執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月27日 | Words
“The car ran out of gas, and it started raining. What else can go wrong?” “Okay, that’s one sandwich and one coffee. Do you want anything else?” “I’m tired of ice cream. Let’s get something else.” “Else” means “other than that” or “in addition to that.” It is useful...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月20日 | Words
“I met Bob at my sister’s wedding.” “Let’s meet at five o’clock at the café.” When we use the word “meet” with people, it usually means “meet for the first time” or “meet at a certain time or place”. If you say, “I met my cousin,” without mentioning a time or place,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年05月13日 | Words
“This is my cat, Tom.” “Oh, he’s a very unusual color.” “Unusual” comes from the prefix “un” and the word “usual”. Perhaps you know “usual” in its adverb form, “usually”. Calico cats are usually female. What time do you usually get home? What do you usually eat for...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月22日 | Words
“What a cute little bunny!” “Bunny” is a cute word for “rabbit”. Cute words often end in Y. For example, we add Y to “dog” to make the cute word “doggy”. “Cat” becomes “kitty”, which is a little more different than the original word. “Bunny” doesn’t sound anything...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月15日 | Words
“Come on, kids! Let’s dye some Easter eggs!” We usually dye something by putting it in colored water, so that it takes on the color. We dye eggs at Easter, but dyeing makes them only one color, so we have to paint on more elaborate decorations with a brush. In...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月08日 | Words
“I recognized the man because I’d seen him before.” “I thought I knew all of this author’s books, but I don’t recognize this one.” “Oh, it’s you! I didn’t recognize you with that wig on.” To recognize something is to know what it is because you have seen (or heard,...
