執筆者 Modern English | 2013年10月12日 | Phrases
Mom: “That haunted house sure was scary! Are you okay? Not too scared?” Daughter: “It wasn’t that scary! They weren’t real ghosts!” If something was less scary than we expected, or not as scary as someone said it would be, we say it wasn’t “that scary”. You can use...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年10月05日 | Phrases
Older sister: “You can go to bed early if you’re too scared to watch this zombie movie!” Younger sister: “I’m not scared!” October is the season for scary movies and haunted houses. These things can frighten young children, and sometimes older people too. Many of us...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月28日 | Phrases
“Can I eat this cake in the fridge?” “Go ahead.” “Go ahead” is a way to give someone permission to do something, but it is not used in formal or polite situations. When someone is told to go ahead, they are expected to act quickly. “It looks like the pizza is done. Go...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月21日 | Phrases
Clerk: That will be $5.00. Clara: I’ll get it. Emmett: No, allow me. “Allow me,” is something people say to be polite when they do a small favor for someone, such as pulling out a chair or opening a door. It could be rephrased as “Let me do that for you.” In a longer...
執筆者 Modern English | 2013年09月14日 | Phrases
“I love to make my friends smile.” Often we use the word “make” to mean “to force someone or something to do something”, but this is not always what it means. It’s good to make someone smile, but you shouldn’t force them! “Make” means that the smile would not have...
