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Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 27   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To take on: to employ, to hire; to accept responsibility for, to undertake. 〔仕事・責任などを〕引き受ける, 雇い入れる、雇う Ex: The president calls for other countries to take on a greater share of the burden. (大統領は他の国々に対し、より一層の負担を分担するよう呼び掛ける。)     To take down: to remove from […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 26   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To come about: to happen. 〔事が〕起こる、生じる、発生する Ex: How did that come about? (どうしてそうなったのですか。／どうしてそんなことになったの？)     To bring about: to cause to happen. This idiom is used to indicate ‘who’ or ‘what’ caused something to come about. 〔徐々に〕～をもたらす、～を引き起こす […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 25   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To burst out: to depart quickly (also: to storm out); to act suddenly. For the second definition, this idiom is usually followed by a gerund form such as ‘laughing, crying, singing’, etc. 急に現れる［飛び出す］ Ex: I burst out laughing uncontrollably. […]