Carrie

2015/11/07 08:36:22

Hi, arie!

Thanks much for walking me through the meaning of the sentence.
I got it all right~^^

You'll enjoy the family get-together. How nice!
There must be lots of laughter during their stay at your house.
You'll be busy all day from the morning again!

As for me, I'm planning on joining a garden club and
do some gardening at our town.
Thank goodness, it's not raining today~^^

arie

2015/11/06 22:54:49

Hi, Carrie!

How's it going?
Let me tell you a little bit about the expression No. 1:
You cannot commit a crime with impunity.
Here "impunity" means "not being punished," so
"with impunity" means "without being punished."
As a whole, "You cannot commit a crime without being punished."
I bet you've fully understood the meaning of the sentence.

We're planning on having a family get-together tomorrow afternoon
shortly after I finish giving my English class;
our son's family with Nao-chan, Michiyo and her husband and us,
that means six of us together.

Have a nice and pleasant weekend.

Carrie

2015/11/06 11:01:38

[marginalize] 肩身の狭い

We should not keep homosexual couples marginalized.

We shouldn't marginalize homosexual couples.

Carrie

2015/11/06 09:51:17

Hi, arie!

Many thanks for sharing what you learned with me.^^
These expressions are certainly interesting!
(1) is a bit complicated, though.>_<

You've also gained lots of new expressions while staying in the library.
Let's enjoy enrich our vocabularies together~^^

arie

2015/11/05 22:11:24

Hi, Carrie!

What's new?
It's amazing you're learning a spate of new words and
phrases on a regular basis.
I bet you'll be more and more fluent in the way you
express yourself in English.

Some of the interesting expressions I've learned today
are as follows:
(1) You cannot commit a crime with impunity.
　　罪を犯せば必ず罰せられる。
(2) decriminalize marijuana
マリファナを非犯罪化する
(3) We should not keep single mothers marginalized.
シングルマザーに肩身の狭い思いをさせてはならない。
(4) We still have an hour's leeway to catch the train.
列車にはまだ1時間の余裕がある。

Enjoy increasing your vocabulary.

Carrie

2015/11/05 09:57:51

[abstain from] 　慎む

I abstain from having sweets.

Carrie

2015/11/05 09:57:05

[shoot for] 難しい目標

I'll shoot for the grade 1 test of STEP when ready!

Carrie

2015/11/05 09:56:16

[(Keep your) chin up]

Keep your chin up! The thing could be better.

Carrie

2015/11/05 09:55:40

[ditch]

I need to ditch the clothes which I won't wear again.

Carrie

2015/11/05 09:54:47

[surmount] 山に登る

I enjoy walking but I won't surmount Mt. Fuji again.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:46:31

[chunk]

I rarely read large chunks of text in English.

I had a chunk of cheese.

Getting the house took a big chunk out of my p-points.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:45:18

[taper off]

My desire to practice for the concert has tapered off,
as I can't prepare anything so far.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:44:05

[put away] たいらげる

My cats always put away food I feed them.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:43:12

[stumble upon]

I stumbled upon a person who is the same age as me
and went to the same junior high school.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:41:51

[pore over]

I pore over my dictionary when looking up a new word.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:41:12

[squeak by]

If I plug away at studying English, I might have a chance to
squeak by in the grade 1 test of STEP.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:40:07

[plug away at]

I must plug away at playing piano after deciding on the pieces.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:39:21

[measure up to]

I wonder if the next collaboration between the Japanese drum and the piano
would measure up to people's expectations.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:38:00

[head off]

My cats were headed off going outside.

We must head off our cats from going outside.

Carrie

2015/11/04 09:36:44

Thanks, arie!
You always encourage me~.^^

arie

2015/11/03 22:50:14

Hi, Carrie!

Seems like you've learned a lot of arcane and
esoteric words and phrases today too.
I'm afraid your brain is packed with a raft of
recondite words and it'll start overflowing.

Basking in the sun with your beloved pet cat
on a calm autumnal day must be the acme of
sensuous pleasure.

Have a nice evening.

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:37:18

[crank out]

I've cranked out seven new sentences today!

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:36:45

[chip in on]

Some of my friends chipped in on planning the next concert.

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:35:54

[(keep your) chin up]

We kept our chin up and walked four hours without rest.

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:34:56

[chill out]

I chilled out at home with my cat on the laps yesterday.

