執筆者 Modern English | 2012年07月21日 | Phrases
Younger Sister: “Look out, it’s an alien!” Older Brother: “What? For real?” Younger Sister: “No, Angela and I are just pretending to be astronauts.” “For real” is the opposite of pretending. A child might have a tea party with her toys using toy food or food made of...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年07月14日 | Phrases
“We’re just about finished over here!” “Alright, that’s the last of it. Let’s wrap it up!” “Wrap it up” means “finish”. We often wrap up a project. A story can also be wrapped up by an author. Maybe the phrase refers to wrapping up a gift after it is completed, or...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年07月07日 | Phrases
“I was sure this was the right road, but I don’t see the Johnsons’ house.” “Maybe it’s further down.” “No, it’s a dead end. We’ll have to turn around.” A dead end is a road that stops. You cannot go straight, you cannot turn right, and you cannot turn left. You have...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月30日 | Phrases
“Don’t try this at home!” is something performers or announcers say when they show a trick that would be very dangerous if not performed by a professional. It is dangerous for children to attempt to recreate things they see on television, such as jumping off a tall...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月23日 | Phrases
Sometimes in life, we don’t know which choice is the best. It is usually easier to judge choices in the past, because we know the outcome of the choice that was actually made. Sometimes we have more information now than we did at the time we made the choice. We...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年06月16日 | Phrases
This is an old saying that means the opposite of “strike while the iron is hot.” Sometimes you worry too much about not letting an opportunity escape, and you don’t take time to think about what you are doing. This can get you in trouble! So this proverb tells us to...
