執筆者 Modern English | 2016年10月08日 | Phrases
“You ate the pudding I left in the fridge, didn’t you? I even wrote my name on it!” “I’m sorry! It won’t happen again.” We say something won’t happen again when we have done something wrong and have to apologize. The other person can be sure that we won’t do it again,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年10月07日 | TOEIC
“Be sure to pick up a copy of my book when it releases next month!” Find the mistake. A. Be sure B. pick up C. when it D. releases 「来月本が出版されたら間違いなく買ってね!」 Aの「Be...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年10月06日 | Trivia
Even numbers are divisible by two. They can be divided by two without anything left over, or divided “evenly”. Odd numbers are not strange, but can’t be divided evenly by two. Zero also counts as even! Non-integers like 1/3 or 0.5 are neither odd nor even. ...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年10月05日 | Idioms
“That was a close call! I almost hit that cyclist.” “A close call” is an accident, injury, or other bad thing that almost happens but is just barely avoided. It could be very serious: you almost died, but survived through luck. It could be a small thing: you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年10月04日 | Words
“I made a mistake on this form. Can I have another copy?” “There must be some mistake. I don’t have a reservation under that name.” “Mistake” is most often used as a noun. You can make a mistake. You can find or notice a mistake someone else made. You can catch a...