{"id":20146,"date":"2024-10-28T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/?p=20146"},"modified":"2024-10-21T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T13:52:00","slug":"simon-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fruitfulenglish.com\/blog\/simon-70\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon\u5148\u751f\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u5b66\u3076\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u82f1\u8a9e\u8868\u73fe\u30fcLocked out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u307f\u306a\u3055\u3093\u3001\u3053\u3093\u306b\u3061\u306f<\/p>\n

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\u203bSimon\u5148\u751f\u306e\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u524d\u56de\u306e\u8a18\u4e8b\u300cSimon\u5148\u751f\u306e\u82f1\u8a9e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u5b66\u3076\u4f7f\u3048\u308b\u82f1\u8a9e\u8868\u73fe\u30fcWe gave it a shot\u300c\u3084\u3063\u3066\u307f\u305f\u300d\u300d\u3092\u898b\u9003\u3057\u305f\u65b9\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u304b\u3089\u3069\u3046\u305e\uff01<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Hello, this is Simon.<\/p>\n

Raising small kids has various potential hazards, one of them being the possibility of getting locked out of your own house.<\/p>\n

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It happened to me several years ago, when I popped out to do some gardening near our entrance. I heard the dreaded click of the door lock<\/strong><\/em> and dashed back to the front door, only to find I couldn\u2019t get back in. My then 2-year-old daughter was on the other side of the door, having just locked it. She seemed deaf to my pleas<\/strong><\/em> to unlock the door. After about a minute her silhouette disappeared, meaning she had gone back to the living room.<\/p>\n

I went to the sliding glass door outside the living room and could see her sitting in front of the TV. I banged franticly on the glass, which she could definitely hear, but she completely ignored me. Fortunately, my wife came back from her outing about 30 minutes later and I was able to get back in. Since then, I have never gone out of the house without my keys.<\/p>\n

\u305d\u306e\u4e00\u5e74\u5f8c\u306b\u306f\u3054\u8fd1\u6240\u3067<\/h3>\n

About a year later, as I was walking past my neighbor\u2019s house, I heard a cry for help. My neighbor was calling to me from her balcony. She had been locked out by her 1.5-year-old daughter. She was less fortunate than I, because her husband was away at work and not due to return for many hours. With no mobile phone, she had no means of contacting anyone, so she asked me to call the fire department.<\/p>\n

It ended up being quite a public affair<\/strong><\/em>, with a fire truck, ambulance and all sort of others turning up. The poor lady must have been mortified<\/strong><\/em>, and I really felt for her, but she did get get back into her house, in the end.<\/p>\n

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The other day it was my wife\u2019s turn, and the culprit was my son. A friend of hers had come for a brief visit, and when it was time to leave, my wife went out on to the driveway to see her friend off, leaving my son happily watching TV. However, she returned to a locked door. She could see his silhouette through the door, and so tried to get him to unlock it, but to no avail.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He also returned to the living room to watch TV, so my wife and her friend went to the sliding glass door, knocking on it and calling out to him. Unlike my daughter, he didn\u2019t ignore them and came to the door, grinning from ear to ear. They pointed to the catch for opening the door, and eventually he tried it, but it was locked. They then gestured to him to flip the switch that locks the catch, and after some time, managed to get him to push the switch to the unlocked position.<\/p>\n

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It was now just a matter of opening the door. However, there was one final catch. The door was still locked, because there was a small movable stopper at the bottom of the it, which is designed to stop small kids from opening it. Now, they thought they were cooked<\/strong><\/em>, because we had taken great effort to keep this stopper a secret from my son.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t due home for another six or so hours, so it looked like my wife was going to have to ask her friend to make the inevitable call to the fire department. But, just as they were discussing what their next move should be, they saw my son bend down, heard small click, then saw him stand up again and open the door, as if it was nothing. It seems the little tyke<\/strong><\/em> had known about the lock all along. Fortunately, all\u2019s well that ends well.<\/p>\n

Moral of the story: Never go outside of your house without the keys, even if it\u2019s just to the balcony, or to say goodbye to someone.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

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\u201cthe dreaded click of the door lock\u201d<\/h2>\n

The adjective \u201cdreaded\u201d means \u201cfeared or thought of with worry\u201c. When we say \u201cthe dreaded\u2026\u201d, we are talking about something we know well, that causes us concern or fear<\/p>\n

(e.g. the dreaded Monday morning\/the dreaded dentist appointment).<\/p>\n

\u201cdeaf to my pleas\u201d<\/h2>\n

A \u201cplea\u201d<\/strong> is \u201can urgent and emotional request\u201d.
\nThe expression to be \u201cdeaf to ones pleas\u201c<\/strong> means to ignore or refuse to listen to a person’s urgent calls or requests for help or understanding<\/p>\n

(e.g. The company remained deaf to the workers\u2019 pleas for better working conditions.)<\/p>\n

“quite a public affair”<\/h2>\n

\u201cPublic affair\u201c<\/strong> is the opposite of \u201ca private affair\u201c<\/strong>, which is a matter or event only known by or involving a select group of people.<\/p>\n

A celebrity\u2019s wedding could be \u201ca public affair\u201c<\/strong>, in which the media is invited to cover the event. In the case of my neighbor, an incident that should have been private, became known by the entire neighborhood.<\/p>\n

“mortified”<\/h2>\n

The adjective “mortified”<\/strong> means extremely embarrassed or ashamed, often to the point of feeling deeply humiliated<\/p>\n

(e.g. She was mortified when she tripped and spilled her drink in front of everyone at the party.)<\/p>\n

“to no avail”<\/h2>\n

The expression \u201cto no avail\u201d<\/strong> is used to indicate that \u201cefforts or attempts were unsuccessful or did not achieve the desired result\u201d<\/p>\n

(e.g. He searched for hours, but to no avail\u2014his keys were still missing.\/He tried to fix the computer, but to no avail; it wouldn\u2019t turn on.)<\/p>\n

\u201cthey were cooked\u201d<\/h2>\n

To be \u201ccooked\u201d<\/strong> is a very casual way of saying to be in deep trouble and in an inescapable situation<\/p>\n

(e.g. If we don\u2019t finish this project by tomorrow, we\u2019re cooked.\/He realized he was cooked when the evidence against him was revealed.)<\/p>\n

\u201cthe little tyke\u201d<\/h2>\n

The noun \u201ctyke\u201d<\/strong> means “a young child”. It is a very casual word but also implies a sense of affection towards the child, and is often used in a lighthearted way<\/p>\n

(e.g. Look at that little tyke running around!\/My little tyke has so much energy!)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It has been finally getting a little cooler. Enjoy this lovely weather while it lasts!<\/p>\n

See you next month!<\/p>\n

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