執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月24日 | Phrases
“Then look through the window on the oven door to see if it’s done.” “How can you tell if it’s done?” “I have lived with dogs my whole life, so I can tell how they feel from their body language.” “Tell” usually means to give information by speaking, but it can also...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月23日 | TOEIC
“If you come outside our regular hours, we will have to take an extra fee.” Find the mistake. A. outside B. regular C. have to take D. extra fee 「営業時間外にお越しの際は追加料金をいただきます。」 間違いはどこでしょうか？ お金を払ってもらう場合、 take と言えなくはないですが、あまり良いイメージではありません。「請求する」という意味の charge...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月22日 | Trivia
“John was combing is hair when the bomb went off, killing him. Now he’s buried in this tomb.” This strange and silly story demonstrates how weird English pronunciation can be sometimes. The words “comb”, “bomb” and “tomb” look almost the same. Only one letter is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月21日 | Idioms
“Hi, Bob, long time no see!” “Yeah, I guess the last time was at the Jill’s wedding!” “Long time no see” is a cute greeting to use when you haven’t seen someone in a long time. It’s not really grammatically correct: “It’s been a long time and I have not seen you.”...
執筆者 Modern English | 2015年01月20日 | Words
“The yard was mostly covered with snow, but the grass showed in a few places.” “Mostly” can be used in some of the same places as “almost”. In the sentence above, you can use either word. However, you could not use “almost” in this sentence: “My cat is mostly black,...
