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She has an immediate attraction for him.
は曖昧。女が男に惚れたのか男が女に惚れたのか不明。

attraction ambiguity

May 12th 2009 22:24 Public Attraction

Nik
WOW!! Your English is SO good!! You grammar and everything is just flawless! :D How did you get to be so good? How long have you been studying it?
How did you get to be so good?

to get be...

Feb 18th 2009 12:42 Public Hangover

NickT
  • The problem with this is that I'm having my back bent more and more.
  • The problem with this is that I'm having my back bent slouching more and more.
I'm slouching more and more these days.

slouch

Feb 15th 2009 18:38 Public My Back

Pandamilk
yO! Sup? Happy B-day :DDD I hope you have a hella good time for your birthday... It's not everyday you turn 20 and I know 20 is a special age in Japanese Culture so.... have a blast!!!! ^__^ see you~
have a blast :
(パーティなどを)楽しくやる
on full blast:大音量で(at full volume)

blast

Feb 13th 2009 14:48 Public between 19 and 20

NickT
I would use "stand-in" personally. "So, his brother was the stand-in drummer." "So, his brother stood-in for the drummer."
makeshiftは物に使う。
人に対してはback-upとかstand-inとか。

stand-in

Feb 11th 2009 15:58 Public Makeshift

Tim
Yes, there's something different between d) and e), and I think I just had a brainstorm. "Make" basically means "has the qualities necessary to become X" So "my wife and I make a good team" means that we have the qualities necessary to w...
make:…になるのに必要な素質が備わっている
become:…になる

and become make

Feb 11th 2009 15:56 Public Make and Become

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