TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

執筆者 | 2014年10月03日 | TOEIC

“The procedure takes a long time because it is very uncomplicated.” Find the mistake. A. procedure B. long time C. because D. uncomplicated 手続きに時間がかかる理由として、「簡単だから」は間違っています。簡単でも時間がかかる事はありますが、簡単だから時間がかかるというのは変です。手順が複雑と言った方が自然です。 Complicated が「複雑」と言う意味なので、「～ではない」という意味の...

Trivia of the Week: Dustbin

執筆者 | 2014年10月02日 | Trivia

A dustbin is the same thing as a garbage can or trash can. A “bin” is not much different from a “can”—cans tend to be round, but we can call something a trash can even if it isn’t round. So is dust the same as trash or garbage? Actually, no. On its own, “dust” is...

Idiom of the Week: Butcher

執筆者 | 2014年10月01日 | Idioms

To butcher something is to do a very bad job. You can butcher a performance, assignment or project. Originally it meant to kill and cut up the body of an animal. 「信じられない、あんなに歌が下手なんて」 「大丈夫、カラオケで誰も期待してないから」...

Word of the Week: Barely

執筆者 | 2014年09月30日 | Words

“Wow, I just barely passed the test. Next time I will study harder!” “Barely” means “almost not”. I passed the test, but if I had missed one more question I would have failed. “He survived, but when they found him he was barely alive.” “I barely ate anything at...