本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・That girl's pretty enough, but her face just doesn't fit for a couture ad campaign. (あの子は十分かわいいけど、顔は高級婦人服の広告キャンペーン向きではないね。) idioms.thefreedictionary.com 【研究】One's face…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・There were never going to be any new faces to speak of, only the same old faces, sitting in the same old places, singing their same old song of lament. (新人がいるはずもなく、同じ顔が同じ場所に座り、同じよう…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Even very well known faces produced no feeling of familiarity, and he failed to recognise his own mother in a chance meeting. (よく知っている顔でも親近感がわかず、偶然会った自分の母親を認識することもできませ…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・That was a familiar face, surely, and a familiar voice. Two people passed close to where he sat—a young man and a young woman. (それは、確かに見覚えのある顔であり、見覚えのある声であった。彼が座っている近くを…

本日からは「人」の用法を扱います。 ・To many of them I was a new face and an interesting one at that. They vied with each other to play host and I enjoyed all the fuss and attention I got. This was much more than I had expected. (彼らの多…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Courtezar's face was frozen in a ghastly detached hatred. He ripped upward in Sidney's abdomen with the knife. Sidney's face contorted in agony. (コートツァーの顔は、恐ろしいほどの憎悪に凍りついていた。彼はナ…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Small drips of blood fell freely upon the ground from his fists as his face fell in disappointment. (彼の拳からは小さな血の滴が地面に落ち、彼は失望の表情を浮かべていた。) www.google.co.jp 【研究】A' face fall…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Her face lit up with happiness, and she threw out her arms, running down the steps and into his embrace. (彼女は嬉しそうに顔を輝かせ、喜びで腕を上げながら階段を駆け下り彼に抱きついた。) www.google.co.jp 【研…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・His face was a picture of startled surprise. (彼から驚きの表情が見てとれた。) books.google.co.jp 【研究】1. A's face was a picture of B で「A から B の表情が読み取れる」を意味します。2. 怒りや驚きなどが表情に…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Why do you have a face like thunder and why are you scowling so much? (どうしてそんなに怒って、ひどい目つきで睨みつけるの？) www.google.co.jp 【研究】have a face like thunder は「激怒している」を意味します。 …

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・He stumbled back toward Alice and she hung onto his arm, fear written all over her face. (彼はよろめきながらアリスの方に向かっていった。アリスは恐怖の表情を浮かべながら彼の腕にしがみついた。) www.google.co.jp…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・He liked the boy, and was sincerely sorry when he heard that Katy—of whose prolonged absence from school he was of course cognisant—was seriously ill. The schoolmaster listened to Jack's relation with a serio…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・My Richard, the child psychologist, had a sad face—two layers of big brown rings under each eye, as if his heart had been broken a decade ago, and he hadn't slept since. He was in his forties, but looked olde…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・I kept a straight face, knowing she was moments from losing her shit. (私は真顔になっていたが、彼女は今にも失神しそうだった。) www.google.co.jp 【研究】keep a straight face で「ずっと真顔でいる」を意味します。…

本日からは「表情・顔つき」の用法を扱います。 ・Jo Garlooked into the eyes of a man who had a smiling face. It was a thin, browned face, and the eyes were small and colorless. (ジョー・ガーは微笑みを浮かべた男の目を見た。細くて褐色の顔で、…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・An oval face is considered the “perfect” face shape because of its symmetry. It is usually broader at the cheeks, tapering in slightly at both the forehead and chin. (面長の顔は、その対称性から「完璧な」顔の…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Immediately, his dad slapped him across the face. Peter's lip began to bleed and swell. (すぐに父親は彼の顔を平手打ちした。ピーターの唇は血が出て腫れ出した。) www.google.co.jp 【研究】1. slap A across the fac…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・Linda was removing a pot from the cupboard when her eldest daughter entered the kitchen with a puzzled look on her face. (リンダが食器棚から鍋を取り出していると、長女が困惑した表情で台所に入ってきた。) www.go…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・She had a round face with very pink cheeks that needed little encouragement to go even pinker, and her hair was a cloud of mousy frizz. (彼女は丸顔で、頬はこれ以上ないほどの健康的なピンク色で髪はカールしたグ…

本日も前回の用法の続きです。 ・“Even now he has a handsome face,” she said. “Ten years ago he must have been as handsome as a god.” (「今でも彼は凛々しい顔をしているでしょう 」と彼女は言う。「10年前なら神のような顔立ちの良さだったに違いな…

本日からは face の用法を扱います。 ・Suddenly a man appeared through a hole in the roof next to the one they were on and stepped into plain view. He was not a very large man, but was well formed and had a beautiful face—calm and serene as …

本日は fall line の用法を扱います。 ・The single most important element in alpine skiing is the skier's relationship with the fall line, the path an object would travel if it were free to move on a slope under only the power of gravity. (…

本日は fall guy の用法を扱います。 ・However, I think you're looking for a fall guy, and you think I fit the bill. (しかしあなたはカモを探していて、私がそうだと思っているのではないでしょうか。) www.google.co.jp 【研究】fall guy は「カモ(騙…

本日は fall foliage の用法を扱います。 ・Fall foliage is most dramatic in November, and that's when the crowds come. Hikers are encouraged to stay on trails, as the trees can be damaged by soil compaction. (紅葉が最も美しくなるのは11月で、…

本日は take the fall (for A) の用法を扱います。 ・Why did he take the fall for Damian? It was clear he and Damian weren't on good terms. Fortunately, the teacher did not believe him. (なぜ彼はダミアンの犠牲になったのだろうか？彼とダミアン…

本日は ride for a fall の用法を扱います。 ・It seems to me that that young man—though he doesn't appear to know it—is riding for a fall! (あの青年は、本人は気付いていないようだが、自ら危険を招く行為をしているのではないだろうか。) www.googl…

本日からは名詞の連語の用法を扱います。 ・Even if she jumped from the helicopter at the last moment, would the airbag break her fall? Morda knew that the truly insane lacked the ability to reason. What she was going to do fell in the realm …

本日は「降雨[降雪](量)」の用法を扱います。 ・Unless I am greatly mistaken we shall have a heavy fall of snow by tonight. (よほどのことがない限り今夜には大雪になると思いますよ。) www.google.co.jp 【研究】have a heavy fall of snow で「大雪に…

本日は「陥落・滅亡」の用法を扱います。 ・Montalbano notes, “In my opinion, the most profound and radical change since the fall of the Roman Empire is the development and spread of Islamic civilization, starting from the middle of the eight…

本日は「失脚・衰退」の用法を扱います。 ・In chapter 2 I set out the context for this study by describing briefly the rise and fall of the Japanese economy prior to the collapse of C-Life and look at the state of the life insurance industry…