http://englishbridge.edublogs.org Information in English, blog posts, resources, news, & events related to Japanese sister site www.english-bridge.com Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:17:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en parts-of-speech http://englishbridge.edublogs.org/2009/03/22/parts-of-speech-in-english-with-japanese-translations/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://englishbridge.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/organizational-adverbs-practice-key/ after all / finally / at last / in the end / eventually Theses are all translated as “ついに” or “結局は” in Japanese, but the usage is actually different in English. After all 1. After all means “in spite of what was said before” or “contrary to what was expected.”  Examples: I really ... http://englishbridge.edublogs.org/2009/03/04/organizational-adverbs/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://englishbridge.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/rejoinders-and-follow-up-questions-download/ Rejoinders (an MP3 file from www.eslgold.com) A rejoinder is quick response to show that you are interested or paying attention. （あいづち） A: (asks a question) What kind of boss would you never like to work for? B: (thinks and answers) Ummm, that's a good question. Let me see..... I guess I wouldn't ... http://englishbridge.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/rejoinders-and-follow-up-questions/