執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月04日 | Trivia
Animals can do many things by instinct. For example, baby sea turtles crawl into the ocean. Birds can build nests. Some behaviors that seem like instinct also require learning from older animals. Of course, humans also have instincts! ...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月03日 | Idioms
“What’s the matter, cat got your tongue?” If someone can’t speak (perhaps because they are nervous or afraid) we say the cat has got their tongue. This idiom probably appears most often as a question. If someone is not speaking, you can ask this to jokingly ask...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月02日 | Words
“The rabbit hopped across the grass.” A hop is a small jump. Rabbits don’t walk very much; they hop instead. Other things that are known for hopping include frogs and children! 「ウサギがぴょんぴょんと草の上を跳びはねました。」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年08月01日 | Pictures
Do you know how pearls are formed? Very rarely, they form inside an oyster or other mollusk, when a very small object gets inside its shell. The pearl builds up around the object....
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年07月30日 | Phrases
“Stop shivering.” “I can’t help it. I’m cold!” We use this phrase when we have no choice. It’s impossible not to do something. Here are some more variations: “He couldn’t help but smile when his daughter showed him the picture she’d drawn.” “When I hear this song, I...
