Word of the Week: Serve

執筆者 | 2015年12月01日 | Words

“Welcome to Sandy’s Sandwiches. I’ll be your server today.” “This food is awful! I can’t believe you serve this garbage.” A waiter or waitress can be called a server, because they bring food to the customers. You might also...

Picture of the Week: Sweetgum

執筆者 | 2015年11月30日 | Pictures

The sweetgum tree has star-shaped leaves that turn yellow, purple and red in autumn. You can also see the seed pods in this picture. Varieties of sweetgum (or liquidambar) can be found in North America, Turkey, Greece, China, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Laos and Vietnam....

Phrase of the Week: It Grew On Me

執筆者 | 2015年11月28日 | Phrases

“The first time I heard this song, I thought it was annoying, but my kids kept playing it and it grew on me.” If something grows on you, you don’t like it at first, but over time you start to like it more. This can be true of many things—a movie you...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2015年11月27日 | TOEIC

“The support ticket was closed because the issue was resolve.” Find the mistake. A.　support ticket B.　was closed C.　because the issue D.　was resolve 「問題が解決されましたのでテクニカルサポートのチケットを閉めました。」...