執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月20日 | Words
“I know you scored the winning goal, but don’t brag about it.” To brag is to talk about your own accomplishments, not just to share happy news but in an arrogant way. Most people usually find this annoying, so it’s a negative word. In some situations, like job...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月13日 | Words
“The sun rises over the horizon.” “The plane rose into the sky.” When you make something else get higher, you raise it. When it gets higher by itself, it rises. There are many ways to use “rise”: “Let the dough rise.”...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年09月06日 | Words
“It costs a lot of money to raise children.” “We used to raise goats.” “Raise” can mean to take care of a living being as it grows from a baby to an adult. If you remember the “lift up” or “make higher” meaning of raise, perhaps you can remember this usage by...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月30日 | Words
“Raise the lever before pumping the gas.” “If I get a raise in my salary, I’ll be able to travel more.” The basic meaning of “raise” is to lift something or make it higher. It is usually a verb—you can raise a lever or a curtain. When talking about raising the amount...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月23日 | Words
“This is delicious,” the child said around a mouthful of cake. “That’s his name? It’s really long.” “Yeah, it’s a mouthful.” A mouthful can be the amount of food or drink that fits in your mouth, or it can be something that is long and complicated and difficult to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月02日 | Words
“The rabbit hopped across the grass.” A hop is a small jump. Rabbits don’t walk very much; they hop instead. Other things that are known for hopping include frogs and children! 「ウサギがぴょんぴょんと草の上を跳びはねました。」...
