Idiom of the Week: Straight from the Horse’s Mouth

執筆者 | 2016年10月12日 | Idioms

“Are you sure this information is reliable?” “I got it straight from the horse’s mouth.” The best information comes from people who are directly involved. In horse racing, who is more directly involved than the actual horse? This saying means the information comes...

Word of the Week: Mistake, cont.

執筆者 | 2016年10月11日 | Words

Last week we looked at “mistake” as a noun. We can also use it as a verb. “Did you mistake me for someone else?” “I mistook the gas pedal for the brake.” When you see (or hear or feel) someone or something, but think it is something or someone else, you have mistaken...

Phrase of the Week: It Won’t Happen Again

執筆者 | 2016年10月08日 | Phrases

“You ate the pudding I left in the fridge, didn’t you? I even wrote my name on it!” “I’m sorry! It won’t happen again.” We say something won’t happen again when we have done something wrong and have to apologize. The other person can be sure that we won’t do it again,...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2016年10月07日 | TOEIC

“Be sure to pick up a copy of my book when it releases next month!” Find the mistake. A. Be sure B. pick up C. when it D. releases 「来月本が出版されたら間違いなく買ってね！」 Aの「Be...

Trivia of the Week: Odd and Even

執筆者 | 2016年10月06日 | Trivia

Even numbers are divisible by two. They can be divided by two without anything left over, or divided “evenly”. Odd numbers are not strange, but can’t be divided evenly by two. Zero also counts as even! Non-integers like 1/3 or 0.5 are neither odd nor even.  ...