Idiom of the Week: Music to My Ears

Josh: I know it’s late, but would you like to stay for dinner? Betty: That’s music to my ears. I’m starving. When we hear something that makes us happy, we can describe it as “music to our ears”. In this example, Betty liked what Josh said, but it can refer to sounds...

Word of the Week: Favor

Bob: Do me a favor. Joe: What is it? Bob: Watch my kids tonight so I can go out to a movie with my wife. A favor is something nice you do for someone. If you have done someone a lot of favors and they haven’t paid you back somehow, you could say they owe you a favor....

Phrase of the Week: Say “When”!

Dad: Do you want some orange juice? Lizzy: Yes! Dad: OK, say “when”! Lizzy: When! When someone pours you a drink, they might ask you to say “when”. That means they don’t know how much you want to drink, so you should say something when they have poured enough into...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

I cannot figure out how to install my printer. Can you give me some assisting? Where is the mistake? A. cannot figure out B. how to install C. Can you give me D. some assisting プリンターをインストールする方法がどうしてもわからない。助けてくれませんか? 「Figure...