show-showed-shown

Have I ever shown you this school photo?

とろ火で煮る

cook/simmer on low heat

cook the onions and garlic on low heat, then add tomatoes to make the perfect Arrabbiata.

simmer  BrE/'sɪmə(r)/　NAmE/'sɪmər/  v)ことこと煮る

★ simmer (something): to cook something by keeping it almost at boiling point

浸かる･堪能する

 soak in

Take a moment to soak in the landscape around you and be prepared to return home with a new outlook on life.

And then, soak in a large onsen

sneak

/sniːk/  verb　こっそりやる　

sneak-sneaked(snuck)-sneaked(snuck)

I sneaked up the stairs.

I've never sneaked a look at her phone/diary.

⇒sneakers スニーカー

Strategy

My strategy for ...

strategy スﾄラﾃｼﾞｰ　n)目標達成のために入念に作られた計画、戦略

My goal for a marathon is to finish within 3 hours and a half. (3 and a half hours)

So, My strategy is I get up 5 o'clock every day, and running for 7 miles before breakfast. Also try to take a power nap after lunch.

My strategy for competing a triathlon is ...

singular

singular シｨ ﾝｷﾞｭﾗｰｧ  adj) 単数の･1つだけの

singular nouns  単数名詞

noun ナｧｳﾝ  n)名詞

"sorry to" と "sorry for"

"to" は今、"for"は過去に起こっていることに対して

Sorry to keep you all waiting. 

みなさんお待たせしております（お待たせがこれからも続く：まだお待ちください）

   To be sorry to + infinitive = to apologize for a present action

   I will let you wait after I say this

Sorry for keeping you all waiting.  

みなさんお待たせしてすいません（これ以上待たせない：では始めましょう)

   To be sorry for + verb with -ing = to apologize for a past/earlier action

   I let you wait before I say this

I'm sorry to hear that. (今聞いて）お気の毒に

I'm sorry to interrupt but could you come with me for a second?

I'm sorry for lying to you, I won't do it again. 

swap

Do you wanna swap chairs/seats?

stuff

This sandwich tasted funny. What's this black stuff? この黒いものは何？

Switch（切り替える）

Some convenience store chains are switching to paper packaging for takeout food items.

I recently switched from drinking coffee to drinking green tea.

The chain will also switch to paper cups for iced coffee.

It seems that...

It seems that you're not big fun of...