執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月26日 | Phrases
“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...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月25日 | TOEIC
“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!...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月24日 | Trivia
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,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月23日 | Idioms
“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...
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...
