執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月06日 | Words
What do you picture when you hear the word “catfish”? It is a common joke to draw a catfish as a fish with a cat’s head. But it is actually just a regular fish. The name comes from its barbels, which look like a cat’s whiskers....
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月05日 | Pictures
Onyx is a kind of stone. It has many bands or stripes. The stripes come in many colors. The name “onyx” comes from the Greek word for “fingernail”. オニキスは石の一種で、縦横にしま模様がたくさん入っています。...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月03日 | Phrases
Child: How come things fall down and not up? Parent: Are those my keys? Don’t drop them down there! Argh! What did you do that for? Child: I wanted to see if it would fall up. “How come?” is another way to ask “why?” It asks the reason something happens. “How come the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月02日 | TOEIC
Thanks to everyone’s high productivity, we have made a lot of progresses on this project. Find the mistake. A. everyone’s B. productivity C. a lot of D. progresses 「皆さんの高い生産力のおかげで、このプロジェクトが前進しています。」 間違いを見つけましょう。...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年08月01日 | Trivia
An ice cream sandwich is ice cream sandwiched between two cookies or other sweet cakes. Different countries have different types of ice cream sandwiches, but the standard American sandwich is vanilla ice cream between rectangular chocolate wafers. Round chocolate-chip...