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:33:35

[cast off]

I cast off all the junk mails.

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:33:02

[is bowled over]

I've never been to Enoshima Island. I was completely bowled over!

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:32:06

[get bogged down in]

I got bogged down in making new sentences again!

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:31:15

Hi, arie!

How are you doing today?
It's a warm beautiful day, isn't it?

I enjoyed doing yoga in the morning, and being outside
in the garden with my cat in the afternoon.
It seems there'll be still some time to go before
we get parky, hibernal weather.
Le't enjoy the nice autumnal days
until we get raw, hyperboreal winter! ^^

Carrie

2015/11/03 14:27:48

Hi, Mary!

Oh, that's okay. I mistake things very often too! ^^;

So you've grown up with the 'Kiki' film. You are much younger than me! lol
I love 'Totoro' the most within Mr.Miyazaki's movies.^^

arie

2015/11/02 23:42:37

Hi, Carrie!

Thanks much for your encouraging words.
From what I've heard about your long-distance
walk, you're literally a super-iron lady.
Your legs and every other part of your body must be
constituted of steel.
Anyhow it's amazing that you can walk such a long
and tiring distance without any pain in the muscle.

It was a bit cool and chilly this morning.
I'm afraid we'll soon have cold and frosty days which
will in turn change to glacial and freezing hibernal days
gradually.
I hate a hyperborean wind in the winter time.
Keep yourself snug and warm.

メアリ

2015/11/02 17:40:50

Hi, Carrie!

Really? Oh,I was mistaken!^^
But, I'm relieved to hear that.

By the way, Thank you for praising my clothes.
I've loved "Kiki's Delivery Service" since I was a child.　

りこ

2015/11/02 13:27:53

thanks:）
But I think that you have a high English writing skill too.

Btw, are you native speakers of English?

ストロベリーパイ

2015/11/02 10:17:01

You sure are good at walking, Carrie! I don't think I could walk even ten kilometers without rest. Maybe only five! I am always the slowest in P.E., even though I have improved. I tire very quickly, and my body starts to hurt. You are amazing! Lol.

I wanted to take a picture of my dog in his Halloween costume to show to you, but he won't stop running around, so the pictures always turn out badly. Just trust me that he looks super cute! (He's still wearing it.) ^^

Carrie

2015/11/02 08:32:13

Hi, arie!

We all are strong walkers and we never stopped walking for some rest.
So it was like a club activity in high school!^^
Although I walked that much, I didn't get any muscular pains~
I'm so happy about that.

Nao-chan is getting lovelier and you are getting attached to her
even more each time you see her.
Enjoy the precious moment with her~!^^

Carrie

2015/11/02 08:23:47

Hi, Mary~!

Oh, my hubby didn't loose his job; he works all right.^^
Actaully, he changed his job and landed a new job last year
which he enjoys so much.
He's a career counseler now and helps young people find a job.^^

arie

2015/11/01 22:48:48

Hi, Carrie!

It's incredible that you walked such a long distance
with your friends yesterday.
Walking 35,000 steps was a great feat.
You're really a strong walker, aren't you?

We had a great time with our granddaughter for two days.
She's beginning to speak some intelligible words and
express her feelings through facial expressions and gestures,
so it's getting easier to communicate with her.
I can't help being impressed with the speed with which she's
growing.

メアリ

2015/11/01 14:24:20

Hi, Carrie!

How are you?
England hasn't changed depression even now.
I hope your husband's find to good job.

Me too!
I think a exchange of views with you, would be a good study of English.
Nice to meet you.

Carrie

2015/11/01 10:28:46

Hi, arie!

Thanks for your lovely message.^^
You seem to have hectic weekends!
How was Nao-chan last night?
It must have been tough for her not to have her mom
nearby when sleep at night.

As for me, 10 of us walked all day together
around 35,000 footsteps in Fujisawa area yesterday.
We are the moms whose sons were on the same tennis team
in high school.
We enjoyed walking, chatting, fresh delicacies,
and scenery of the beach!
I really had a good night sleep~^^

arie

2015/10/31 17:11:53

Hi, Carrie!

What's new?
We had a friendly get-together at Tokorozawa last evening
and I had a little hangover this morning.
I should have known better than to drink too much on the
spur of the happy moment, which seldom happens these
days though.

