Phrase of the Week: Pull it off

執筆者 | 2012年10月06日 | Phrases

Sports commentator: No one thought they could beat the Bobcats, but they pulled it off! They won! Pulling something off means achieving something difficult, like a skateboard trick or a jewel heist. Of course, it can also just mean pulling something off of something...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2012年10月05日 | TOEIC

I chose this chair because it is very comfort. Find the mistake: A. chose B. this chair C. because it D. very comfort “Comfort” is a noun. We could say the chair provides a lot of comfort, but a chair cannot be comfort. Here we need an adjective: “comfortable”. D is...

Trivia of the Week: Lightning Safety

執筆者 | 2012年10月04日 | Trivia

During an electrical storm, it is safest to be indoors or inside a car. In a car, you are safe because you are surrounded by metal. If the car is struck by lightning, the metal will lead the electricity into the ground. Indoors, you should never talk on a phone with a...

Idiom of the Week: He got axed!

執筆者 | 2012年10月03日 | Idioms

“Where’s Bob? He’s usually the first one here.” “You won’t be seeing him around here anymore. He got axed!” “Really? What happened?” “The boss found out he was brewing his own beer in the storage room.” To be axed is to be fired from a job. It compares being fired to...