執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月13日 | Words
“Can you describe the man you saw?” “Yes. He was tall, with black hair, and he was wearing a red jacket.” To describe something is to give more details about it so that the listener can picture it more accurately. It doesn’t have to be its visual appearance, though....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月10日 | Phrases
“Hmm, no answer. I guess he’s not home.” “Did he get my email?” “I guess so. He didn’t say anything.” When you guess the answer to a question, you choose an answer even though you don’t know the correct answer. We also use “I guess” when we aren’t confident that...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月09日 | TOEIC
“I’m sorry to imprint on your hospitality.” Find the mistake. A. I’m sorry B. imprint C. on your D. hospitality Hospitality は「おもてなし」という意味です。お客様を手厚くもてなす事ですね。他人の家にお邪魔してお世話になるとき、「あなたのhospitalityを上手く利用するようで悪い」という様なお詫びの言葉を口にします。ですから、ここでは「押しかける」や「強いる」というような意味の単語が必要になります。...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月08日 | Trivia
It’s an old tradition to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve. It can be traced back to ancient Rome. Later, in England and Germany, people kissed the first person they met in the new year. Now, people kiss their loved ones at midnight to celebrate the new year....
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月07日 | Idioms
“Are you coming to the barbecue this weekend?” “No, I can’t. I’ve got to go to my kid’s baseball game.” “Oh, I didn’t know you were a family man!” A family man is basically a man who has a family, i.e. one or more children. But to be a real family man you must be a...
