2023/04/19 Cambly : Mealtime Customs

Who usually prepares the meals in your house?

I usually prepares the meals. I like cooking.

How about you?

 

Do you usually eat alone or with others?

I eat breakfast with partner, lunch alone, and dinner from time to time.

 

Are good table manners important to you?

I don't care that much about table manners.

But the use of chopsticks is Japanese, so it may seem harsh from a foreigner's point of view.

For example, do not stick your chopsticks into the rice.

 

 

 

 

DUO Section 04 ~ 05

Section 04

inhabitant  noun

(resident)

one of the people who live in a particular place:

radiation  noun

1. a form of energy that comes especially from nuclear reactions, which in large amounts is very harmful to living things:

overlook

(miss/ do not notice)

1. to not notice something, or not see how important it is

- It is easy to overlook a small detail like that.

2. to forgive someone’s mistake, bad behaviour etc and take no action:

if anything

(rather)

used when you are adding something to emphasize what you have just said

Sam didn’t seem too disappointed at losing. If anything, he seemed relieved that it was all over.

cultivate  verb

(raise/ grow)

1. to prepare and use land for growing crops and plants:

- The land was too rocky to cultivate.

2. to plant and take care of a particular crop

We cultivated maize and watermelons.

■ in person

■ by far

■ prominent (distinguished)

Section 05

■ entitle (give ... the right)

■ compensate

■ no less than

■ intense

■ strain

■ bend

■ stiff (hard/ tough)

■ herbal

■ remedy (therapy)

■ cattle

■ let alone

■ forbid (ban/ prohibit)

■ classify (categorize)

■ beyond the reach of

■ boast

■ ethical (moral)

■ sore (painful)

■ owing to (because of/ due to)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DBZ 068

■ convince

You must allow me to convince you.

やってみれば分かるさ。思い知るだろうぜ、オレの強さを。(ベジータ)

 

■ persist

■ defiance

Why do you persist in this pointless defiance of master Freeza…?

きさま なぜフリーザ様に逆らおうとする…。(ザーボン)

 

■ sheer

I've respected the hard reality of his sheer power as long as I had to… But now that I know that there's a source for eternal life…!

これまではヤツの力にねじ伏せられて、やむを得ず言うなりになっていたが、永遠の命を手に入れられることを知った。(ベジータ)

 

■ capability

■ transcend

■ compehend

Master Freeza's capabilities transcend anything you can comprehend…

フリーザ様の実力はそんな次元すらはるかに超越しておられる…。(ザーボン)

 

■ gutless

■ sycophant

Will you gutless sycophants never admit the truth?!!

くだらねえデタラメをぬかしやがって…‼︎ おしゃべりは、もうお終いだ‼︎

 

■ arrogance

Watch the arrogance!

自惚れやがって…!(ザーボン)

 

■ dreaded

What Master freeza dreaded was a union of all the saiyans! Alone you are Nothing!!

フリーザ様が恐れてたのは徒党を組んだサイヤ人だ! たったひとりでは何もできまい!(ザーボン)

 

■ lain

■ dormant

And that's awakened the power that's lain dormant in me for years…

だがそのせいでキサマは長年眠らせていた私の真の力を目覚めさせてしまった…。(ザーボン)

DUO Section01 ~ 03

■ assure  verb

1. to tell someone that something will definitely happen or is definitely true so that they are less worried

- Her doctor has assured us that she’ll be fine.

The document is genuine, I can assure you.

2. to make something certain to happen or to be achieved

A win on Saturday will assure them ofpromotion to Division One.

■ turn out

■ pillar

1. a tall upright round post used as a support for a roof or bridge

■ subtle  adjective

1. not easy to notice or understand unlessyou pay careful attention

The pictures are similar, but there are subtle differences between them.

■ scent  noun

1. a pleasant smell that something has

- a yellow rose with a lovely scent

■ soak  verb

1. if you soak something, or if you let it soak, you keep it covered with a liquid for a period of time, especially in order to make it softer or easier to clean

Let the pans soak; I’ll wash them later.

