執筆者 Modern English | 2016年06月13日 | Pictures
Lantana comes from warm tropical places in the Americas and Africa. It’s a colorful flower that attracts butterflies! ランタナはアメリカとアフリカの熱帯地方の植物です。色が鮮やかで、蝶々を惹き付ける花です！
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年06月11日 | Phrases
“Can you use headphones if you’re going to listen to that? You know I can’t stand that song.” “My wife loves garlic, but I can’t stand it.” If you really don’t like something and can’t tolerate being around it, you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年06月10日 | TOEIC
“I’m afraid this product isn’t ______ for the deal. The sale only applies to items priced $9.99 and up.” Fill in the blank. A. applicable B. eligible C. usable D. purchasable 「残念ながら、この商品はこの割引の対象外です。セールは＄9.99以上の値段の商品が対象です。」...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年06月09日 | Trivia
When you make the ring shape of a doughnut, the hole in the center leaves a bite-size round lump of leftover dough. At some point, people started frying the leftover pieces and eating them as “doughnut holes”. Now, you can even find doughnut-hole-sized versions of...
執筆者 Modern English | 2016年06月08日 | Idioms
“This game has a steep learning curve, so it’s good for people who like a challenge.” A steep learning curve means that, even if something is easy at the most basic level, the difficulty increases very quickly. A more gradual learning curve can be less...
