F23 Eoghan

■It wasn't as wonderful as I thought it would be.
■It was better than I thought it would be.
(It was better than I expected.)

■会話の途中でYeah!を連発しない！
-Oh! OK.
-Oh! I see.
-Oh! Gotcha.
-Oh! I understand.
Yeah!の連発は不自然。相手を急かしている雰囲気、関心がない印象を与えてしまう。

*gotcha:（発言に対して）わかった！

■jar:（広口の）かめ、びん、つぼ
*a jar of jam:ひと壺のジャム

■tub:おけ、たらい、（バター・ラードなどの）容器、入れ物
*a tub of margarine

■loaf:パン1個
*a loaf of bread:パン１本

■自分の考えを言う…
in my(own) opinion,
if you ask me,（私に言わせれば）
I think that....
My image is ....

【Review (050910/051022/051120/051208)】
*Giving Opinion
I believe…/I am sure…/I think…/I reckon…(support: because…必要)
I suggest…/I suppose…/I guess…(don’t supportly)
In my opinion…
It seems to me that…
I suppose…(Agreeing opinion)
I guess…(Agreeing opinion)
From(In) my point of view…/From my view point…
In (From) my experience…
The way I see it…
My understanding is…
As far as I am concerned…（←very strong）
If you ask me…
Personally, I reckon…

*Agreeing with opinions
I suppose so.
I guess…
That’s true.
I think so too.
Exactly (←strong)
I couldn’t agree more. (←very strong 100% agree)

*Disagreeing/Polite disagree/Part agree
You have a good point, (but/although/however/on the other hand)
That’s a good point, but…
That’s true, but…
I understand what you are saying,
I understand what you are trying to say,
Partly I agree,
In part I agree,
I can understand what you are saying,
I can understand your point,
I know(can understand) where you are coming from,
I know(can understand) what you are getting at,
I know(can understand)what you are trying to say,
You might be right.

I don’t think so…
No way!

■How've you been?
ハゥ（口をすぼめて）　Howであげて youで下げて　beenで上げ　最後は下げるイントネーション

■simple(adj)-simply(adv)-simplify(v):簡単にする
*simplify:make simple【OPPSTE】complicate