TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

“After the intermission, the doors will remain closed for the dilation of the concert.” Find the mistake. A. intermission B. remain C. dilation D. concert 「幕間の休憩後はコンサートの終わりまで扉が閉まっています。」...

Trivia of the Week: Bobbing for Apples

Bobbing for apples is a traditional Halloween game where players try to pull apples out of the water using only their mouths. It’s difficult because the floating apples move around. It’s also called “apple bobbing”, “apple ducking”, “dooking”, or “snap apple”.  ...

Idiom of the Week: Easy as Pie

“Don’t worry; it’s as easy as pie!”   But baking a pie is hard, isn’t it? It may be easy for an experienced baker, but something that’s “easy as pie” is easy for anybody! “Easy as pie” refers to eating pie, not baking a pie. Eating a pie is usually easy and fun!...

Word of the Week: Mistaken

“You must be mistaken. I’ve never been here before.”   “Mistaken” is the past participle of “mistake” as a verb: “He had mistaken the branch for a snake!” It’s also commonly used this way: “If you think I’ll accept those conditions, you are mistaken.” It...

Picture of the Week: Bat

Bats are one of the scary animals we think of around Halloween. Is this bat scary? Or is it funny? Its tongue is sticking out. Maybe it’s just cute!...