今週のワンポイント英会話 第516回

Swat = To slap or a sharp blow

たたく、ぴしゃりと打つ

A summer pastime is to swat flies.

〜ニューヨーク英語学院〜

Depressing

After training, I took a shower. Coming out of the shower soaking wet I noticed one of our senior members who was apparently near-sighted, wiping his nasty butt with MY towel!
When I complained of this he apologized and gave me back my wet towel. He then asked me to help him find his towel.
Dude, that depressing.

*soaking wet : びしょ濡れで
*near-sighted : 近視
*Dude : （米俗）呼び方（hey, dude. や驚いたときの感嘆詞

今週のワンポイント英会話 第515回

Cheerful = Happy, bright or vibrant

快活な、（人を）元気にするような。

Everybody likes a cheerful person especially in the morning.

〜ニューヨーク英語学院〜

Her child or ......?

I saw a very tall women walking and holding hands with a very small boy. When they came closer I found out that the boy had a beard. What I thought was mother and child was in fact boyfriend and girlfriend!

今週のワンポイント英会話 第514回

Hairdo = Hair style or the way one sets their hair.

ヘアスタイル、調髪。

Recently a new hairdo costs about 10,000 yen for women and that's expensive.

今週のワンポイント英会話 第513回

Habit = A thing often done easily.

くせ。習慣。

When I am thinking about something, I have a habit of scratching my head.