増田有華さんを応援しながら英語学習+α

増田有華ファンが英語学習に悪戦苦闘する日記

TOEIC countdown L&R 3 S&W 10

meaningless having no real importance or value
He felt that his work was meaningless.
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午前2時に目が覚めて,bayFMの番組を録音したあとで,またまた二度寝
腰の右側が一日中痛かったですわ。orz

アーセナルが勝って,マンチェスター・ユナイテッドがドローで,勝ち点で
並びました。4月はマンチェスター・ユナイテッドの方が厳しい対戦が
続くので,もしかしたら,ヨーロッパリーグの権利はとれるかもしれません。
チャンピオンズリーグ入りの可能性をまだ残しています。

TOEIC対策

休みます。


Enjoy Simple English

Heroes and Giants Charles Chaplin

Toraichi Kono Biography

Born in 1888 and raised in Hiroshima, Japan, Toraichi Kono immigrated to the U.S. around 1906 
to study law and become a lawyer. In 1916, when Charles Chaplin was recruiting a trusty for 
his secretary, Kono applied for the position and immediately obtained it. Chaplin hired 
the Japanese allegedly because the cane, one of the trademarks of the Little Tramp character 
Chaplin played, was made in Japan. 
During the next 18 years, Kono was Chaplin's right-hand butler both in his public and private life. 
As a result, strongly impressed and admired by Kono's trustful job performances, 
Chaplin visited Japan 4 times in his lifetime (1932, twice in 1936, 1961). However, their close 
relationship with trust ended in 1934 when Kono reproached Paulette Goddard, Chaplin's 3rd wife, 
for being a spendthrift. 
It made Chaplin angry and made him dismiss Kono after 18 years as his butler. As Kono, 
1-year older than his boss, was thinking of returning home to Japan, Chaplin appointed him 
as the chief manager of the United Artists Japan. 
According to Kono himself, Chaplin visited him one day at his house and appeared to be eager 
to have him back, but Kono declined. Not fitting in the new position as well as the old one, 
Kono came back to Los Angeles and worked as a lawyer. 
Toraichi Kono died in his home Hiroshima, Japan in 1971 at age 83.



dream [count] something that you have wanted very much to do, be, 
or have for a long time
He has had a lifleong dream of becoming an actor.
It's a dream of mine to own a house in the country.
Making it to the Olympics was a dream come true.

wish [count] a desire for something to happen or be done :
a feeling of wanting to do or have something
He has a wish to be reunited with his son.

want [+obj] to desire or wish for (something)
He wants a bicycle for his birthday.
often followed by to + verb
She wants to go to college next year.

hope the feeling of wanting something to happen and thinking that
it could happen : a feeling that something good will happen or be true
[noncount] 
Rescuers have not yet abandoned/lost hope that more survivors will be found.
[count] The goal raised/lifted the hopes of the team.

次期朝ドラヒロインの葵わかなさんでなくて,増田有華さんでいいんでないのと
思う今日このごろですわ。

実践ビジネス英語

ラジコでお昼に聞きました。4月はやさしめなんですよね。

practitioner 
a person who works in a professional medical or legal business
a health practitioner legal practitioners
a person who regularly does an activity that requires skill or practice
yoga practitioners


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