Picture of the Week: Northumberland

Northumberland is England’s most northerly county. It borders Scotland to the north and Cumbria to the west. Northumberland has the lowest population density in England, at only 62 persons per square kilometer. (Osaka has 11,836.) Northumberland used to be part of the...

Phrase of the Week: Brain Freeze

Jenny: Oh no! I have brain freeze! Mandy: That’s what happens when you eat your ice cream so fast. Brain freeze is the feeling you get in your head when you eat or drink something cold too fast. It feels as if your brain has frozen.   ジェニー:いやあ!頭がきんきんする!...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

Finding errors in the text before it goes to print is ______ of the proofreader. A. a responsibility B. the responsibility C. responsibility D. all responsibility 印刷する前に間違いを見つけるのが校正者の責任です。 Aは少し不自然です。いくつかのうちの一つの責任とはとれますが、その場合「one...

Trivia of the Week: Calico Cats

Calico cats are cats with three colors of fur. The colors are black, orange, and white. Calico cats are almost always female. This is because the genes for black fur and orange fur are both found on the X chromosome, and male cats, like male humans, have only one X...

Idiom of the Week: In the Ballpark

Husband: Lily, you play entirely too many video games. How much have you spent on games this year? Wife: Oh, something in the ballpark of $500. That’s not so much! The ballpark is a place to play baseball. You need a lot of space to play baseball, so it’s a wide open...