執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月07日 | Words
“Eureka” is an exclamation that comes from Greek, meaning “I have found it!” You can say this when you find an answer or idea that you have been thinking about very hard. The story behind the word is that the Greek scholar Archimedes yelled, “Eureka!” when he realized...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月06日 | Pictures
Chestnuts are actually associated with Christmastime in America. Perhaps you already know the French word for “chestnut”. It’s marron. It sounds like it could be English, and is more well-known in Japan, so some people mistake it for the English name....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月04日 | Phrases
“I dare you to touch this worm!” “Ewww! No way!” To “dare” someone is to challenge them to do something. Children often dare each other to do things that are scary or unpleasant. Many children have gotten in trouble for doing something they were dared to! “Billy dared...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月03日 | TOEIC
“The procedure takes a long time because it is very uncomplicated.” Find the mistake. A. procedure B. long time C. because D. uncomplicated 手続きに時間がかかる理由として、「簡単だから」は間違っています。簡単でも時間がかかる事はありますが、簡単だから時間がかかるというのは変です。手順が複雑と言った方が自然です。 Complicated が「複雑」と言う意味なので、「～ではない」という意味の...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年10月02日 | Trivia
A dustbin is the same thing as a garbage can or trash can. A “bin” is not much different from a “can”—cans tend to be round, but we can call something a trash can even if it isn’t round. So is dust the same as trash or garbage? Actually, no. On its own, “dust” is...
