TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2013年03月01日 | TOEIC

A late fee is a _______ that is added when you do not pay your bill on time. A. punish B. penalty C. purpose D. priority 「延滞料は期限までに支払わなかった場合に発生する違約金です。」...

Trivia of the Week: Leap Year

執筆者 | 2013年02月28日 | Trivia

One year is 365 days long, but the Earth does not take exactly 365 days to go around the sun once. To keep the seasons from slowly shifting into different months, we must add an extra day every four years. The day we add is February 29. Most years, February only has...

Idiom of the Week: All Greek to Me

執筆者 | 2013年02月27日 | Idioms

Husband: How do you set the clock on this gadget? Wife: Well, I have the instruction manual, but it’s all Greek to me. Husband: Let’s just get the kids to do it. Most English speakers don’t know any Greek at all. When they see something they don’t understand in the...

Word of the Week: Icicle

執筆者 | 2013年02月26日 | Words

Icicles are long pointed pieces of ice that hang downward. They form when dripping water freezes. If you live in a place that gets cold in winter, you might see them on the edge of your roof! Do you see icicles in winter? What places are too warm to form icicles even...