Some Common Idioms (1)
Saturday, June 9, 2007
In this post I am going to introduce some common idioms and explain their meanings. (Continued)
In this post I am going to introduce some common idioms and explain their meanings. (Continued)
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)
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)
This is the last post in this series about phrasal verbs. This time we will be looking at Type 4 phrasal verbs. (Continued)
This time we are going to look at Type 3 phrasal verbs. (Continued)
In this post I am going to continue my series on phrasal verbs by looking at Type 2 phrasal verbs - these are verbs which always take an object. (Continued)
I am going to write a short series of posts about phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs are formed with a verb and a preposition (前置詞). For example :
look = 見る / look + for = look for = 探す (Continued)
We use reported speech when we tell someone what another person said to us. (Continued)
When you tell someone about something that someone else asked you, you need to use a ‘reported question’. (Continued)
In this post I want to present a way to ask questions ‘indirectly’. (Continued)
In this post I want to introduce a special use of the verb ’see’. (Continued)
‘Be going to’ is used to talk about future plans. But you can use ‘was going to’ to talk about past plans that did not happen. (Continued)
Using negative questions can make your English sound more natural. (Continued)
In this post I want to introduce subject and object clauses. If you can master this topic you will be able to make longer sentences. (Continued)
In this post we will be looking at the verbs ‘wish’ and ‘hope’, as well as other expressions which can have the same meaning. (Continued)