simulation the activity of producing conditions which are similar to real ones,
especially in order to test something, or the conditions that are produced:
The simulations done to date suggest that the asteroid could impact
with earth in the distant future.
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この場合，外国人観光客優先で救出活動だよね。東京都，死者予想1,500人だけど，大丈夫なのか？
ラジオ英会話(2013年9月10日)
sleep like a log informal (=sleep very well)
The Beatlesの“A Hard Day's Night”の中に，
‘It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log’という歌詞があって，
これで覚えたんだよね。遠い日のこと。
catch some Zs to get some sleep. (In comic strips, Zs are used to show that
someone is sleeping or snoring.)
(The Free Dictionary: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs)
catch you later spoken used to say goodbye
英語リスニング入門(2002年9月18日分Harvest Moon)
Listen and Fill In the Blanks
might, something, saidしか書き取れず。
Words and Expressions
..., huh? いいよね？ そういうことだよね？
一種の付加疑問と考えることができる。使用するときには注意が必要。
huh especially AmE used at the end of question, often to ask for agreement
She didn't ～, did you, Betty? 付加疑問文の主語が文の主語と異なる場合がある。
hayride AmE a ride in a cart filled with hay, usually as part of a social event
insult to offend someone by saying or doing something they think is rude
appreciate to understand how good or useful someone or something is
Sounds and Sound Changes
might not likeのくずれ ２つの[t]が脱落している。
youのくずれ 「ヤ」に近く聞こえることがある。
isn'tにおける音の遅れ 文が始まっても声の出が遅れ，[n]のあたりになって声が聞こえる。
wagonの聞こえ方 wag-の部分が長い。
英語５分間トレーニング(2009年9月10日分ロールプレイ)
A: I need a calculator.
B: Here you go.
A: That's not a calculator. It's a cellphone.
B: It's got a calculator function.
A: Let's go to the Italian place tonight?
B: I'd like to try some other place.
A: But you used to say it was the best pasta in town.
B: That was before they had a change of ownership.
A: I wish we had longer lunch breaks.
B: Don't complain to me.
A: If I ran this firm, things would be different.
B: Yeah, but we'd probably go out of business.
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