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Phrase of the Week: Come Up With
"I always come up with my best ideas in the shower." “Come up with” means “think of”. We often come up with ideas, answers or plans. We can also come up with other things, such as money. “There was a great TV on sale, but I couldn’t come up with the money.” In this...
TOEIC Practice Question of the Week
“The ______ profits from this project will enable us to upgrade our facilities.” Fill in the blank. A. projection B. projected C. projector D. project 「このプロジェクトの予想利益で設備をアップグレードできるでしょう」 利益profitsは名詞ですので、形容詞が必要です。この中で形容詞として使えるものはBです。 Do more TOEIC practice here!...
Trivia of the Week: Sigmund Freud
On this day in 1923 Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud published his paper on the ego and id. Although Freud's theories are no longer widely accepted, they became very popular and influential. The "ego" in Freud's theory is the conscious self, while the "id"...
Idiom of the Week: Jack of All Trades
“Wow, you can program computers, too? I thought you were an art major.” “I’m something of a jack of all trades.” A jack of all trades is a person who can do many different kinds of things. However, he is not an expert at any one thing. The longer version of the phrase...
Word of the Week: Bunny
“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...
Picture of the Week: Bluebells
This forest is full of bluebells. These flowers hang down from their stems and have a bell-like shape....
Title: Phrase of the Week: Come Down With
“I can’t come to the party today. I’ve come down with a bad cold.” “Come down with” means to get a disease. You might come down with a cold, the flu, measles or another disease. If you don’t know what sickness you have, you can just say, “I’ve come down with...
TOEIC Practice Question of the Week
“The storm enhanced the rescue effort, but after twelve long hours the survivors of the helicopter crash were safely off the mountain. Find the mistake. A. enhanced B. effort C. survivors D. safely 「嵐が救出作戦を邪魔したが、12時間後にはヘリ事故を生き残った人々は安全に山を下りていました。」...
Trivia of the Week: Easter Rabbits
Because the rabbit is a popular symbol of Easter, many people get a new pet rabbit to celebrate. However, a lot of them are not prepared to take care for a rabbit. Rabbits can live more than ten years and need a lot of care, just like a dog. Soon after Easter, many...
