執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月09日 | Trivia
In Japanese, sometimes the word “revenge” is used to mean a second attempt after a failure. If a class does a poor job on an assignment at school, the teacher might say the next similar assignment is “revenge”, or a chance to make up for the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月08日 | Idioms
Boss: Jenkins, I can’t believe you fixed the company website so fast! Jenkins: It was a piece of cake! If something is very easy to do, we say it is a piece of cake. Of course, some things are easy for some people and not for others. We usually say something is a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月07日 | Words
“So I heard you and Jane had a big fight at the party last week. What happened?” “Oh, don’t be so nosey. I know you just want to gossip with your friends about our problems.” Someone who is nosey takes too much interest in other people’s affairs. Such people are...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月06日 | Pictures
A Vanishing Symbol of the Prairies of Canada This is a grain elevator. For many years farmers brought their grain, usually wheat, to the grain elevator after the harvest. From grain elevators across the prairies freight trains would collect the grain and carry it to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月04日 | Phrases
Reporter: Can I ask you a few questions for my article? Rock star: Fire away! “Fire” as a verb can mean to shoot a bullet or other projectile weapon. You can see this usage in “Hold your fire” (meaning “don’t shoot”) as well....
