執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月25日 | TOEIC
I just knew that the size of the flyers is wrong. A. I just B. knew that C. of the flyers D. is wrong 間違っている部分はどれですか？ 「チラシのサイズが間違っていると今知った。」 英語の「know」は日本語の「知る」と微妙に違います。「I know」は訳せば「知っている」になります。「Know」は知らない状況から知る状況へと変わることではありません。もう知っている状況です。何かを知ることは色々な言い方があります：find out,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月24日 | Trivia
A ponytail is a hairstyle where the hair is gathered behind the head. It resembles a horse’s tail, and a pony is a small horse. Another hairstyle is pigtails. It consists of two bunches of hair on either side of the head. It is also named after an animal tail, but it...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月23日 | Idioms
“Do you think Bob would make a good team leader for this project?” “I don’t know. He’s very knowledgeable about the subject, but he’s still pretty green.” “Green” means “inexperienced”. Fruits and vegetables often start out green and then change color as they ripen....
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月22日 | Words
Lucy: Chocolate is the best flavor in the entire world. It’s an undisputable scientific fact! Tammy: No, that’s just your opinion. I like vanilla better. An opinion is a subjective statement. It can be true for one person and false for another person. A fact is true...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年01月21日 | Pictures
January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day (started by a wildlife rehabilitator in 2001). Squirrels are rodents that live in trees and eat nuts. Squirrels bury nuts to eat during the winter. Sometimes they forget about some of the nuts, and the leftover nuts sprout new...