We're having our son and Nao-chan with us.
They're staying with us overnight for the first time since
she was born.
I hope she won't cry in the middle of the night, missing
her mom.

Have a nice weekend.

ストロベリーパイ

2015/10/30 22:05:29

Cool! Sounds like a place I'd like to travel to someday. ^^

✞白馬の天使✞

2015/10/30 17:46:12

ヾ(◎｀･Å･)ﾉ【ﾟ+｡койβαйшα｡+ﾟ】

The item you wished by a club was corrected♪.

Carrie

2015/10/30 10:30:00

Hi, Mary!

Actually, Telford was a new town and people who had lost their jobs came to live.
England invited some Japanese companies including my husband's
to improve its unemployment.

I'm happy to write you in English so that our English skills would be enhanced!^^

メアリ

2015/10/29 16:09:33

Telford is a nice town.I wanna travel there someday.
Surely Mondai is Monday! Accent peculiar to England.
Thank you for writing in English!

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:50:10

[perk up]

My cat perked up when I returned home.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:49:32

[predilection]

I have a predilection for bathing in hot springs.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:48:53

[engender]

The hinoki engenders powerful hado which influences on water and our bodies.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:47:54

[chill out]

I chilled out in the hot spring outside hearing the sounds of a waterfall and birds' singing.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:47:07

[swill]

I swilled hot-spring water while bathing.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:46:29

[permeate]

The constituents of the hot spring permeated through my body.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:45:30

[imbibe]

I guess I imbibed lots of good constituents of the hot spring
through my skin.

Carrie

2015/10/29 09:44:12

Hi, arie!

Thanks much for your lovely message as always.^^
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the "Tenpura" party.
I can imagine how happy you all were having fun together
on the beautiful autumn day~.

I got this sylphlike outfit from the most beloved angel!^^

arie

2015/10/28 21:57:26

Hi, Carrie!

Many thanks for your response.
I'm glad you've had a great time soaking in a hot spring
at Hakone.
I'm always impressed with your determination to do what
you'd like to do alone by yourself.
You're really a lady of self-independence.

We were blessed with beautiful weather today and fully
enjoyed dining outside with some 20 foreign residents
in our community.
The tempura they fried, a salad, udon noodles, and "Tendon"
were were very good when eaten with lots of participants
under the lovely autumn weather.

You look like a sylph in your lovely outfit.
I always wonder where you get such fantabulous outfits.

Carrie

2015/10/28 19:12:04

[glacial]

I hope I'll weather the glacial winter.

Carrie

2015/10/28 19:10:40

[bleak]

We still have a warm weather during the day.
It'll take some more time to get the bleak winter.

Carrie

2015/10/28 19:08:37

Hi, arie!

Thanks a lot for telling me another parody.^^
I've enjoyed memorising the parody of "Snow" all right.
I only needed to work on the latter part which goes like:
♪bleak~glacial~parky~raw~hybernal~hiemal~hyperboreal♪
You are really adept at making parodies!^^

You must have enjoyed Tempura with your students.
I've never imagined Tempura is eaten outside. Great idea!

As for me, I went to Hakone to bathe a hot spring on a whim.
It was really refreshing to take a Hinoki-bath overlooking a waterfall.
After the bathing, I felt so tired and sleepy; I think I got "Yuatari".^^;

Have a nice evening, arie!

arie

2015/10/28 00:07:37

Hi, Carrie!

I've visited your new room "Snowy."
I like it very much.
It looks freezing cold outside, but it's nice and
cozy inside.

降ろうズンズン(frozen)、降りジッど(frigid)、
降りジンジン(freezing)、降ろスティ(frosty)、
glacial, icy, cold, chilly, crisp, cool, 売店(biting)、
二品(nipping), penetrating, piercing, stinging.

We're going to have a cooking class with our students
in our Japanese class tomorrow.
We've decided to cook Tempura this year.
Hope we'll be blessed with beautiful autumn weather
so that we can enjoy relishing a wide range of deep-fried
ingredients outside.

Have a nice day, Carrie.

Carrie

2015/10/27 09:48:18

[engender]

Lotus roots engender energy which makes our bodies warm.

Carrie

2015/10/27 09:46:47

Hi again, arie!

Incidentally, I made a new room yesterday called "snowy".^^

Carrie

2015/10/27 09:45:40

Hi, arie!

