaked out 그게..꽤나 충격이었나봐
• It looks like it was quite a bash. 꽤나 떠들썩한 파티였던거 같군
• It's gotta be costing some serious green. 교정하려면 돈 꽤나 들 텐데요
• You're pretty mouthy today. 오늘 자네 꽤나 입이 살았군
• That was pretty cold, wasn't it? 꽤나 냉혹했어. 그랬지?
• That was a success. 이거 꽤나 성공적이었네
• You are so right about that. 꽤나 잘 아시네요
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[약간]
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• It´s kind of strange. 그것은 약간 이상하다
• I feel a little better today. 오늘은 기분이 약간 좋은 편이다
• A little trim would make it look much better. 약간 자르는 게 훨씬 보기가 낫겠어요
• That picture looks like it´s tilted slightly to the right. 저 그림은 약간 오른쪽으로 기울어진 것 같다
• By the way sir, can you tell me a little about the position? 그런데 제가 할 일에 관해서 약간 여쭤 봐도 될까요?
• I was really full and I had to loosen my belt.
나는 배가 너무 불러 벨트를 약간 풀어야 했다
• Tomorrow, temperatures will be a few degrees higher, with snow expected along the coast line.
내일은 기온이 약간 올라가며 눈은 서해안 지방에만 예상된다.
• She's a good girl. She's a little nuts, but she's a good girl, I 정말 좋은 사람이야. 약간 이상하긴 하지만 정말 좋은 사람인 것 같아.
• Otherwise, please give him some time to get over the loss of your mother. 그렇지 않다면 어머니를 잃은 슬픔을 극복할 수 있도록 약간의 시간을 주시기 바랍니다.
• He’s saved a little money but nothing to speak of. 그는 약간의 돈을 모았지만 이렇다 할 만한 액수는 아니다.
• However, there was one other milder appearance of the yellow dust last month. (하지만 지난 달에 약간의 황사현상이 나타난 적은 있었다.

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[실은]
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• I must confess I don´t know either. 실은 나도 잘 모르겠어
• The truth is this. or I´ll tell you what. 실은 이렇다
• The truth is that I was mistaken. 실은 내 잘못이었어
• He is not as honest as he looks[as he apparently is]. 보매 그는 정직한 것 같지만 실은 그렇지 않다
• I'm not really just taking time off, 실은 휴가차 온 게 아니라
• Actually, I came, uh.. 실은 제가 온 건..
• You know, my, um... 실은 제..
• I'm really more of a researcher. 실은 연구원 쪽에 더 가깝죠
• Actually, we're thinking of doing something with rockets. 실은.. 로켓 종류를 생각 중이야
• Yeah, ah, actually you called me. 실은 당신이 한거죠
• Well, yeah, actually, I had one. 네, 실은 꿈을 꿨어요
• The car’s sturdy appearance lied. 차의 튼튼한 겉모양은 실은 허울뿐이었다.
• With this prolonged slump, the situation is actually pretty touch-and-go. 불경기가 계속돼서 실은 아슬아슬한 상황이다
• Uh, actually, yeah, they have. 실은 있어
• She's better than fine, actually실은 괜찮은 정도가 아니지
• I'm glad you called, actually. 실은 전화해 줘서 다행이에요

I know that Westerners use their first names in most cases, but not in Japan.

The yoga class instructor was American. There was a memorable woman in this class. She was in her 60s, and was widowed a long time ago. She looked forward to the yoga classes every week, and I liked seeing her cheerful face there.

Now, you're probably wondering whether the American instructor spoke Japanese or not. He spoke little Japanese, so he used English as his mainstream speech. All of his students were capable of understanding English, except for the woman.

She did not understand what he said, however, she kept a smile on her face all the time.

After the practice once, I spoke with her for a while.

She said,

" I like the instructor! I'm very very happy to hear the instructor calling me by my first-name-Yumiko. I have never been called Yumiko by anyone for such a long time. Maybe the only time was when I was still a child..."

I couldn't forget her words, and I remember how happy she was at that time. She even did not hear her first-name from her husband, did she?

There must be lots of Japanese people who would feel the same as she did in Japan. It's a little sad..

If you live in Japan, you might have already noticed that Japanese people really love making a toast.

We loudly exclaim, "kan-pai!", in Japanese.

I'm sure that people in other countries make a toast on some occasions, but perhaps not as often as the Japanese.

I often see even small group of people happily make a toast when they commence eating and drinking in Japan. I assume that it has some profound meanings, which I should explore some day.

Speaking of drinking, I met a Japanese girl at a party last year, who had been living in NY for four years. What surprised me was that she drank beer straight from the bottle! It was not just me who was surprised at this.

This is considered an outrageous act in Japan.

Now I know that people in NY drink beer in that way she did, as I've seen it in the movies.

We pour beer into glasses for each other. The women who are quick to notice that someone's glass is almost empty are considered especially attentive. They approach the person with the empty glass, and pour them some more beer. Sadly, I'm not that type of woman. （^^）

I prefer to let people decide for themselves whether they want more or not. However, it has become a custom in Japan, and I should try to be a nice woman at Japanese-style parties. （^^）

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1. What wonderful/terrible weather!
2. It's cold/hot/close
3. I's foggy/windy
4. It's going to stay fine/bad
5. It's going to get warmer/colder
6. It's going to rain/snow
7. It's pouring (down)
8. What's the temperature today?
9. It's twenty degrees Centigrade.
10. It's blowing a gale.
11. The road are icy.
12. Visibility is only 20 metres/less that 50 metres