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...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月24日 | Words
“This knife is getting dull. I think I’ll get a new one.” “I never did well in grade school. Everyone thought I was just a dull kid, but actually the classes were so dull, I never paid attention. When I took more challenging classes I did...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月23日 | Pictures
A pineapple is not an apple and it doesn’t grow on a pine tree. When English speakers first saw pineapples, they thought they looked line pine cones, but they had fruit inside, like an apple....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年03月20日 | TOEIC
“This venture has been very profiting for both of us.” Find the mistake. A. venture B. profiting C. both D. of us 間違いはどこでしょうか？ びっくりするようなことが surprising で、恥ずかしいことが embarrassing なら儲かることは profiting でいいはずなのでは？実は、儲からせてくれるようなことは profiting ではなく profitable...