Thanks for telling me cold-related vocabulary.^^
I didn't know glacial, arctic, bleak, parky, raw, hibernal, hiemal, and hyperborean.
Oh, there're a lot!
I'll try to memorize those words with the song of "Snow".
I know this song alright~^^

arie

2015/10/26 22:29:22

Hi, Carrie!

How's it going?
It was cool and crisp this morning, wasn't it?

I introduced some cold-related vocabulary to my
adult students in my English class this evening:

I. frozen/ frigid/ freezing/ frosty/ glacial/ icy/ cold/

chilly/ crisp/ cool/ biting/ nipping/ penetrating/

piercing/ stinging

II. arctic/ bitter/ bitterly cold/ bleak/ harsh/ keen/

nippy/ parky/ raw/ sharp/ wintry/ hibernal/ hiemal/

hyperborean

The melody of「雪」song will help you memorize all the
above words.
Give it a shot.
Have a nice day.

✞白馬の天使✞

2015/10/26 01:52:30

Юヾ(・∀・*川　ｵｼﾞｬﾏｼﾏｰｽ

ドリームハウス及びドリームハウス２の会員を対象に日頃サークル企画に投稿されている方及び私のお庭に、水遣りされた方等には、プレミアムショップより自由に２００Pを最大としたアイテム1つを選ぶ事ができる企画をたてます。

参加希望の方は、１１月６日頃までに、下記の私のブログに希望アイテムと色を明記お願いします。

☆☆貴女はサークル投稿または水遣りで、私が一目置いていますので、２５０Pまでのアイテムを対象とします♪

★★★ドリームハウス特別企画　★★★
http://www.nicotto.jp/blog/detail?user_id=705445&aid=60635960

☆フリマ解禁後にいらないCアイテムと交換の形をとります。


★★久しぶりに撮影会を復活させます♪

１０月３０日（金）　２０時半より　教会広場８番チャペルルーム（雑談会）
　　　　　　　　　　　２１時より　　　自然広場研究室８番部屋にてスタート♪

参加は、自由です。久しぶりの撮影会になります♪

ストロベリーパイ

2015/10/25 10:51:07

*hugs* ^.^

ストロベリーパイ

2015/10/25 10:06:47

Wow, your English is so good! Maybe better than mine! I really admire your determination. ^^

Carrie

2015/10/25 09:39:30

[engender]

Eating kiwi fruit would engender powerful energy within our bodies.

Carrie

2015/10/25 09:38:37

[retract]

My cat scratched me and then retracted its claws.

Carrie

2015/10/25 09:37:56

[retract]

I hope Mr.Abe will retract what he said and rethink about joinning TPP.

Carrie

2015/10/25 09:36:58

[put away]　たいらげる

Our cat puts away all the food we feed him.

Carrie

2015/10/25 09:35:08

Hi, arie!

Thanks, but I got flustered reading your compliment~!


My hubby loves learning English, so you two must enjoy talking about it.^^
My friend is a painter of Kenji Miyazawa's stories.
I'm sure you can talk with her and her hubby easily too!

Chill with you later~^^

arie

2015/10/24 20:41:53

Hi, Carrie!

You're perfect!!
I can't help admiring your profound knowledge about
Engish words and phrases.
You're a born native speaker of English.

It'd be nice to have an opportunity to meet your dear
hubby and friends at the performance.
Chill with you later.

Carrie

2015/10/24 09:16:58

[fluster] あわてふためく

I don't normally get flustered.
Most of the time, I keep my cool.

Carrie

2015/10/24 09:15:50

[erudite]

I'm now reading an erudite book.

Carrie

2015/10/24 09:15:17

[taper off]

My desire to study English has tapered off a bit compare to 20 years ago.

Carrie

2015/10/24 09:13:58

[plug away]

I've been plugging away at making sentences using new words.

Carrie

2015/10/24 09:12:54

Hi, arie!

Many thanks for giving me a quiz!
They are like questions from the glade 1 test of STEP.^^

I came up with the answer easily with the first one,
but I needed to look up "retract" and " engender"
to decide the answer with the second one.

The answers would be
1-b pinnacle
2-b capitalize

Chill with you later~^^

arie

2015/10/23 23:16:02

Hi, Carrie!

How're you enjoying your weekend?
This is an easy quiz for you.

