執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月11日 | Phrases
“Jeff is really out of control! He never came back from the party and two days later he came back on a bus from Texas.” When a car goes out of control, the driver cannot control how it moves, and it often causes an accident. When a person is out of control, he is...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月10日 | TOEIC
We enjoyed the movie ______ we missed the first ten minutes. A. because B. even though C. however D. unless 「最初の10分は見逃した＿＿映画を楽しみました。」 10分間見逃したのに、それでも楽しみました。BもCもここで使えそうですが、Cの「however」を使った場合、順番を変えないと意味が逆になります。それに文章としては二つに分けたほうが正しいです。（We enjoyed the movie. However, we...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月09日 | Trivia
In Japanese, sometimes the word “revenge” is used to mean a second attempt after a failure. If a class does a poor job on an assignment at school, the teacher might say the next similar assignment is “revenge”, or a chance to make up for the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月08日 | Idioms
Boss: Jenkins, I can’t believe you fixed the company website so fast! Jenkins: It was a piece of cake! If something is very easy to do, we say it is a piece of cake. Of course, some things are easy for some people and not for others. We usually say something is a...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年08月07日 | Words
“So I heard you and Jane had a big fight at the party last week. What happened?” “Oh, don’t be so nosey. I know you just want to gossip with your friends about our problems.” Someone who is nosey takes too much interest in other people’s affairs. Such people are...
