Phrase of the Week: It Depends

執筆者 | 2014年07月05日 | Phrases

“When are you going to go?” “It depends on the weather.” This is a useful phrase when you can’t answer without more information. Sometimes the necessary information is unknown, like tomorrow’s weather. Remember, learning a language is a big job. It takes a lot of...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2014年07月04日 | TOEIC

“We have narrowed the options to these two choices.” Find the mistake. A. narrowed B. options C. these D. choices 「この２択まで絞りました。」 間違いはどこでしょうか？ 「Narrow」には「狭くなる」という意味がありますが、これだけでは「絞る」という意味になりません。この意味で使うなら「narrow (something) down」ですので、「We have narrowed it...

Trivia of the Week: Cirrus Clouds

執筆者 | 2014年07月03日 | Trivia

Cirrus clouds are high, wispy clouds. The name comes from a Latin word for a lock of hair. Cirrus clouds don’t rain, but sometimes they indicate that rain is coming soon. They can drop ice crystals, but the ice evaporates before it reaches the ground....

Idiom of the Week: In Ages

執筆者 | 2014年07月02日 | Idioms

“Wow, I haven’t been here in ages! Everything looks different!” “In ages” just means “in a very long time”. In the dictionary, an age is a long period of time, such as the Stone Age or the Bronze Age. We are exaggerating quite a lot when we use “ages” to mean a few...