■ scarcely  adverb

1. almost not or almost none at all

- The city had scarcely changed in 20 years.

It was getting dark and she couldscarcely see in front of her.

■ prose  noun

1. written language in its usual form, as opposed to poetry

■ encyclopedia

1. a book or CD, or a set of these, containing facts about many different subjects, or containing detailed facts about one subject:

■ quote  verb

1. to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written:

He quoted a short passage from the Bible.

■ fable  noun

1. a traditional short story that teaches a moral lesson, especially a story about animals:

■ contemporary  adjective

1. belonging to the present time

■ next to

■ at times

■ more or less

■ those who

■ beyond description

■ move over

■ abstract  adjective

1. based on general ideas or principles rather than specific examples or real events

- Human beings are the only creatures capable of abstract thought(=thinking about ideas).

■ beg

1. to ask for something in an anxious or urgent way, because you want it very much:

She begged and pleaded with themuntil they finally agreed.

■ apt  adjective

be apt to do something

1. to have a natural tendency to do something

Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.

2. exactly right for a particular situation or purpose

‘Love at first sight’ is a very apt description of how he felt when he saw her.

■ impulse  noun

1. a sudden strong desire to do something without thinking about whether it is a sensible thing to do

- Gerry couldn’t resist the impulse to kiss her.

■ as it is

a)(TRUE) because of the situation that actually exists – used when that situation is different from what you expected or needed:

They hoped to finish the kitchen by Friday, but as it is they’ll probably have to come back next week.

■ compromise  noun

1. an agreement that is achieved after everyone involved accepts less than what they wanted at first, or the act of making this agreement:

- Compromise is an inevitable part of marriage.

■ certain  adjective

1. confident and sure, without any doubts

I felt certain that I’d passed the test.

■ extent  noun

1  to... extent

used to say how true something is or how great an effect or change is:

- I do agree with him to an extent.

■ competent  adjective

1. having enough skill or knowledge to do something to a satisfactory standard

- A competent mechanic should be able to fix the problem.

■ decent  adjective

1. of a good enough standard or quality:

Don’t you have a decent jacket?

2. following moral standards that are acceptable to society

The majority of residents here are decent citizens.

■ concrete  adjective

1. made of concrete:

2. definite and specific

First, the police must have concrete evidence of an offence.

■ welfare  noun

1. someone’s welfare is their health and happiness:

Our only concern is the children’s welfare.

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■ herd  noun

- a group of animals of one kind that live and feed together → flock

■ reintroduce  verb

- to start using something again or bring something back to an area after it had not been used or had not existed there for some time

■ breeze  noun

- a gentle wind

■ decode  verb

1 to discover the meaning of a message written in a code (=a set of secret signs or letters)

4 to understand the meaning of a word

■ compassion  noun

- a strong feeling of sympathy for someone who is suffering, and a desire to help them:

■ generosity  noun

- a generous attitude, or generous behaviour:

■ pachyderm  noun

- an animal with thick skin, such as an elephant

DBZ 064 Hide and Seek

■ tremendous

I killed Dodoria!! Dodoria, so proud of his tremendous strength!! And it was easy!!

ドドリアはしとめた…!あれほどのパワーを誇っていたドドリアをたやすく…

■ jerk

It must be that big jerk again…

またあの野郎か…

■ vanish

Both powers… just vanished!!

パワーの反応がふたつとも消えた…‼︎

■ unaided

I guess I'm still not practiced enough at sensing chi unaided…

パワーをさぐる技にはまだ慣れていないせいか…

■ ought

Anyway we oughtta get back to Bulma…

ともかくブルマさんの所に帰ろう

■ instead

■ corpse

But instead of us bringin' them back to life, we're more likely just to make some new corpses… Ours!

死んだヤムチャさんたちには悪いけどさぁ、みんなを生き返らさせるどころか、さらに死人が増えそうだ… オレたちのな…

■ hurt

A girl could get hurt all alone!!

こんなところに若い娘さんをひとりぼっちにしといてさっ!