執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月03日 | Idioms
“Where’s Bob? He’s usually the first one here.” “You won’t be seeing him around here anymore. He got axed!” “Really? What happened?” “The boss found out he was brewing his own beer in the storage room.” To be axed is to be fired from a job. It compares being fired to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月02日 | Words
Ellen: Did you see the new building down the road? It’s finally finished. Opal: Yeah! But what an eyesore! Ellen: I know! It’s a real monstrosity. An eyesore is something really ugly. If your neighbor puts up a big ugly decoration in his yard, you might complain that...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月01日 | Pictures
Northumberland has lots of wildlife. It is a great place for salmon and trout fishing, has lots of deer, otters, puffins, red squirrels and wild badgers. The most famous wild animals are the Chillingham cattle. This is the last herd of wild cattle now living free in...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月29日 | Phrases
“This is the last straw! I’ve had it!” The last straw is the straw that broke the camel’s back. A camel can carry a lot, but if you keep adding straw it will eventually become too heavy. The last straw is the difference between a load of straw the camel can just...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年09月28日 | TOEIC
I _______ a video game when the power went out, and I lost all my progress! What goes in the blank? A. played B. was playing C. had played D. would play テレビゲームをしている最中に停電になってデータが全部消えてしまった！...
