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As promised, here are the details of the triplo closing party!

Join us on Saturday 1st July from 17:00 - 21:00, to celebrate 8 years of triplo.

There will be drinks, cocktails, food, games, music and more, to make sure we say good bye to triplo in style, and thank you to all our wonderful members and friends.

This event is open to any member, past-member or friend of triplo, and you don't have to pay anything. You don't need to bring anything either - except your smile and your good cheer.

If you can make make it, please let us know by replying to this email or telling us when you are at triplo!

We look forward to seeing you.

約束通り、triploクロージングパーティの詳細をお知らせします！

7月1日（土）17:00～21:00に、triploの8年間を祝うために参加しませんか？

ドリンク、カクテル、フード、ゲーム、音楽などなど、triploに素敵な別れを告げるために、そして素晴らしいメンバーや友人たちに感謝するために、このイベントを開催します。

このイベントは、triploのメンバー、パストメンバー、友人であれば誰でも参加でき、参加費は無料です。持ち物も、あなたの笑顔と元気以外には必要ありません。

もしご都合がよろしければ、このメールに返信していただくか、triploにいらっしゃるときにお知らせください！

お会いできるのを楽しみにしています。

今週の は ”earn”です. “Earn” is a verb and used mostly to talk about money. Let’s find out what earn means and look at some example sentences.
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The meaning of the verb “earn” is obtain or gain money either as a result of work or from interest on investments.
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+ He earns his living as an English teacher.
+ When I was young, I earnt some money delivery newspapers.
+ How much do you earn?
+ The amount of interest you earn on your savings in Japan is very low.
+ He invested in real estate hoping to earn a good return.
+ Her latest tournament win took the prize money she has earned this year $1 million.
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One other meaning of the verb “earn” is to gain respect from your behaviour or achievements.
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+ Over the years, she has earned a lot of affection from her students.
+ You worked very hard on this. You have really earned my respect.
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There is one useful phrase:
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+ I’ll earn my keep. (work in return for food and accommodation)
+ The consultant really earned his keep. His insights were very helpful. (worth the time and money spent on).
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The pronunciation is / əːn /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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また来週！
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-earn.html

“Sight” is commonly a noun. It can sometimes be a verb. Let’s have a look at the main meanings.
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The meaning of the noun “sight” is the ability or power to see.
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+ He lost his sight as a child.
+ She fainted at the sight of blood.
+ Don’t let the kids out of your sight.
+ After the operation she regained her sight in both eyes.
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The another meaning of the noun “sight” is something that can be seen. As a plural “sights” it means places of interest for tourists.
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+ He was a familiar sight at the tennis club on weekends.
+ It was such an unpleasant sight. I will remember it for the rest of my life.
+ She took me on a quick tour of the sights.
+ I lived here many years but never seen the sights.
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Note. This is where the word sightseeing comes from: seeing the sights.
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The meaning of the verb “sight” is mange or able to see or observe.
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+ At last they sighted land.
+ Tell me when you sight Mt. Fuji.
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There are lots of phrases with sight. Here are a few:
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+ When we met, it was love at first sight. (on first meeting or seeing).
+ We turned a corner and lost sight of Mt. Fuji. (no longer able to see).
+ You are a sight for sore eyes. (something you are very pleased to see).
+ He has set his sights on going to Oxford. (have a goal or ambition).
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The pronunciation is / sʌɪt /.
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-sight.html

It is with great sadness that we have decided to close triplo and June will be the last full month of lessons. The business situation, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, made it difficult for triplo to continue or grow into what we wanted it to be. We made the decision to close in a good way, rather than suddenly. We are grateful to all our members and friends who have taken lessons with us or joing the ochakai over the last seven and a half years. You made triplo special.

