Category Archives: Phrasal Expressions

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 12

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 12   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   Up to date: modern; current, timely. Hyphens (-) seperate the parts of this idiom when it precedes a noun form. The verb ‘to update’ derives from this idiom. 最新式の、現代的な Ex: We are sending with this letter […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 11

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 11   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To keep out: not to enter, not allow to enter. 立ち入り禁止,〔場所に〕入らせない Ex: Keep everyone out of the area. (その場所には誰も入らせないでください。)     To keep away (from): to stay at a distance (from); to avoid use of (also: […]

Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 10

Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 10   -Read the following and test your understanding by taking the quiz below   To make sure: to be sure, to ascertain (also: to make certain). 念のため Ex: I checked to make sure the client is free that evening. (顧客にその晩あいているか[予定がないか]尋ねた。)     Now and then: occasionally, sometimes (also: from time to time, once in […]