Category Archives: Phrasal Expressions

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 15

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 15   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   Inside out: with the inside facing the outside. 〔衣服の着方などが〕裏返しに、裏表に、あべこべに Ex: You’re wearing your sweater inside out. (あなた、セーターを裏返しに着ていますよ。)     Upside down: with the upper side turned toward the lower side. 逆さまに Ex: The newspaper’s upside down. (新聞がさかさまですよ。)     To […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 14

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 14   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To eat in / to eat out: to eat at home / to eat in a restaurant. 家で食事をする/外食する Ex: Let’s eat out this evening, shall we? (今晩は外食[外で食事を]しようか?)     Cut and dried: predictable, known beforehand; boring. 陳腐な、あらかじめ用意された、決まり切った Ex: But […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 13

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 13   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To break down: to stop functioning. Compare this idiom with ‘to burn out’ in Lesson 12. ‘To burn out’ means that electrical equipment becomes hot from overuse and stops functioning. ‘To break down’ means that something […]