TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

The shoppers were ______ to the bright colors and cheerful music. Fill in the blank. A. drawn B. attract C. lead D. repelled 買い物している人々は鮮やかな色と楽しい音楽によって引き寄せられました。Dだったら、色と音楽が客を遠ざけてしまうので違います。A~Cは全部意味的にはふさわしいですが、受け身の形が正しいのはAだけです。 Do more TOEIC practice here!...

Idiom of the Week: Jam-Packed or Nuts

“Let’s go to the movie on Monday. The theater will be jam-packed on the weekend.” “Jam-packed” means very full or crowded. “To jam” means to force something into something else, so it makes sense to think that something would be jam-packed after someone jammed a lot...

Word of the Week: Accordion

An accordion is a musical instrument. It has keys to change the note, and a long folded section that can be expanded and compressed. This makes the air flow, which produces sound....

Picture of the Week: Sewing Machine

A sewing machine is a machine that sews. It has a “foot” that holds the cloth while the needle makes a stitch. But a human must guide the cloth so that it sews in the right direction and at the right speed. Have you ever used a sewing machine?...