執筆者 Modern English | 2014年04月01日 | Words
“Hit the snooze button. I want to sleep for five more minutes.” “Snooze” means sleep or nap. You can snooze or take a snooze. Most alarm clocks have a button that you can press when the alarm goes off, to make it wait a short time and then ring again. This lets you...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年03月31日 | Pictures
When graduating college, and sometimes other levels of school, it is traditional to wear a gown and a special hat called a mortarboard. Many people throw their hats into the air to celebrate their graduation. Do you know anyone who is graduating soon or has graduated...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年03月29日 | Phrases
“This is your last chance to change your mind. We are about to pass the point of no return.” The point of no return is a place where, if you go any further, you will not be able to go back. For example, if you have fuel or supplies for a ten-day journey, if you travel...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年03月28日 | TOEIC
“The tornado ______ our supply chain and caused delays in the release of the new product.” Fill in the blank. A. disrupted B. disturbed C. dislocated D. disliked 「竜巻でサプライチェーンが中断され、新商品の発売を遅らせました」 Cは肩などを脱臼することを言います。Dは「嫌い」です。Bは「邪魔した」という意味なのでありえますが、一番適切なのはAです。 Do more...
執筆者 Modern English | 2014年03月27日 | Trivia
If your birthday is today, your zodiac is Aries, the ram. A ram is a male sheep. The female sheep is called a ewe (sounds like “you”). In some kinds of sheep, both rams and ewes have horns. In others, neither have horns. In yet others, only the rams have horns....
