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Beginner Class
This week we read a little bit about gift giving, and I taught you the phrase:

It`s the thought that counts.

Here it is in Japanese:

大事なのは気持ち。



Intermediate Class

This week in our reading from page 13, we saw the phrase "not to mention". Here was the sentence:

Albert and Helen, not to mention Ashley, were extremely upset.

Basically, it means "in addition to". But the nuance is "it is so obvious that it’s practically unnecessary to say it".

Here are some more example sentences:


1. We’ve never been to Canada or Mexico, let alone Asia.

2. Japanese is so hard. I can`t remember hiragana or katakana, not to mention Kanji!

3. X-sensei is so cool. He is a great drummer, a master of Kanji, not to mention a great teacher! (who could that be, I wonder???)