Words October 2023 Week 4

I coughed up some phlegm. (It is pronounced “phlem” and is a type of mucus.)

She has collagen disease. (This is similar to arthritis symptoms.)

My clothes were soaked. (She was volunteering working outside and it was raining.)

The honeybees built a hive inside the tomb. (You can say “bee nest” but for honey bees we usually say bee hive.)

Each rose had its own fragrance. (Fragrance is a nice smell, smell can be good or bad and odor is a bad smell.)

Use “which” to add non-essential information to a sentence. (My phone, which is an iPhone, isn’t working.)

Use “that” to add essential information to a sentence. (My phone that I bought last week isn’t working.) (If you have questions about these two words, I can explain more in class.)

We had a disaster preparedness class. (We cannot “prevent” a disaster, but we can “prepare” for one.)

Professional writers have a thesaurus nearby. (This book will list synonyms and antonyms for words.)

Comics used all capital letters for easy reading, especially when printed on old style paper.

My wife drives and I ride shotgun. (“Shotgun” is the passenger seat in front next to the driver.)

Don’t be a backseat driver. (Don’t tell the driver how to drive.)

The first commercially produced hand warmer was created by Japanese inventor Niichi Matoba. (1923, he manufactured the first hand warmer and called it Hakukin-kairo.)

Some home remedies to get over a cold are cut down on the dairy, sip on some hot tea with honey, and feed a cold, starve a fever. (These are homemade medicines.)

That noise irritates me. (It bothers me.) (It is annoying.) 

I thought it was a scam. (She thought they were trying to cheat her out of some money.)

Two double-deck green train cars will be added to the Chuo Line rapid train from April 2024. (There will be an additional cost to ride in these cars.)

Marathons are endurance races. (They are not high-speed races.)

After tinkering with the PC, I finally got the internet to work again. (I was working on the computer as an amateur.)

The icon to open the app disappeared. (Icons are small pictures used to open an application.)

It was all you can eat and drink for a set price. (It was not “free drink.”)

A bear injured the lady’s arm. (It is hard for bears to find food, so they are going into areas where people live.)

A foreign couple was walking toward me. (Two foreigners were approaching me.)

I made a reservation for 90 minutes later. (They went to a café at the opening time, but it was completely booked already.)

They thinned the forest by cutting down many small trees. (These trees were used to make wooden toys.)

I tripped on the concrete block. (She almost fell down.)