Breaking the 730 TOEIC Score Barrier: The One Common Image Hidden in "in"

Do you want to break through the 730 TOEIC score barrier and increase your annual income, but find yourself constantly tripped up by preposition questions in Part 5? If you only memorize "in = inside of," honestly, your score will remain stagnant forever. But don't worry. By installing one specific "sense" into your brain, you will eliminate the time you spend agonizing over prepositions starting tomorrow.

Honestly, isn't it tough working through official practice books after work?

Working late every day, rushing to a cafe while exhausted, and opening your official practice book. It's all because you have a strong desire to "use English as a weapon to change jobs to a company that values you more" and "increase your annual income." I truly respect that effort.

Yet, when you open the text, you're hit with a storm of countless idioms like 'participate in' and 'in demand.' I understand the frustration of thinking, 'Do you really think I should just add "in" to everything?' all too well.

I will be clear here. The reason you can't break the 730-point barrier is not a lack of memory. It is because you are trapped by the narrow curse of "in = inside (inside a box)" from your junior high school days.trapped by the narrow curse of "in = inside (inside a box)" from your junior high school days. is the reason.

The true nature of the preposition 'in' is a "space you are fully immersed in"

The true core image of 'in' is not just a physical box. Its true nature is "a state where you are completely enveloped by a space (world) that has boundaries."

For example, suppose you are in an "office" right now. You are surrounded by walls on all four sides and are fully immersed in that space. This is 'in.' You just need to expand this to invisible "situations" or "business fields."

Let's try to mentally visualize the idioms that frequently appear on the TOEIC using this image of a "fully immersed space." You will realize that there was absolutely no need for rote memorization.

The logic that lets you "solve" frequently appearing TOEIC idioms in seconds

Example sentences

• 1. succeed in ~ (to succeed in something)

  • Example sentence: The company succeeded in expanding its market share.

  • Explanation: Why 'in' instead of 'at' or 'to'? Because you have fully entered into a specific area (space) of business called "market expansion" and achieved results within that world.fully entered into a specific area (space) of business called "market expansion" and achieved results within that world. is the reason.

• 2. specialize in ~ (to specialize in something)

  • Example sentence: Our firm specializes in corporate law.

  • Explanation: Within the vast world of law, it is the nuance of "holed up in a narrow specialty room" called "corporate law," surrounded on all sides and fully immersed in it, which is why it is 'in.'holed up in a narrow specialty room" called "corporate law," surrounded on all sides and fully immersed in it is the nuance, so it is 'in.'

Summary for today: Burn it into your brain with illustrations!

Screenshot the 4-panel comic and memorize it!

Summary

'in' is not just a word for a place, but a sense of being completely enveloped by that world or situation. With this alone, the moment you look at the area around the blanks in Part 5, you will be able to intuitively choose the correct preposition.

One step starting tonight to attract a 730 score

There is no need to memorize technical terms. Starting today, when you solve practice problems, whenever you see 'in', try to get into the habit of drawing a "square frame (world)" around yourself in your mind. For "in a timely manner," it is enough to just grasp it as "inside the frame of a manual called an appropriate method."

Increasing your annual income and achieving your ideal career change both lie beyond the accumulation of these small 'updates to your sense of language.' Why not open your workbook to just one page tonight and draw a frame around the first 'in' you see?

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