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Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 24   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To knock out: to make unconscious. The noun form ‘knockout’ derives from this idiom. たたき出す、たたいて落とす、ふるい落とす,《ボクシング》ノックアウトする、KO勝ちする Ex: In a flash, he knocked out the opponent. (たちまち彼は相手をノックアウトしました。)     To knock oneself out: to work very hard (sometimes too hard) to […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 23   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To make do: to manage, to cope. This idiom is used when a person must accept a substitute that is not the most suitable. やりくりする、対処する Ex: We’ll have to make do somehow. ( 何とかやりくりするしかない。)     To […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 22   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To stop by: to visit or stop somewhere briefly (also: to drop by, to drop in on). ‘To drop by’ and ‘to drop in on’ are used for visits that are unplanned or unexpected. 途中で立ち寄る Ex: […]