TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2015年09月11日 | TOEIC

“Doctors were unable to ______ the cause of his symptoms.” Fill in the blank. A. detriment B. determine C. undermine D. foresee 「医者たちは彼の症状の原因を突き止めることはできなかった。」 「突き止める」という意味の単語を空欄で埋めたいのですが、Aは名詞なのでアウトです。Dは「予知する」、Cは「こっそり邪魔をする」なので残るBが正解です。「決定する」という意味もあります。 Do...

Trivia of the Week: Laughter is the Best Medicine

執筆者 | 2015年09月10日 | Trivia

“Laughter is the best medicine” is a saying about how laughing can help you heal. Positive emotions seem to help people heal faster. However, when studying the healing powers of positive emotions, we should try to tell the difference between people healing...

Idiom of the Week: Tinker

執筆者 | 2015年09月09日 | Idioms

“Did you add that function to our website?” “No, I still need to tinker with it until it works right.” “My sister loves to take machines apart and tinker with them.” Tinkering is building or rebuilding something, usually a machine....

Word of the Week: Hold

執筆者 | 2015年09月08日 | Words

“A man appeared in the door, and he was holding a gun!” “Hold my bag while I buy my ticket.” “Can I hold the baby?” “The cat doesn’t like to be held.” To hold something is to keep it in your hand or hands. You can...