執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月06日 | Trivia
A zipper is a kind of fastener that keeps the edges of two pieces of fabric together. It’s often found on clothes, luggage, tents and other things. It has two rows of teeth and a slider that can be moved up and down to push the teeth together or pull them apart....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月05日 | Idioms
“Wow, you must have worked hard this summer to afford a new car.” “Actually my dad bought it for me.” “Really? You’re such a daddy’s girl. I’m jealous.” A daddy’s girl (or mummy’s boy) is a child who is close to and spoiled by their parent. Similar phrases like...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月04日 | Words
“Is the cake gone? I didn’t get any!” “Don’t worry. There’s another cake in the kitchen.” “Another” is used to show “one more” of a countable noun. You can see the parts “an” and “other” in the word. If it’s an uncountable noun, we usually use “some more” instead: “Is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月01日 | Phrases
“It’s already eight o’clock. I don’t think I can do any more work this evening. Let’s call it a day and finish it up tomorrow.” “Calling it a day” means declaring your work finished for the day. There is more you could do, but you have done enough for one day, so you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月31日 | TOEIC
“I’m trying to get a new law passed to protect homeless cats and dogs. Would you sign my partition?” Find the mistake. A. law passed B. protect homeless C. Would you D. my partition 「野良猫や野良犬を守るための法案を作ろうとしています。請願書に署名をお願いできますか？」...