1. After spending 30 years working his way up in the company,
Rob reached the ( ) of his career when he was appointed CEO.
"This is a dream come true," he said.
a. sojourn b. pinnacle c. charade d. grimace

2. With the nation's currency so strong, a record number of people
are expected to travel abroad this summer to ( ) on their increased
spending power.
a. ransack b. capitalize c. retract d. engender

Chill with you later.

Carrie

2015/10/23 10:15:20

[fudge]

Oh, fudge! I've dropped my pedometer into the toilet!

Carrie

2015/10/23 10:14:20

Hi, arie!

Thanks much for your encouraging message as always.^^
Oh, the expression "chill with you later" is new to me.
Does that mean "catch you later"?
Chill with you later~^^

arie

2015/10/22 22:45:23

Hi, Carrie!

How're you doing?
Seems like you've been making strenuous efforts to learn
myriads of erudite words.
I'm sure they'll enrich your expressions in English.
Enjoy the process.
Chill with you later.

あおい

2015/10/22 20:54:32

carrieさん、こんばんは＾＾久々です♪

部活はバレーやってますよー！
身長伸びないかなあって思ったり(๑◔‿◔๑)

ステキぽっちん

Carrie

2015/10/22 09:22:54

[fudge]

Oh, fudge! I reset my pedometer again!

Carrie

2015/10/22 09:22:24

[ugh]

Ugh! I got the deluge of annoying emails!

Agh! There are so many mosquitos in our garden!

Carrie

2015/10/22 09:21:25

[imbibe]

I tried to imbibe lots of fresh air on Mt.Fuji.

My hubby imbibes alcohol everyday.

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:43:01

[pore over] read or look at something carefully for a long time

I pored over Lily's coordination the other day. It was so attractive!

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:37:54

[evasive] difficult to learn

I'll try my best to learn evasive words.

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:36:42

[game] willing to do something new, difficult, or dangerous

I'm game for collaborating with a Japanese dancer who plays a Japanese drum.

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:32:43

[ugh] もう！

Ugh! I still have a muscle pain in my shoulder!

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:31:05

[chill out] relax

After cleaning the house, I'll chill out today.

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:29:55

[cast off] get rid of

I'll have to cast off unwanted clothes.

Carrie

2015/10/21 12:28:56

Hi, arie!

Thanks a lot for your message with deluge of recondite words.
I'll try to imbibe them having the process of memorizing, forgetting, and resuscitating!
Hope I'll be able to use them without any difficulties like you~^^

arie

2015/10/20 18:55:27

Hi, Carrie!

I feel a bit bewildered at a deluge of conundrums
you've listed here, but I bet you can imbibe them
without any hitch or impediment.
Language learning is a series of lapses of memory
and resuscitation.

I hope you'll enjoy the long, winding and meandering
road to the acme of happiness and comfort.
You can do it.
I wish you good luck.

We've talked about the Sado performance this morning.
M is inclined to appreciate it.
I'll let you know about it later.
Have a nice evening.

Carrie

2015/10/20 09:59:23

[bog down / crank out]

I was bogged down in learning new vocabulary, but I've resumed cranking out new sentences again!

Carrie

2015/10/20 09:55:25

[belt out / pinnacle]

I couldn't belt out "Kimogayo" but sang with small voice
at the pinnacle of Mt. Fuji.

Carrie

2015/10/20 09:52:35

Hi, arie!

Thanks for your message.^^
You've really encouraged me to go on learning!
I felt it's a wee bit hard to study by myself,
but I'll do my best~^^

arie

2015/10/20 00:20:11

Hi, Carrie!
What's up?
I'm impressed with your assiduity to resume
learning recondite words.
I hope you'll relish encountering a myriad of
highly expressive words which will enhance your
ability to express yourself further.

Many thanks for the introduction of the S. Performance.
I've transferred it to M.
Give me a little more time before I let you know the f.answr.

Have a nice day.

Carrie

2015/10/18 20:56:48

[settle on]

The spring concert was settled on April 1st.

Carrie

2015/10/18 10:23:44

[esoteric]

Kiko practice is somehow esoteric.

Carrie

2015/10/18 10:23:19

[permeate]

The sounds of crystal bowls permeated through my body.

Carrie

2015/10/18 10:22:45

[misgivings]

I have some misgivings about the prediction, so I don't totally believe it.

Carrie

2015/10/18 10:22:06

[swill]

I don't normally swill drinks.