執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月03日 | Phrases
Child: How come things fall down and not up? Parent: Are those my keys? Don’t drop them down there! Argh! What did you do that for? Child: I wanted to see if it would fall up. “How come?” is another way to ask “why?” It asks the reason something happens. “How come the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月27日 | Phrases
Commentator: “Normally I would expect the Tigers to win this game easily, but with their star player injured, all bets are off.” When something unusual makes it impossible to predict what will happen, we say “all bets are off”. When you bet on a sport, you can see how...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月20日 | Phrases
“That pizza was delicious!” “Yeah, I’ve been craving pizza all week. That really hits the spot!” When a food is very satisfying, we say it “hits the spot”. 「ピザ美味しかった！」 「うん、今週ずっとピザが食べたかった。満足した！」 食べ物がとても満足させるときに、それを「hits the spot」と言います。...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月13日 | Phrases
Paul: “How was your date with George?” Cynthia: “I can’t believe it. He stood me up! I waited for hours.” Paul: “That’s terrible!” If you make a promise to meet someone somewhere and then never show up at the meeting spot, you have stood the person up. This is a mean...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年07月06日 | Phrases
Ethel: “Hello, Janice? This is Ethel. I wanted to—Oh! She hung up on me! Can you believe it?” Hanging up on someone is ending a phone call before the conversation is finished. If you don’t want to talk to someone, you can hang up on them. However, they might be...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年06月29日 | Phrases
Dad: “Look, Jimmy fell asleep while playing with blocks.” Mom: “Aww, he’s all tuckered out.” “Tuckered out” means “tired” or “exhausted”. It is sort of a cute word, so it is often used to talk about children or animals. パパ：「見て、ジミーが積み木で遊んでる途中で寝ちゃった。」 ママ：「あら、つかれちゃったね。」...
