TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2014年05月30日 | TOEIC

“Only successful _____ will be contacted.” Fill in the blank. A. applications B. application C. applicants D. applicant 「採用決定者のみにご連絡いたします」 就職活動でよく見る文章です。連絡が来ないということは不採用という意味です。「Be...

Trivia of the Week: Pruney Fingers

執筆者 | 2014年05月29日 | Trivia

Have you noticed that if you take a long bath, the skin on your fingers and toes gets wrinkly? English speakers call this “pruney fingers”, because the wrinkled skin looks like the skin of a prune (a sweet dried plum). Scientists say this doesn’t happen because our...

Idiom of the Week: Tip of the Iceberg

執筆者 | 2014年05月28日 | カテゴリーなし

“Oh no, look at the mess the kids made in the hall! I knew they weren’t old enough to stay home without a babysitter.” “That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Wait until you see what they did in the kitchen!” An iceberg represents a problem or a bad thing. Icebergs are...

Word of the Week: Else

執筆者 | 2014年05月27日 | Words

“The car ran out of gas, and it started raining. What else can go wrong?” “Okay, that’s one sandwich and one coffee. Do you want anything else?” “I’m tired of ice cream. Let’s get something else.” “Else” means “other than that” or “in addition to that.” It is useful...