Yamayuri 英会話クラス

October 3, 2025 (Yamayuri)

Words & Phrases

• I see you’re still wearing shorts. It’s still too hot to take a walk, isn’t it?

• Staircase (noun) = a set of stairs, usually with a railing, connecting different floors or levels in a building

• The old house had a narrow wooden staircase.

• She carefully carried the box up the staircase.

• A beautiful spiral staircase led to the second floor of the mansion.

• Scruffy (adjective) = untidy, messy, or shabby in appearance

• He looked scruffy after a long day of gardening.

• The scruffy dog wandered around the streets searching for food.

• She didn’t mind wearing scruffy clothes at home.

• I went to a reunion party the other day. It had been two years since the last one.

• The other day my husband (forgot / lost) his cellphone on the plane.

• My son installed Gemini on my phone for me. I use it to translate when I travel.

• A lot of stores use self-check-out machine.

• I don’t like to use cashiers these days.

• During winter there are a lot of photographers along the river taking pictures of kingfishers.

• These last three days the crows have been cawing loudly.