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,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月01日 | Words
“Hit the snooze button. I want to sleep for five more minutes.” “Snooze” means sleep or nap. You can snooze or take a snooze. Most alarm clocks have a button that you can press when the alarm goes off, to make it wait a short time and then ring again. This lets you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年03月25日 | Words
“I broke my leg last weekend. Now I have to walk with crutches.” Crutches are a tool to help people walk when they can’t use one leg. We also say something is a “crutch” if someone uses it to help them when they don’t really need it. For example, if your English is...
