Lesson 129 思考を表す動詞④ー suspect, doubt, speculate

2025年10月10日

I doubt we know what time the show ends.

Opening

Onishi
▶︎ Renji’s nickname is “Cheetah.”
You know what, my middle nickname is “Danger.”

David
▶︎ Oh, well. Are you some kind of action hero?

Onishi
▶︎ Oh, yeah.

Roza
▶︎ You know, I think that’s a very appropriate name for you, Sensei.
You are “danger” to all the sweets in the room.
– Hey, everyone. It’s Akino Roza.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans.

Dialogue

① How’s cram school going?【 覚えておくべき単語 】
👉 cram school (学習塾) という言い方を覚えておきましょう。

② It’s helping me a lot. / He’s running a lot.【 副詞の a lot 】
👉さあ、It’s helping me a lot. He’s running a lot. – a lot を副詞で使う、この使い方、
しっかりと慣れておきましょう。

③ Who gave him that nick name?【 主語の wh語と、授与型 give 】
👉 主語の位置に wh語 (who) を置いて、そのまま疑問文とする形です。
「誰が、彼に与えたのか？」というわけですね。
▶︎もちろん、gave him that nickname – これは授与型ですね。
「彼に – そのニックネームを – 与えた」というわけです。

④ I think his father did.【 did が示すもの – 上級者の使い方】
👉さあ、こういう did を上手に使えるようになったら、英語力も相当なものですよ。
もちろん、”gave him that nickname” – この部分を受けて、did としているわけですね。

Pronunciation Polish

David
▶︎ All right. It’s time for today’s “Pronunciation Polish.”
All right. Let’s check out today’s phrase.
・He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.
・He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.

All right. Just a couple of points to zoom in on today.
First, we’ll start with the repeated “l” soud.
He’ll
Let’s joing those all together.
He’ll, He’ll

All right.
Next up. Let’s link “laugh” and “out.”
laugh out, laugh out

Put them together.
He’ll laugh out, He’ll laugh out

All right.
“Loud” and “I” can be linked together.
loud I, loud I

The “t” sound at the end of “suspect” can be nice and small.
suspect, suspect

All right.
Let’s put those all together, OK?
Here we go!
・He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.
・He’ll laugh out loud, I suspect.

All right. Great work.
Remember.
We’re just here to practice each of these points.
So you get used to them,
You don’t have to use them all the time.
Just be aware.
The native speakers will use them in their regular conversations.

Great work today.