It's on me.

Today we will look at the expressions my treat and it's on me. These have the same meaning, I will pay. I briefly talked about treat in an earlier lesson. 

When people go out for drinks they often buy rounds. This means that each person takes a turn paying for a round of drinks (everyone's drink).

Ted: Whose round is it?

Bill: I think it's Tom's.

Tom: Ok, the next round's on me but then it's Bill's turn! You always try to leave before buying your round!

Bill: Ok, I promise to get the next round.

 People often offer to pay so that someone will accept an invitation.

John: Hey Jill, wanna go to the car show on Saturday?

Jill: Car show? That's not really my thing...

John: C'mon it'll be fun! My treat.

C'mon = come on

Jill: Your treat? Sure, it could be fun.

Any questions? Have a good week!


Phil


  

Sorry, I lost track of time...

Hey everyone here's a quick lesson! Do you know what this expression means?

to lose track of time

This is when you are doing something and get really caught up in it, you are so focused on what you are doing that time flies by(seems to pass quickly)! It can be used in formal or informal situations.

A: Where were you??? I've been waiting for 30 minutes!

B: Sorry, I was reading a great book and I lost track of time.

A: Next time, email me to let me know you're gonna be late.

B: Ok, let me make it up to you-dinner's my treat.

A: Alright, I forgive. What book were you reading?

So remember to treat someone is to pay for them (in Japanese, 奢ります　おごります) and to make it up to someone means that when you do something bad you need to do something good to balance things out.

More posts soon!

Phil