Lesson 167 程度副詞 too, rather

Opening

Roza
▶︎ Hey, everyone. Akino Roza here.

David
▶︎ And I’m David Evans. All right, let’s get to it.

Dialogue

① See, it’s not that cold. 【 that の意味 】
👉さあ、that cold – 形容詞の前に that がつけられることがあるんですね。
「そんなに寒くはない」という文になっています。

② I won’t remember any of it if I read it all at once. 【 all at once の意味 】
👉 all at once – これは「一度にまとめて」ということですね。

③ Besides, we need the vitamin D from the sunlight. 【 besides のニュアンス 】
👉 besides という接続表現が使われています。
これは「その上」というわけですが、今まで挙げた理由とは、少し角度の違う理由で、
「その上に付け足す」時につかます。

Pronunciation Polish

Today’s Sentence：It’s too cold to go outside.

Daivd
▶︎ All right. Are you ready to squeeze in some “Pronunciation Polish”?
All right. Let’s start with today’s phrase.
・It’s too cold to go outside.
・It’s too cold to go outside.

Just two little points to focus on today.
First up is “it’s.”
The “i” sound at start nice and short. OK?
it’s, it’s

Very nice.
Next up “cold” plus “to.”
The “d” gets very small and very weak.
Listen to it.
cold to, cold to
cold to go
cold to go outside

All right.
Now let’s put it all together.
・It’s too cold to go outside.
・It’s too cold to go outside.

Excellent work.

Ending

Onishi
▶︎ Hey, guys.
Could you explain the difference “meet with you” and “meet you”?

David
▶︎ Ah … the easiest way to think about this is “meet with you” is always for a purpose.
You want to work together, cooperate to do something.

Roza
▶︎ Yeah, really that goes well with the image of “with,” right?
「手をつないでいる感じ」

David
▶︎ Right, the “with” is “hand in hand.”

Words and Phrases

① swamped
👉「沼に沈んで　→ にっちもさっちもいかないほど忙しい」
② squeeze you in
👉予定の中に「ギュッとあなたを入れる」

これで、Lesson 167 は終了。