- Sep 2019
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alumni.media.mit.edu alumni.media.mit.edu
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This phrase book is aimed to help newcomers to the U.S understand what some popular local idioms really mean.
A nice little phrase guide to US English.
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- Jul 2018
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hypothes.is hypothes.is
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Now you have the
Interesting phrase here.
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- Mar 2018
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use ‘本を貸していただけませんでしょうか’ to make it even politer.
book PRT-OBJ lend/give-TE_FORM it-is-acceptable-NEG COPULA-SUGGESTIVE PRT-INTERROGATIVE. "Is it not acceptable to give me your book?"
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‘本を貸してくださいませんか’ (Can’t you lend me your book?)
(your) book PRT-OBJ give-TE_FRM please-NEG (cannot) PRT-INTEROG (?). "Can't you give/lend me your book?"
Using くださいません is the negative of ください which, when coupled with か makes a polite order in the form of a question: instead of "Please give me your book," it is "Can't you lend me your book?"
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By asking questions, the listeners feel that they have a choice to say no and thus are not offended by your request. In Japanese, you should also ask questions when you ask for a favor.
When you ask a question, you give the other person(s) the choice to say "Yes" or "No." This is much more polite than any order using 下さい.
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- Dec 2017
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neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com
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up front
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Emotional commitment
情感投入
commitment
N-COUNT A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have. 投身的事 例： I've got a lot of commitments.
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in the face of
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get stuck on
被卡住
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- Mar 2016
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writingspaces.org writingspaces.org
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As James P. Purdy wri
Textbook signal phrase.
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- May 2015
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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like reading an atheist on the subject of religion
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