この度、とても残念ではございますが、triploを閉校することになり、月いっぱいレッスンができるのは6月が最後となります。新型コロナウイルス感染症の流行もあり、triploの継続や望むようなの成長が難しい経営状況でした。突然の閉校ではなく、良い意味で閉校する決断をしました。この7年半の間、一緒にレッスンを受けたり、お茶会に参加してくれたメンバーや友人たちに感謝しています。皆さんのおかげでtriploは特別なものになりました。

We have a couple of seminars and workshops planned to wrap up things at triplo. As well as a party! And of course, the ochakai. Please join us.

triploの締めくくりとして、いくつかのセミナーやワークショップを予定しています。また、パーティーも予定しています！そしてもちろん、お茶会も。ぜひご参加ください。

https://triplo.net/whats-on.html

今週の は ”luxury”です. “Luxury” is a noun and an adjective. It has one main meaning. Let’s have a look.
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The meaning of the noun “luxury” is a very comfortable, elegant, or gorgeous state, usually involving a lot of money or something that is not essential but nice to have.
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+ He dreamed of retiring and living a life of luxury.
+ Times are hard in worlds of luxury and art.
+ People aren’t spending money on luxuries with the rise in energy prices.
+ Dark chocolate is a luxury for me these days.
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The meaning of the adjective “luxury” is the same, very elegant and expensive.
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+ He bought her a luxury bag for her birthday.
+ We stayed in a luxury hotel for our honeymoon.
+ Her luxury apartment has a swimming pool.
+ I want to spend a week on a luxury yacht in Tahiti.
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The pronunciation is / ˈlʌkʃ(ə)ri /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-luxury.html

今週の は ”grin”です. “Grin” is a verb but can be a noun. The meaning is the same for both. Let’s have look at what grin means.
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The meaning of the verb “grin” is to be smile broadly.
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+ After the interview, she was grinning from ear to ear.
+ He grinned when he saw her come in.
+ Hermione grinned.' Wait and see,' she said and to both their surprises.
+ I relived the memory in my mind and grinned to myself.
+ They were all grinning, laughing, and having a good time.
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The meaning of the noun “grin” is the same. It means a broad smile.
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+ Wipe the silly grin off your face.
+ His grin is so charming.
+ There was a pleasant grin on the face of the shop assistant.
+ She gave him a wink and mischievous grin.
+ He forced a grin, but you could tell he wasn’t happy about it.
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There are is a phrase with grin.
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+ I will just have to grin and bear it. (suffer pain or difficulty in a calm way)
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The pronunciation is / ɡrɪn /.
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今週の は ”doubt”です. “Doubt” is a verb and a noun. The meaning is the same for both. It is a useful word in discussion. Let’s find out what doubt means.
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The meaning of the noun “doubt” is a feeling of uncertainty or lacking belief in something.
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+ Some doubt has been cast about how safe the new technology is.
+ We had doubts about their plan to marry.
+ It is natural to have some doubts about a big life decision like that.
+ There were strong doubts about whether what he said was true or not.
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The meaning of the verb “doubt” is the same. It means feel uncertain about, not believe, or question the truth of something.
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+ He began to doubt his ability to do the job well.
+ I seriously doubt that extra-terrestrials have visited earth.
+ You shouldn`t have doubted me.
+ It is impossible to doubt that climate change is caused by human action.
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There are a couple of useful phrases we doubt.
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+ The result of the election is not in doubt. (open to question)
+ I have no doubt that she is telling the truth. (shows strong belief something is true)
+ The prosecution proved the case beyond doubt. (no uncertainty)
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The pronunciation is / daʊt /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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また来週！
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-doubt.html

今週の は ”quality”です. “Quality” is a noun with two meanings. It can sometimes be an adjective. Let’s have look.
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The first meaning of the noun “quality” is the standard of something compared to other similar things; or the level of excellence of something.
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+ We are trying to improve the quality of our products and services.
+ This is terrible quality; it broke very easily.
+ They proved better quality lessons than most other schools.
+ I think quality is more important than quantity in most cases.
+ The material is extremely high quality.
+ The picture quality on this phone is not so good.
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The second meaning of the noun “quality” is a feature or characteristic that someone or something has.
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+ She demonstrates good leadership qualities.
+ This plant has medicinal qualities.
+ This tune has an Asian quality to it.
+ He might be lacking in many other qualities, but he has courage.
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It is informal, but as an adjective “quality” means excellent.
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+ He is a quality musician.
+ That was a quality match.
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The pronunciation is / ˈkwɒlɪti /.
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-quality.html

