Category Archives: Phrasal Expressions

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 21

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 […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 20

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 20   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To hold still: not to move. じっとしている Ex: Hold still. (動かないで。)     To break the news: to deliver new, usually upsetting, information. ニュース[情報]を知らせる[伝える・流す]、公表する、打ち明ける Ex: I’m not sure how to break the news to her about the […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 19

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 […]