執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月17日 | TOEIC
“Before you can play with the toy, you or a parent must resemble all the parts.” Find the mistake. A. Before B. with the toy C. resemble D. all the parts 「玩具と遊ぶ前に、自分又は親がパーツを組み立てる必要があります。」 玩具の箱によく書いてある「Some assembly...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月16日 | Trivia
Beth: Oh no! What am I going to do now? Tom: What’s wrong? Beth: You know what’s wrong! You threw my doll into the tree! What’s wrong with you? Tom: Oh, yeah. I was just playing around. I’ll help you get it down. In this dialogue, Tom sees that Beth is upset and says,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月15日 | Idioms
“That’s your costume for the Halloween party? You’re dressing as Harry Potter, too?” “Yep, I resisted for a long time, but I’ve jumped on the bandwagon and become a Harry Potter fan.” A bandwagon was originally a wagon carrying a band in a parade or circus. Bandwagons...
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11日 | Phrases
“Ow! You stepped on my foot!” “Sorry. It wasn’t on purpose.” When you do something intentionally, we say it was “on purpose”. That is, it was your purpose to do so. It wasn’t a mistake or an accident. 「痛い！今、私の足を踏んだ！」 「ごめん！わざとじゃなかった。」 何かをわざとするとき、それは「on...
