portion

 /'pɔːrʃn/　noun

1 ★ one part of something larger

・Only a small portion of the budget is spent on books.

2 ★ an amount of food that is large enough for one person

・She cut the cake into six small portions.

・This particular type of fish has less than 200 calories per portion.

3 ★ a part of something that is shared with other people

・You must accept a portion of the blame for this crisis.

How large  is this portion?   （メニューをみて）これはどのくらいの量ですか？

I prefer large portions.

飲み会

go out for drinks

I'm going out for drinks.

～に来たきっかけは何ですか？

What brought you to ... 

What brought you to Japan?

What brought you to this school?

～してみたい

want to experience

I really want to experience Brazil's carnival

ブラジルのカーニバルなので Brazil's carnival

(Brazilian carnival  ブラジル人のカーニバルに聞こえる）

見覚えがある

look familiar

You look familiar. Have we met before?

～はどうですか？

How do you like ....?

How do you like Tokyo so far?

How long (How much longer) will you be in Japan?

Do you live here in Japan or are you visiting Japan?

Which Japanese dish do you like the best?

When did you arrive in Japan?

Which cities did you visit in Japan

Which shrine did you go to?

支店

branch   /bræntʃ/

Do you have a branch in India？

We have a branch in Mumbai.

We have two branch in Asia.

I'll introduce you to the branch manager.

I used to be the branch manager in Hong Kong.

The sales manager left/quit last month.

This is the new marketing manager, Cindy.

スタッフ

a member of our team

staff スタッフは stuff と間違えやすいので team がお勧め

英語の staff は個人ではなく数人のスタッフに対して使用する

I'll introduce you to a member of our team.

I have a team of seven people.　7人のスタッフを抱えています

今日から

starting today

Starting today, I get up at 5 am everyday.

like this（作法を伝える）

インドではこのようにお辞儀します

In India we bow like this.

それからナマステといいます

And we say Namasute.

やってみます。こんな感じですか？

I'll try. Like this?

はい。そんな感じです。さすがです。

Yes. Like that. Great job!

瞑想する時はどのように呼吸すればいいですか？

When we meditate, how should we breathe.

meditate   /'medɪteɪt/　v)瞑想する

breathe　/briːð/　v)呼吸する

このように呼吸します（このようには呼吸しません）

We (don't) breathe like this.

このように正座します

We sit like this.

もし座り心地が悪かったらこのように座って下さい

If that's not comfortable, we can sit like this.

’いいよ’のジェスチャーはこんなふうにします（”よくない”のジェスチャー）

We make a gesture for OK(not OK) like this.

We use before meals

みなさん手を洗い/消毒しましたか？

Did everyone wash/sanitize their hands?

みなさん携帯電話の電源を切りましたか？

Did everyone turn off their phones?

12時にお昼を食べます

We have lunch at 12.

みんながそろってからいただきます

We wait for everyone and then we eat.

ゆっくり食べます

We eat slowly.

～しないようにしている

try not to ...

食べ過ぎないようにしています

We try not to overeat.

いただきましょう！

Let's begin!

getting sudden telephone calls

あっ、(私の)電話です。ちょっと失礼します。

Oh, that's my phone. Excuse me for a minute.

すぐに戻ります。

I'll be right back.

戻りました。どうもすいません。

I'm back. I'm sorry about that.

お詫びします/申し訳ありません。

My apologies.

(I apologize よりエレガントな表現)

right

あっている･あっていない･ピッタリ

運命･理想の男性/女性: Mr. Right/Miss. Right

My daughter met Mr. Right.

ぴったりの人物: the right person

She is the right person for the job/for our son.

I finally found the right teacher.

We finally found the right mirror for our living room.

この場所であっていますか？

Is this the right/correct placed?

この住所であっていますか？

Is this the right address?

このやり方であっていますか？

Is this the right way?

これは適した道具ではありません

This isn't the right tool.

次の次の駅で降ります

Do we get off here?

—We get off in two more stops.

電車の前方･後方

towards the front/back of the train

前方･後方

Let's get on towards the front car of the train.

the middle of the train

the first/last car of the train

最前列･最後尾

towards   /tə'wɔːdz/　/tɔːrdz/   トｱ-ｽﾞ　前)～に向かって･～の方へ

上り・下り電車

the trains going into the city

The trains going into the city are really crowed.

the train going out of the city

The train going out of the city are not too crowded.

ラッシュアワー

the rush/peak hours

I tried to avoid the peak hours.

せかす

rush

Sorry to rush you, but we gotta go now.

We don’t need to rush.  慌てることはありません

いそがないと

We gotta hurry.

We gotta take the next train.

ゴミを出す

take out the garbage

take the garbage out

I have to take out plastics today.  プラスチックゴミを出す