執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月06日 | Trivia
If you cross your fingers and touch your nose, you can feel two noses. It also works with small round objects such as a dry bean. This is called the Aristotle illusion. The spatial relationship between your fingers is different than usual, and it confuses your brain...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月05日 | Idioms
Son: Hurry up, Mom, let’s go! Mother: Hold your horses, I have to change clothes before we go see Grandma. “Hold your horses” means “wait a minute” or “slow down”. Before everyone had cars, people used horses to go places or carry things. Maybe we still say “hold your...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月04日 | Words
“Come on, Whiskers, you have to take this pill. Don’t hiss at me! Ouch!” A hiss is the sound of air escaping. Snakes hiss. Cats hiss when they are angry or afraid. A gas leak might also make a hissing sound. People are said to hiss when they whisper angrily....
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月03日 | Pictures
Northumberland is England’s most northerly county. It borders Scotland to the north and Cumbria to the west. Northumberland has the lowest population density in England, at only 62 persons per square kilometer. (Osaka has 11,836.) Northumberland used to be part of the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月01日 | Phrases
Jenny: Oh no! I have brain freeze! Mandy: That’s what happens when you eat your ice cream so fast. Brain freeze is the feeling you get in your head when you eat or drink something cold too fast. It feels as if your brain has frozen. ジェニー：いやあ！頭がきんきんする！...
