執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月01日 | Phrases
Bartender: “Name your poison.” Customer: “I’ll have a whiskey.” “Name your poison” is a way to ask what kind of alcohol someone wants to drink. Alcohol can have negative effects (including alcohol poisoning) so in this phrase it is called “poison”. バーテンダー：「何にする？」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月31日 | TOEIC
His _______ at the meeting was so poor that he lost his opportunity for promotion. A. conduct B. behave C. actions D. conductor ミーティングでの彼の態度はあまりに悪くて、出世するチャンスを失くしました。 Ｂの「behave」は動詞なのでアウトです。Ｃの「actions」は、意味は近いですが、複数形なので「was」と一緒に使えません。Ｄの「conductor」は実は電車などの運転手です。残るＡが正解です。...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月30日 | Trivia
A foster family provides care for a child or pet that has no place to go. It could be a pet that was abandoned or born homeless, or a child who has lost his parents or whose parents could not take care of him. If the new home becomes permanent, then the child or pet...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月29日 | Idioms
“Ugh! I thought that movie would never end. It was so boring!” “Yeah! Like watching paint dry!” Watching paint dry would be very boring, because it takes a long time, and the difference between wet paint and dry paint is not very interesting or easy to see. It is a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年05月28日 | Words
To make a braid, you need three long things. Usually these are bundles of hair, but other things can be braided too: from ribbons to bread dough. A braid is a simple hairstyle that keeps long hair out of the way and looks pretty, too....
