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Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 18   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To do without: survive or exist without something (also: to go without). ～なしで済ませる［やっていく］ Ex: We can’t do without cell-phones these days. (この頃では、私たちは携帯電話なしではやっていけない。)     According to: in the order of; on the authority of. ～によれば、～の言うところによれば Ex: According to my […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 17   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To blow out: to explode, to go flat (for tires); to extinguish by blowing. 吹き消す、〔風で〕消える,〔タイヤが〕パンクする Ex: Make a birthday wish and blow out the candles. (誕生日の願い事を言って、ろうそくを吹き消してください。)     To become of: to happen to (a missing object or person). […]

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 16   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   On one’e toes: alert, cautious. This idiom is usually used with the verbs ‘stay’ and ‘keep’. （人）を用心させておく、 （人）を油断させずにおく、（人）に気を張り詰めさせておく Ex: Four-year-old twins will certainly keep you on your toes! (４歳の双子は絶対にあなたを油断させずにおきますよ！）     To watch one’s step: to walk […]