Word of the Week: Opinion

Lucy: Chocolate is the best flavor in the entire world. It’s an undisputable scientific fact! Tammy: No, that’s just your opinion. I like vanilla better. An opinion is a subjective statement. It can be true for one person and false for another person. A fact is true...

Picture of the Week: Squirrel

January 21 is Squirrel Appreciation Day (started by a wildlife rehabilitator in 2001). Squirrels are rodents that live in trees and eat nuts. Squirrels bury nuts to eat during the winter. Sometimes they forget about some of the nuts, and the leftover nuts sprout new...

Phrase of the Week: That Makes Two of Us!

Phyllis: I love pizza! Jennifer: That makes two of us! Husband: I don’t want you to be transferred overseas. Wife: That makes two of us. In the first example above, Jennifer already knew one person who loved pizza: herself. Then when Phyllis said she loved pizza,...

TOEIC Practice Question of the Week

The _____ expenses are too high. We need to cut costs to make this project profitable. A. projected B. projection C. progression D. projectile 「予定した経費は高すぎる。このプロジェクトが利益を出すには、コストを低くしなければならない。」...

Trivia of the Week: Colors

Sometimes the colors we see when we look at things can be influenced by culture. An American picturing a tiger sees orange and black stripes, but the Hanshin Tigers have yellow and black stripes. The sun on the Japanese flag is red, but Americans usually color the sun...