執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月11日 | Words
“This knife has a jagged edge.” “The window was broken, leaving jagged shards of glass.” “Jagged” means not straight. It’s a little like zig-zag, but it may be even or uneven. 「このナイフはギザギザしている」 「窓が割れてギザギザしたガラスの破片を残していた」 Jagged...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年11月04日 | Words
“Is the cake gone? I didn’t get any!” “Don’t worry. There’s another cake in the kitchen.” “Another” is used to show “one more” of a countable noun. You can see the parts “an” and “other” in the word. If it’s an uncountable noun, we usually use “some more” instead: “Is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月28日 | Words
“After a long vacation, I really appreciate a review of what we’ve already learned.” “If you review your notes after class, you’ll remember what you studied better.” When studying, you probably look over material you have already studied. “Re” means “again” and “view”...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月21日 | Words
“We can choose the color? I’ll take a blue one.” “Me too.” “Ditto.” “Ditto” is a word that means “the same”. It’s very short, so you can save time by not repeating a long phrase. In writing, it is convenient when repeating items or parts of items in a list using the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月14日 | Words
“Did you make these sandwiches all by yourself?” Mom asked. The boy nodded proudly. Nodding is moving the head up and down. We usually use it to answer “yes” using body language and not words. It can sometimes be used for other things. For example, when you fall...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月07日 | Words
“Eureka” is an exclamation that comes from Greek, meaning “I have found it!” You can say this when you find an answer or idea that you have been thinking about very hard. The story behind the word is that the Greek scholar Archimedes yelled, “Eureka!” when he realized...
