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2009.01.26
Greetings!
We thought we'd surprise you this week with a varied, unpredictable, fascinating collection of fresh new WordMasters. To loosely paraphrase a line from a memorable movie of the recent past, this week's WordMaster is like a box of assorted chocolates - you won't know what's inside the next piece until you take that first bite!
VENDING MACHINE 自動販売機
- A vending machine is a machine that you put money into to buy soft drinks, snacks, cigarettes, etc.
- vending machine とは、お金を入れて、ソフトドリンクや軽食、たばこなどを買う機械、つまり、自動販売機のことです。
- (customer to shop clerk)
I put a dollar in the vending machine outside, but nothing came out. - The vending machines in the school cafeteria only dispense (= sell; give out) bottled water and healthy snacks now.
- In order to prevent underage smoking, many cigarette vending machines now check the buyer's age by reading an IC card.
- With 2.7 million beverage (= drink) vending machines throughout the city, you never have to worry about going thirsty in Tokyo!
Have a great day!