執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月04日 | Phrases
“I dare you to touch this worm!” “Ewww! No way!” To “dare” someone is to challenge them to do something. Children often dare each other to do things that are scary or unpleasant. Many children have gotten in trouble for doing something they were dared to! “Billy dared...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月03日 | TOEIC
“The procedure takes a long time because it is very uncomplicated.” Find the mistake. A. procedure B. long time C. because D. uncomplicated 手続きに時間がかかる理由として、「簡単だから」は間違っています。簡単でも時間がかかる事はありますが、簡単だから時間がかかるというのは変です。手順が複雑と言った方が自然です。 Complicated が「複雑」と言う意味なので、「～ではない」という意味の...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月02日 | Trivia
A dustbin is the same thing as a garbage can or trash can. A “bin” is not much different from a “can”—cans tend to be round, but we can call something a trash can even if it isn’t round. So is dust the same as trash or garbage? Actually, no. On its own, “dust” is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月01日 | Idioms
To butcher something is to do a very bad job. You can butcher a performance, assignment or project. Originally it meant to kill and cut up the body of an animal. 「信じられない、あんなに歌が下手なんて」 「大丈夫、カラオケで誰も期待してないから」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年09月30日 | Words
“Wow, I just barely passed the test. Next time I will study harder!” “Barely” means “almost not”. I passed the test, but if I had missed one more question I would have failed. “He survived, but when they found him he was barely alive.” “I barely ate anything at...
