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1009

Sat, Oct 09 2021 | daily

The restaurant struggled hardly to make money in during the recession.

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#E80

Fri, Oct 08 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

コーヒーが嫌いな人もいれば紅茶が嫌いな人もいるが、両方とも嫌いな人に出会うことはめったにない。

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Some people don't like coffee, and others don't like tea. However, you rarely come across people who like neither.

Some people hate coffee, and others hate tea. However, you hardly ever meet people who don't l...

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1008

Fri, Oct 08 2021 | daily

The police are still trying to identify the dead body was found in on the mountain.

The first problem we should deal with to be addressed is that of pollution pro...

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#E79

Thu, Oct 07 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

その先生は早口すぎて、何を言っているのか誰にもわからなかった。

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The teacher spoke so fast that nobody could understand her.

The teacher talked too fast for anyone to follow him.

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1007

Thu, Oct 07 2021 | daily

The meeting between management and workers only lasted a few minutes.

All products goods are planed supposed to be shipped by weekend the...

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#E78

Wed, Oct 06 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

新聞に書いてあることが常に正しいとは限らない。

What is written on in the newspaper is not always not right.


前置詞onとin

「新聞に書いてある」と言うとき、in the newspaperとするか、on the newspaperとするか。

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1006

Wed, Oct 06 2021 | daily

I got a bad fever and it took two weeks for me to get over it.

The student is excluded from school for misbehavior.

It cost me 30000 yen to have my washing machine repaired.


The U.S. exerted pressure on Japan to open the home market to U.S. products.

I felt reli...

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#E77

Tue, Oct 05 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

いったん就職したら、定年まで同じ会社で働き続けるべきだという考えはいまや時代遅れとみなされている。

The idea that once you start working you should keep working at the same company until retirement age is now regarded as out of date.

「AをBとみなす」の表現

「AをBとみなす」は<...

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1005

Tue, Oct 05 2021 | daily

I got a bad cold and it took two weeks for me to come over it.

There was a traffic jam on the way and I was late for the appointed time.

The student is has been excluded from school for its misbehavior...

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#E76

Sun, Oct 03 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

授業をさぼっているのが見つかっても恥じない学生もいる。

「見つかる」はどう訳す?

「人が・・・しているところを見つける」と言うときにはfind [catch] + 人 + doingを使う。

解答

There are some students who don't feel ashamed even if they are found cutting classes.

Some students don't feel embarrassed even i...

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#E75

Sun, Oct 03 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

その生徒は試験でカンニングをしたことについて先生に対して謝罪させられた。

使役動詞の受動態

使役動詞makeを使った2つの文章を見てみる。

  1. My mother made me study English.
  2. I was made to study English by my mother.

能動態では原型だったstudyが、受動態になるとto studyと不定詞に変わっている。このように使役動詞makeを使った文が受動態になると、続く動詞が不定詞になる...

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1003

Sun, Oct 03 2021 | daily

This venture firm makes a big profit despite for its short history.

He had trouble coming up with a way to lower the price of the product without reducing its quality.

The closure of the factory will result in the loss of 500 jobs.

It wa...

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1002

Fri, Oct 01 2021 | daily

Meaningful progress has been made to narrow differences during the preparatory meetings.

"I'm looking the latest book by this author." "I'm afraid it's been borrowed. Shell I reserve it for you?"

Computers have made it possible 続きを読む

#E74

Fri, Oct 01 2021 | 英作文のトレーニング

したいことは何でもしてよいと言われると、本当にしたいことはそれほど多くないことに気づくだろう。

「・・・と言われる」はどう訳す?

sayについては、目的語に'人'をとることができない動詞。If you said thatを能動態にするとsay + 人 + that節とsayが目的語を2つとることになるが、そもそもsayは目的語を2つとることができない動詞。tell + 人 + that節の'人'を表す目的語を主語の位置に移動すれば受動態の分ができる。今回の例ではyou are told tha...

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