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  • Muckrake

    Muckrake

    Word of the Day: Muckrake The mass media is changing in Japan and starting to accept the need to muckrake. When I first came here, it was almost unheard of for a newspaper to print anything about a scandal relating to politicians or famous people. It seemed to me that there was something taboo about mentioning…

  • Run out of steam

    Run out of steam

    English Expression: Run out of steam As we saw with the idiom, I introduced yesterday, a head of steam means to build up momentum and become successful. Well, today’s expression run out of steam is the opposite of that. If you run out of steam, you lose momentum or enthusiasm for something, and you fail or…

  • A head of steam

    A head of steam

    English Expression: A head of steam Before we get to the idiomatic meaning of a head of steam, let me give you the literal meaning. As you probably know, a steam locomotive (SL) boils water to produce steam which then held in an enclosed space.  The pressure builds up until there is enough to make…