執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月04日 | TOEIC
“We have narrowed the options to these two choices.” Find the mistake. A. narrowed B. options C. these D. choices 「この２択まで絞りました。」 間違いはどこでしょうか？ 「Narrow」には「狭くなる」という意味がありますが、これだけでは「絞る」という意味になりません。この意味で使うなら「narrow (something) down」ですので、「We have narrowed it...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月03日 | Trivia
Cirrus clouds are high, wispy clouds. The name comes from a Latin word for a lock of hair. Cirrus clouds don’t rain, but sometimes they indicate that rain is coming soon. They can drop ice crystals, but the ice evaporates before it reaches the ground....
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月02日 | Idioms
“Wow, I haven’t been here in ages! Everything looks different!” “In ages” just means “in a very long time”. In the dictionary, an age is a long period of time, such as the Stone Age or the Bronze Age. We are exaggerating quite a lot when we use “ages” to mean a few...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年07月01日 | Words
“Rats! I forgot my keys!” “Rats!” is something to say when you’re frustrated or disappointed. It’s not considered dirty, so you can say it in front of anyone. Perhaps you have heard famous cartoon character Charlie Brown use this word. It might sound a little childish...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年06月30日 | Pictures
This frog is a striking blue color. As with many other animals, the bright color serves as a warning that the frog is poisonous. If predators know that it is dangerous to eat the frog, the frog will be safe....
