To dress up: |
to wear formal clothes, to dress very nicely. |
ドレスアップã™ã‚‹ã€ãŠã—ゃれã™ã‚‹ |
Ex: He likes to dress up at the slightest opportunity. (彼ã¯ã»ã‚“ã®ã¡ã‚‡ã£ã¨ã—ãŸæ©Ÿä¼šã§ã‚‚æ£è£…ã—ãŸãŒã‚‹ã€‚) |
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At last: |
finally, after a long time. |
最後ã«ã€ã¤ã„ã«ã€ã¨ã†ã¨ã†ã€ã‚„ã£ã¨ã€ã‚ˆã†ã‚„ã |
Ex: At last, I found the book that I was looking for. (ã¨ã†ã¨ã†ã€ç§ã¯æŽ¢ã—ã¦ã„ãŸæœ¬ã‚’見ã¤ã‘ãŸã€‚) |
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As usual: |
as is the general case, as is typical. |
ã„ã¤ã‚‚ã®ã‚ˆã†ã« |
Ex: As usual, Mike is late for school. (ã„ã¤ã‚‚ã®ã‚ˆã†ã«ã€ãƒžã‚¤ã‚¯ã¯å¦æ ¡ã«é…刻ã™ã‚‹ã€‚) |
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To find out: |
get information about, to determine. This idiom is seperable only when a pronoun is used. |
発見ã™ã‚‹ã€è§£æ˜Žã™ã‚‹ã€èª¿ã¹ã‚‹ |
Ex: I’ll call and find out. (電話ã—ã¦ç¢ºã‹ã‚ã¦ã¿ã¾ã™ã€‚) |
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To look at: |
give one’s attention to; to watch. |
見る |
Ex: Did you want to look at anything else? (ä»–ã«è¦‹ãŸã‹ã£ãŸï¼»ã”覧ã«ãªã‚ŠãŸã‹ã£ãŸï¼½ã‚‚ã®ã¯ã‚ã‚Šã¾ã›ã‚“ã‹ï¼Ÿ) |
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To look for: |
to try to find, to search for. |
探㙠|
Ex:The journalist went into a town to look for interesting people to interview. (新èžè¨˜è€…ã¯ã€é¢ç™½ã„インタビューã®ç›¸æ‰‹ã‚’探ã—ã¦ç”ºã«å‡ºãŸã€‚) |
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All right: |
acceptable, fine, yes, okay. This idiom can also be spelled ‘alright’ in informal usage. |
万事OKã§ã€å¤§ä¸ˆå¤«ã§ã€ç”³ã—分ãªã„ |
Ex: You’re all right now? (ã‚‚ã†å¤§ä¸ˆå¤«ã§ã™ã‹ï¼Ÿ) |
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All along: |
all the time, from the beginning (without change). |
最åˆï¼»åˆã‚ï¼½ã‹ã‚‰ãšã£ã¨ |
Ex: I knew all along that he was up to something. (ç§ã¯ã€åˆã‚ã‹ã‚‰ãšã£ã¨ã€å½¼ãŒä½•ã‹ãŸãらんã§ã„ã‚‹ã®ãŒåˆ†ã‹ã£ã¦ã„ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚) |
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Little by little: |
gradually, slowly (also: step by step). |
å°‘ã—ãšã¤ã€å¾ã€…ã« |
Ex: He saved his money little by little. ( |
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To tire out: |
to make very weary due to difficult conditions or hard effort (also: to wear out) |
(人)をã¸ã¨ã¸ã¨ã«ç–²ã‚Œã•ã›ã‚‹ã€ï¼ˆäººï¼‰ã‚’ãã£ãŸã‚Šã•ã›ã‚‹ |
Ex: The tedious work completely tired us out. (ãã®é€€å±ˆãªä»•äº‹ã§ç§ãŸã¡ã¯ã™ã£ã‹ã‚Šæ¶ˆè€—ã—ã¾ã—ãŸã€‚) |
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To spend time: |
to do an activity over a period of time. |
時間をéŽã”ã™ |
Ex: I can afford to spend time on the Internet. (ç§ã«ã¯ã‚¤ãƒ³ã‚¿ãƒ¼ãƒãƒƒãƒˆä¸Šã§éŽã”ã™æ™‚間的余裕ãŒã‚る。) |
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Never mind: |
don’t be concerned about it; ignore what was just said. |
æ°—ã«ã™ã‚‹ãªã€å¿ƒé…ã™ã‚‹ãª |
Ex: Never mind if you make a mistake. (é–“é•ãˆã¦ã‚‚æ°—ã«ã™ã‚‹ãªã‚ˆã€‚) |
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