今週の は ”fair”です. “Fair” is an adjective with several different meanings. It can also be an adverb. Let’s find out what the meanings are.
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The first meaning of the adjective “fair” is treating people equally.
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+ That’s not fair, she took my toy!
+ They should be given fair treatment.
+ There isn’t a fair distribution of wealth in this country.
+ It was a fair hearing and the judge gave a fair punishment.
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The second meaning of the adjective “fair” is light coloured skin or hair.
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+ You have fair skin; make sure you use sunscreen.
+ She had long, fair hair.
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The third meaning of the adjective “fair” means less than a lot, but more than a little; a considerable amount.
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+ He did a fair bit of teaching in Japan.
+ I did a fair bit of training to be able to compete in the race.
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When talking about weather, the adjective “fair” means fine and dry.
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+ It was a fair autumn day, prefect for hiking.
+ updates pray for fair weather for race day.
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As an adverb “fair” means without cheating
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+ The other team didn’t play fair at all. There should have been a red card or two.
+ He played fair, but still lost.
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The pronunciation is / fɛː /.
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NB. Fair is also a noun with a very different meaning.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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また来週！
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-fairisfair.html

今週の は ”core”です. “Core” is a noun with several different but related meanings. Let’s have a look and see some examples of how to use it.
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The first meaning of the noun “core” is the tough central part of a fruit usually containing the seeds.
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+ I threw the apple core on the compost heap.
+ She sliced the pineapple and cut out the core.
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The second meaning of the noun “core” is the part of something that is central to its existence or character.
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+ The planned changes to the town have the interests of citizens at its core.
+ Students need to learn the core subjects before moving onto specialisation.
+ Creativity is at the core of what it means to be human.
+ The school has a core of permanent staff and teachers.
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The third meaning of the noun “core” means the central part of something, like a planet.
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+ The earth’s core is made of liquid rock.
+ Developing your core strength is essential for fitness and health.
+ This is the core commercial district of the city.
+ The core of the cable is made of glass optic-fibres.
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The pronunciation is / kɔː /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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また来週！
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-core.html

今週の は ”via”です. “Via” is usually a preposition used in talking about movement. It has one central meaning. Let’s find out what it is.
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The meaning of the preposition “via” is travelling through a place on the way to a destination.
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+ I flew to Tokyo via Hong Kong.
+ This bullet train goes to Hakata via Nagoya, Kyoto and Osaka.
+ We came via the usual route.
+ She went home via the supermarket.
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Similarly, the preposition “via” means by way of, or by means of.
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+ Many people receive their news via the internet these days.
+ Their reputation developed entirely via word of mouth.
+ Please send your application via email.
+ His music is a mix of David Bowie, and Prince, via Jimi Hendrix.
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The pronunciation is / ˈvʌɪə /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-via.html
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また来週！

今週の は ”issue”です. “Issue” is usually a noun with two different meanings as well as a verb. Let’s have a look.
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The first meaning of the noun “issue” is an important topic or problem that needs to be talked about.
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+ Greta Thunberg has done a lot to raise awareness of climate change issues.
+ It is an issue we need to discuss more thoroughly.
+ The environment is now a major consumer issue.
+ This is really sensitive issue that needs to be handled with care.
+ He has some emotional issues that he needs to deal with.
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The second meaning of the noun “issue” is the action of suppling something for use or sale.
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+ The April issue has an interview with Shohei Ohtani.
+ The company will launch a share issue in the autumn.
+ We will send you your first issue of the triplo newsletter next week.
+ Please check the date of issue of the insurance policy.
+ I’m really looking forward to the Christmas Issue.
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The meaning of the verb “issue” is to supply something for use or sale.
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+ The central bank issued a series of government bonds.
+ The police are going to issue a warrant for his arrest.
+ Everyone was issued with a gas mask and a helmet.
+ The CEO issued a statement to the press.
+ When you complete the course, a certificate will be issued.
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The pronunciation is / ˈɪsjuː /.
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今回のWOTWのPDFをホームページでダウンロードできます。
You can download a PDF of this WOTW on our website.
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また来週！
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https://triplo.net/word-of-the-week-full/wotw-issue.html