執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月18日 | Trivia
In Japanese, a mansion is a nice apartment. It may be big for an apartment, but it is only one apartment in a building full of other apartments that belong to other people. In English, a mansion is a big, expensive house that belongs to one wealthy person. It may have...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月17日 | Idioms
Bill: So, for Helen’s birthday party, I want to hire a clown, a magician, a pony ride… Karen: Hang on, Bill, let’s not go overboard. She’s only three. I think that might be too much excitement. To go overboard is to get carried away and do too much. Literally, if you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月16日 | Words
Tour Guide: Only a handful of people have ever seen the view from this mountaintop. Wasn’t it worth the hike? A handful is literally the amount that you can pick up in your hand. At Halloween, children may be invited to grab a handful of candy out of a bowl. But it is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月15日 | Pictures
In autumn, the weather gets cooler, and the leaves turn brown, orange, yellow, or red before falling from the trees. In the northern hemisphere (including England, shown here), this starts in September, but in the southern hemisphere it begins in March. The word...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月13日 | Phrases
Ian: Can I borrow your car, man? Phillip: No, dude. Last time I let you drive it, you crashed into a tree. Ian: Come on, man. That was five years ago. It’s water under the bridge. Phillip: No. “Water under the bridge” is a problem between people that happened in the...
