執筆者 Modern English | 2013年04月20日 | Phrases
Dad: Do you want some orange juice? Lizzy: Yes! Dad: OK, say “when”! Lizzy: When! When someone pours you a drink, they might ask you to say “when”. That means they don’t know how much you want to drink, so you should say something when they have poured enough into...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年04月19日 | TOEIC
I cannot figure out how to install my printer. Can you give me some assisting? Where is the mistake? A. cannot figure out B. how to install C. Can you give me D. some assisting プリンターをインストールする方法がどうしてもわからない。助けてくれませんか？ 「Figure...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年04月18日 | Trivia
“Mikan” is often translated as “orange,” but they are different from the fruit you will get if you ask for an orange. There are many kinds of mikans and many kinds or oranges, but the mikans belong to a group of fruits called “mandarin oranges”. In general, oranges...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年04月17日 | Idioms
John: Martha, how do I fix the whatchamacallit on the computer? The internet thingie? Martha: You mean the router? Just unplug it and plug it back in. “Whatchamacallit” is a word we can use when we don’t remember the proper name of something. If a person knows what...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年04月16日 | Words
“Dive” usually means “to jump in”. If you go to a big pool, you can dive off the diving board. But if you go diving, it means you use an oxygen tank and swim deep in the ocean. 「Dive」は通常「飛び込む」という意味です。大きなプールに行けば、飛び込み台から飛び込めます。でも「go...
