執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月30日 | Pictures
There is an old tradition of having some kind of new clothes at Easter. In recent times, a new hat has been popular. The hat is decorated for Easter and may be worn to church....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月28日 | Phrases
“Ugh, I stayed up all night writing this essay.” “That’s because you waited until the last minute to start!” “The last minute” or “the last second” is not literally one minute before the deadline, but it is very...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月27日 | TOEIC
“The chef will prepare anything you ___.” Fill in the blank. A. desire B. despair C. despise D. despite 「シェフがあなたの食べたいものを何でも作って差し上げます。」 最後の部分は「あなたが欲しがるもの」ですので、「欲しがる」に一番近い動詞を選びましょう。Dは動詞ですらないのでアウトです。Bは「絶望する」という意味で、Cは「強く嫌う」なので残るAが正解です。 Do more TOEIC practice...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月26日 | Trivia
Classically, trolls are a kind of humanoid monster that lives under bridges. In one famous story, three goats must cross a bridge without being eaten by the troll that lives underneath. Nowadays, “troll” usually refers to troublemakers on the internet....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月25日 | Idioms
“Let’s rent this movie today.” “A fantasy movie? You know I don’t care for magic and unicorns and all that mumbo jumbo.” “Mumbo jumbo” is a negative word for something complicated or confusing that we don’t...
