steer to guide someone's behavior or the way a situation develops
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途中で寄った書店で『金フレ』第７刷と『千本ノック６』が置いてあったので，
地元の本屋で買おうとしたら，まだ入荷していなかった。がっかり。
いままで使っていたパッシブ・スピーカーが壊れたので，新しいのを買ったけど，
前のほど，音量を大きくできない。残念。
購入。TOEICの公式問題集の判型をイメージしていたから，えらく小さく感じる。
英語リスニング入門(2002年7月19日分Summer Madness)
Listen and Fill In the Blanks
caught, Mallが書き取れず。
Words and Expressions
If you can manage it, ～
mind
hang around/round (sth) informal to wait or spend time somewhere,
doing nothing
red-handed catch sb red-handed to catch someone at the moment
when they are doing something wrong
tan the attractive brown color that someone with pale skin gets after they have
been in the sun
fill in to do someone's job because they are not there
usherette old-fashioned especially BrE a woman who works in a cinema, showing
people to their seats
release a new CD, video, film etc that is available to buy or see
Sounds and Sound Changes
単語の最後の[l]の響き 単語の最後の[l]が明瞭には聞こえない。
アスピレーション 声を伴わない破裂音の後で，すぐに母音が聞こえないで，
息だけが聞こえることがある。
won'tの発音 won'tの発音[wount]をしっかり覚える(wantと間違えない)。
余計な音を排除して聞き取る
英語５分間トレーニング(2009年7月24日分リスニング力強化ウィーク)
A: Sam! How long have you been sitting there?
B: Oh, half an hour or so, I guess. I've been reading.
A: You're as quiet as a mouse. I didn't hear you come in.
B: I've just been reading this book.I didn't want to bother you.
quiet not making much noise, or making no noise at all
I'll be as quiet as a mouse(=very quiet).
You're putting together a team to redesign our store interiors?
I hope you're planning on asking Tommy. If Tommy is involved,
you can be sure the job will get done right.
実践ビジネス英語(2013年4月5日分The Power of Small Talk)
今日の内容に関して，佐々木紀彦著『米国製エリートは本当にすごいのか？』東洋経済新報社，
2011年，に以下のような意見がありました。Tommy師匠はどうなのだろうか？
「正直，他愛のない日常会話は退屈です。私が米国生活でなじめないのは「ハワユ―」文化で，
週末に何をしたとか，嫁さんは元気かとか，新しい人と合うたびに同じような自己紹介を
させられるのは，正直うんざりするわけです。」(p.230)
rep informal a sales representative
put/set sb at (their) ease (=make someone feel relaxed)
pain the feeling of unhappiness you have when you are sad, upset etc:
cause (sb) pain/inflict pain on sb She hated to say the words, for fear of
causing pain.
be a pain (in the neck)
spoken also be a pain in the ass/srse/backside /butt
not polite to be very annoying
ritualized exchange of pleasantries
ritualized
always happening or done in the same, often formal, way
They exchanged very formal, almost ritualized, pleasantries.
(from Macmillan Dictionary)
average having qualities that are typical of most people or thing
the average person/family/American etc The average woman is better at
doing several tasks at once than the average man. この例文の内容って正しいのか？
by way of sth also in the way of sth as a form or means of something:
I'd like to say something by way of introduction.
refreshing 前に英英辞典を引いている。
引き続き，暗記例文150の中からピックアップして，筆写音読。このコーナーは今日で終了。
26. In my opinion, one of the greatest changes the Internet will bring to our
lives may be in education.
47. One example of this problem is that it is difficult to develop alternative
energy sources.
50. One reason is that studying mathematics improves your ability to think logically.
69. I want to learn more about the economy.
126. The discovery of DNA has led to great advancements in the field of biology.
136. Rice consumption has continued to fall for the last fifty years.
140. The unemployment rate in Okinawa is much higher than the national average.
149. Baseball is not as popular as before.
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