TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

“I’m sorry to imprint on your hospitality.” Find the mistake. A. I’m sorry B. imprint C. on your D. hospitality Hospitality は「おもてなし」という意味です。お客様を手厚くもてなす事ですね。他人の家にお邪魔してお世話になるとき、「あなたのhospitalityを上手く利用するようで悪い」という様なお詫びの言葉を口にします。ですから、ここでは「押しかける」や「強いる」というような意味の単語が必要になります。...

Trivia of the Week: New Year’s Kiss

It’s an old tradition to kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve. It can be traced back to ancient Rome. Later, in England and Germany, people kissed the first person they met in the new year. Now, people kiss their loved ones at midnight to celebrate the new year....

Idiom of the Week: Family Man

“Are you coming to the barbecue this weekend?” “No, I can’t. I’ve got to go to my kid’s baseball game.” “Oh, I didn’t know you were a family man!” A family man is basically a man who has a family, i.e. one or more children. But to be a real family man you must be a...

Word of the Week: Explain

“I don’t understand what you meant when you wrote this sentence. Can you explain?” “It’s not what it looks like. I can explain!” When something doesn’t make sense, it needs to be explained. For example, if you don’t know how to solve a problem in math class, you can...

2015 New Year キャンペーン始まりました!

New Year キャンペーン! 2月8日までに新規ご入会で入会金が 無料 になります! この機会に是非、無料体験レッスンをご予約下さい。 尚、予約は混み合いますので早めのご予約をお勧めいたします。 お問合せ、ご予約はこちらからどうぞ!  ...