Clichés! (1)

A ‘cliché’ (pronounced ‘cleeshay’) is an expression that is used so often that it is very familiar to most speakers of a language. At first, of course, a cliche is an original expression that someone thought of. But then the expression spreads and catches on, until everyone is using it, or at least, understands it. (Continued)

血液型 - Blood Types

In this post we are going to look at different blood types and the characteristics that are commonly associated with them.

characteristic - 特質・特徴・特性 / associated with - ~と関連する (Continued)

久しぶり - Long time no see!

I think most Japanese students are familiar with the expression ‘Long time no see!’, used to mean 「久しぶりですね」 in English. (Continued)

初めてです - first time

このポストでは、「初めてです」という表現をどうやって英語に訳すか勉強します。 (Continued)

The Secret to Language Ability

I read an interesting article recently about language ability. There is a theory that language ability declines with age - though there is no clear agreement as to at what age this decline begins. (Continued)

Phrasal Verbs - Type 4

This is the last post in this series about phrasal verbs. This time we will be looking at Type 4 phrasal verbs. (Continued)