執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月17日 | Phrases
“I’ll stop at the store for milk on the way home.” “Can you stop at school on the way to work and get my homework for today?” “The train bound for Osaka stops at Kyoto.” This is a useful phrase when you go somewhere for a short time on the way to somewhere else....
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月16日 | TOEIC
“I couldn’t have improved so much without guidance from my mentored.” Find the mistake. A. couldn’t have B. improved C. without D. mentored 「メントルの導きがなければここまで進歩しませんでした。」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月15日 | Trivia
“Rip” means to tear or pull apart. So why do gravestones say “RIP”? This “RIP” stands for “rest in peace”. “Rest” or sleep is often compared to death—death is like a permanent sleep. We wish peace for the person who has died. We also want the dead to...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月14日 | Idioms
“You’re going to play video games all night even though the test is tomorrow? Oh well, it’s no skin off my nose.” If someone is doing something that might cause harm to them, but won’t affect us, we say it’s “no skin off our nose”. The speaker won’t be hurt—the skin...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年12月13日 | Words
“Wow, what a feast! You must have been cooking all day!” A feast is a big, luxurious meal that includes many dishes. In the U.S. many people have a big, elaborate meal on Thanksgiving at the end of November. But Christmas dinner is also an important holiday meal!...
