2014-02-06 |
Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 21 -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below To go up: to increase; to be constructed, to be erected. The second definition is the same as the one for ‘to put up’ in Lesson 19, except that ‘to go up’ is not used with […]
2014-02-06 |
Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 20 -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below To hold still: not to move. ã˜ã£ã¨ã—ã¦ã„ã‚‹ Ex: Hold still. (å‹•ã‹ãªã„ã§ã€‚) To break the news: to deliver new, usually upsetting, information. ãƒ‹ãƒ¥ãƒ¼ã‚¹ï¼»æƒ…å ±ï¼½ã‚’çŸ¥ã‚‰ã›ã‚‹ï¼»ä¼ãˆã‚‹ãƒ»æµã™ï¼½ã€å…¬è¡¨ã™ã‚‹ã€æ‰“ã¡æ˜Žã‘ã‚‹ Ex: I’m not sure how to break the news to her about the […]
2014-02-06 |
Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 19 -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below To bite off: to accept as a responsibility or task. This idiom is often used when one accepts more responsibility than one can handle alone. It is usually used in the form ‘to bite off more […]