執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月31日 | Trivia
What’s English for a plastic bandage you can put on a small cut? Not Band-Aid—that’s a brand name. It’s just so popular that many people don’t know any other name for that kind of bandage. This has happened to many brands. Kleenex has become a word for any facial...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月30日 | Idioms
“He used to work in the mail room, but now he’s a senior manager. He’s really come up in the world.” In the world there are many positions and jobs. Those with more power, prestige or money are considered “higher” so as you gain more power or a better job, you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月29日 | Words
“Don’t forget to breathe.” “It was really scary. I couldn’t breathe!” It can be easy to confuse the spelling of “breathe” and “breath” (a noun, as in “Take a deep breath”), because the letters “eath” make the same vowel sound as in “breathe” in words like “wreath”....
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月28日 | Pictures
A baby chicken is called a chick. Yesterday was Easter. Chicks are associated with Easter and spring because they hatch from eggs and symbolize new life....
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年03月26日 | Phrases
“Stay back! I have a knife!” “Stay back! There’s broken glass on the floor. Don’t come in here until I clean it up.” In movies, people often tell monsters or other scary creatures to “stay back!” This is an urgent...
