The word obligation often refers to something you have to do but in business, it can also mean debt.

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Good evening. When do you use the phrase “Good evening” and when do you use the phrase “Good night“? You say “Good evening” when you first meet someone in the night time and you say “Good night” when you are leaving a place or going to bed (in other words you are going to sleep).

Hope this explanation helps. Good night.

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Non-native speakers sometimes use a passive sentence when they should have used an active sentence. Take the following example:

1. “When he retired his job.” means the job is no longer being performed.
2. “When he retired from his job.” means the person is no longer doing that job, but someone else is doing that job.

The first is passive and the second is active.

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The word fix is often used to mean repair, but it can also mean to introduce or create. Look at these examples:

• Are you going to fix her up with one of your friends? means to introduce her to your friend. In Japan, this is similar to ゴウコン.
• I am fixin to make dinner. means to make dinner and is often heard in the countryside.

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When someone looks like they are listening but really isn’t, we say “it went in one ear and out the other.” In Japanese, this is called kiki-nagasu 聞き流す（ききながす）. One of my students also said this is chikuwa-mimi ちくわみみ but then another Japanese person said that person made up the word. Who knows?!

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