執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月18日 | Words
“It’s not clear what he wants me to do.” “The water was so clear you could see the fish at the bottom of the river.” “Clear” means “obvious” or “easy to understand”. It also means “transparent” or “see-through”. If someone is speaking too fast and the words run...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月17日 | Pictures
The pomegranate is an unusual fruit because it’s full of delicious fleshy seeds. In Greek mythology, Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in the underworld, and therefore has to spend six months of the year there. During those months the harvest goddess Demeter...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月15日 | Phrases
“Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!” This is an abrupt way to tell someone to leave. The sarcastic advice only applies if the person is leaving, so even if they wanted to stay, you are already speaking as if they are leaving. You can also say this if someone...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月14日 | TOEIC
“Choose your desirable date from the pull-down menu and click ‘Next’.” Find the mistake. A. Choose B. desirable C. date D. pull-down 「メニューから希望する日付を選んで『次へ』をクリックしてください」 Desirable は desire （欲しがる）に able...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月13日 | Trivia
A Pegasus is a horse with wings. The original Pegasus was a creature in Greek mythology. His father was Poseidon, the god of the sea. His mother was Medusa, a monstrous woman with snakes for hair. He helped a hero named Bellerophon to defeat a monster called the...
