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Today is the last day of the nineth month.

Today is the 30th of November. When I was a junior high school student, I learned an interesting thing in an English lesson. September...
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Nov 30th 2011 22:00
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Moca eats different product of dog food periodically.

モカは定期的に違う種類のドッグフードを食べている。 Consumers were growing concerned about the 'safety of food' due in part to the outbreak of mad cow...
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Nov 30th 2011 19:06
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"So long!" now

What has happened to the farewell greeting expression "So long!" now? I haven't heard or seen the expression for a long ti...
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Nov 29th 2011 19:33
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Does the "long" describe about the dulation of time or the distance of location?

From a suspense story "THE CHASE" by Sidney Sheldon Masao is trying to become an employee of a company. (Quote; You do no...
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Nov 29th 2011 12:36
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How many is "half a dozen"?

From a suspense story "THE CHASE" by Sidney Sheldon Masao is trying to become an employee of the company. (Quote; You do ...
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Nov 29th 2011 08:25
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A riddle of Japanese Englsih (←I always mistype it. My right finger and left finger can't syncronize well.)

Do you understand what this means? "As circle is bamboo rope, at this side, I want to be open." This is a typical Japanes...
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Nov 28th 2011 23:24
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To be frank with you, a sharp pencil in Japan is not a sharp pencil.

In Japan, there are a lot of Katakana English words, which are created by Japanese people and don't make sense to native-English spea...
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Nov 28th 2011 22:17
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Today I saw the flying-saucer-shaped capusule which had returned from the long space travel.

Today my son and I went to the museum to see the real capsule of Hayabusa, which was an unmanned spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerosp...
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Nov 27th 2011 17:22
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Which is your first priority, to be corrected or comminication with foreign people?

Today I found a very impressive sentence in other member's diary. "I'm writing this essay only to improve my English skil...
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Nov 27th 2011 11:19
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Dictation petliferadio.com Pets in the City Episode 42 No.4

Hi. I like listening to the podcast; PetLifeRadio.com - Pets in The City -, though I can understand it only about 20 - 30%. So today I...
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Nov 26th 2011 06:54
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Dictation petliferadio.com Pets in the City Episode 42 No.3

Hi. I like listening to the podcast; PetLifeRadio.com - Pets in The City -, though I can understand it only about 20 - 30%. So today I...
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Nov 26th 2011 06:52
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Dictation petliferadio.com Pets in the City Episode 42 No.2

Hi. I like listening to the podcast; PetLifeRadio.com - Pets in The City -, though I can understand it only about 20 - 30%. So today I...
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Nov 26th 2011 06:48
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Dictation petliferadio.com Pets in the City Episode 42 No.1

Hi. I like listening to the podcast; PetLifeRadio.com - Pets in The City -, though I can understand it only about 20 - 30%. So today I t...
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Nov 25th 2011 19:38
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it was long past his dinner time

"He was suddenly hungry, and he realized that it was long past his dinner time." from The Chase written by Sidney Sheldon I...
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Nov 25th 2011 15:24
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About japaniizu ingurisshu

(ジャパニーズイングリッシュについて） Today I would like to introduce japaniizu ingurisshu to you. （今日は、ジャパニーズイングリッシュを皆さんにご紹介したいと存じます。） It is somet...
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Nov 24th 2011 17:17
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"Thunderbirds are go!" and "Apollo 11" let every boy wish to become a space man.

When I was a kid, I watched the TV live, saying "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". (To be frank with you, ...
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Nov 23rd 2011 09:33
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Some other traits of Moca

I'm introducing some other traits of her. 1. She is friendly. Yes, she is very friendly. She wags her tail to all human being. Wh...
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Nov 22nd 2011 08:17
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She is a very calm girl. She never barks in her natural voice.

Moca is a very calm girl. She never barks in her natural voice, but only very few exceptions. I remember only twice in her whole life of ...
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Nov 21st 2011 08:20
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A cold made me sound more like a native Englsih speaker, at least to my own ears!

Today I went to the park with my beagle, Mocha. I brought an English paperback and practiced speaking aloud as usual. Sometimes people st...
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Nov 19th 2011 21:27
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C3PO and R2D2 ; Are they Japanese Manzai comedians? Boke and Tsukkomi?

C3P0 describes himself as being acquainted with ten million languages, yet, to the contrary, he can't speak well. His talk is sometim...
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Nov 19th 2011 11:25
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