～を頑張る

try hard to ...

I will try hard to get up early tomorrow.

鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯

When the cats away, the mice will play.

～の時間に合わせる

around the time ....

I will go there around the time you come back home.

I arrange my schedule around the time you will do it.

コピー機

copier   /'kɑːpiər/　n)コピー機

The copier hasn’t been working well lately.

There is problem with this copy machine.

I think it should be repaired.

We might need to call the technician.

The copier is out of paper.

The copy machine has run out of paper.

work on my conversational skills

Well, my name is K that stands for Kazuhisa.

I am still quite the Japanese voice.

I've been studying definitely over a decade.

Um, I don't always like to tell people that because it makes me feel old.

I travel in different countries.

So, I'd like to work on my conversational skills here.

There are just not enough materials for intermediates.

I hope to create some new vocabulary, advanced phases and expressions that maybe only native speakers use or say, that we don't see in textbook.  

voice   n)声・発声・発音

definitely   /'defɪnətli/　adv)間違いなく・絶対に

intermediate   /,ɪntər'miːdiət/　adj)中級の　n)中級者

So hopefully, with our combined experience of studying, we hope to create some new vocabulary, advanced phrases and expressions.

 

secure

/sɪ'kjƱr/　v)安全にする⇒確保・確実にする、固定する

get something　確保・確実にする

★ to obtain or achieve something, especially when this means using a lot of effort

【secure something】

・The team managed to secure a place in the finals

・The team ware unable to secure a victory.

・She secured 2000 votes.

◆席を確保   secure my seat

I need to secure my seat online now.

I secured our seat in the theatre.

fasten something   固定する

★ to attach or fasten something so that it does not move  

【secure something】

・He secured the boat with a rope.

【secure something to something】

・She secured the rope firmly to the back of the car.

◆シートベルトを固定   secure your seat blet

Secure/Fasten your seat blet.

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To its critics, Project 2025 - a set of conservative policy proposals set out in a 920-page document last year - is a blueprint for a dystopian future compared by some to the Handmaid's Tale. To its proponents, it's a framework of how to "restore the country" and make the White House more friendly to right-wing thinking.

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On Wednesday morning, shortly after 10.30am U.K. time, the Associated Press declared Trump had won the swing state of Wisconsin, taking his tally to 277 electoral votes. He will become the first convicted felon to hold office.

Earlier, a jubilant Trump appeared on stage in Florida to claim victory saying "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate".

Keir Starmer has already tweeted his congratulations, saying: "I look forward to working with you in the years ahead."

Outside of the US presidential race, Republicans have won the US Seante - winning control of the chamber for the first time in four years. 

種目

event

What event the swim session have this month? butterfly or backstroke?

法事

memorial service

We will be gathering for the Buddhist memorial service next week.

I won't be going to the event because I will be attending a memorial service.

Everyone gathered for the memorial service.

We will hold a memorial service.

My relatives gathered for the Buddhist memorial service yeaterday.