いい人

Some people are good people. We want to say they are great. There is an idiom to describe good people:

• the salt of the earth

Examples:

• He's a really nice person; he's the salt of the earth.
• She's kind to everybody; she's the salt of the earth.
• He's always helping people; he's the salt of the earth.

Some people are passive; they never use violence or behave aggressively. We say:

• wouldn't hurt a fly

Examples:

• Hiro hates violence; he wouldn't hurt a fly.
• I've never seen Miki angry; she wouldn't hurt a fly.
• Ryou has never hit anyone; he wouldn't hurt a fly.

スタッフ

The word staff is uncountable. We need to use the word member to count staff.

Examples:

• A member of staff ＝　１名のスタッフ
• Two members of staff　＝　２名のスタッフ
• Nine members of staff　＝　９名のスタッフ

There is another pattern with the same meaning:

• A staff member ＝　１名のスタッフ
• Two staff members ＝　２名のスタッフ
• Nine staff members ＝　９名のスタッフ

This is wrong:

• A staff X
• Two staffs X
• Nine staffs X

Similar words:

• employee (countable)
• worker (countable)

高い買い物

Splash out =

• spend a lot of money
• buy something expensive

Examples:

• I splashed out on a pearl necklace for my girlfriend's birthday.
• The boss is going to splash out on champagne at the office party.
• Naoko has splashed out on a new Gucci handbag.

Note:

• subject + splash out + on + object (+ extra information)

傘

I've heard the rainy season is over in Kanto; it was short and not so rainy this year. There is still a risk of sudden downpours so you may need your brolly.

• brolly = umbrella = 傘
• sudden downpour = 突然豪雨