Phrasal Expressions – Lesson 3

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Phrasal Expressions : Lesson 3
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To pick out: to choose, to select.
選ぶ、選び出す、選出する Ex: She wanted to pick out a car by herself. (彼女は自分で車を選びたかった。)
   
To take one’s time: to do without rush, not to hurry. This idiom is often used in the imperative form.
時間を取る［かける］ Ex: We need to take time to make a good plan. (時間をかけていいプランを作らなくてはいけませんね)
   
To talk over: to discuss or consider a situation with others.
～について議論する Ex: I’ll have to talk this over with my parents. (両親とよく話し合ってみなければなりません。)
   
To lie down: to place oneself in a flat position, to recline.
横たわる、横になる Ex: "I’m feeling dizzy. The room is spinning." "Maybe you’d better lie down." 
(「目まいがします。部屋が回ってる…」「横になってた方がいいんじゃない」)
   
To stand up: to rise from a sitting or lying position (also: to get up).
立ち上がる、起立する Ex: Please stand up when you give your answers. (答えるときは起立してください。)
   
To sit down: to be seated (also: to take a seat, to have a seat).
着席する、座る、腰を下ろす Ex: Would you like to sit down? (お座り［おかけ］になりませんか？)
   
All (day, week, month, year) long: The entire day, week, month, year.
一日中、一週間ずっと、一ヶ月間ずっと、一年中

Ex: I wish we could stay in spring all year long.　（一年中、春のままだといいんだが。）
   
By oneself: alone, without assistance.
自分だけで、一人で Ex: Thank you. I could never have done this by myself. 　（助けていただいてありがとうございます。私一人では絶対にできませんでした。）
   
On purpose: for a reason, deliberately.
わざと、故意に Ex: Did he do it on purpose or was it an accident?　（彼は故意にそれをしたのですか、それとも偶然だったのですか？）
   
To get along (with): to associate or work well (with).
（人）と仲良くする［付き合う・やっていく・暮らす］ Ex: Do you get along with your colleagues?　（同僚たちと仲よくしていますか？）
   
To make a difference (to): to be of importance (to), to affect (also: to matter to). These idioms are often used with adjectves to show the degree of importance.
～に影響［変化］を及ぼす［もたらす］ Ex: It’s possible to make a difference.　（現状を改善することは可能です。）
   
To take out: to remove, to extract, to go on a date with (also: go out (with).
交際する、取り出す、 Ex： "It was nice of you to take me out to lunch." "My pleasure." (「お食事に連れていっていただいて、ありがとうございます」「どう致しまして」)
   
 
 
 
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