☆ネイティブの生の会話からリアルな英語を学ぶ☆
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1) Procrastinate(先延ばしにする)
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procrastinateは、今すぐやるべきことを忙しさや面倒だからという理由で「先延ばしにする」「後回しにする」ことを意味します。ぐずぐずと先延ばしにする人のことをprocrastinatorと言います。
<例文>
I need to stop procrastinating and work on my project.
(ぐずぐずと先延ばしにするのをやめて、プロジェクトに取り掛からないと。)
I’m a bit of a procrastinator. It’s a bad habit I need to break.
(私はやるべきことを後回しにするタイプで、それは直さないといけない悪い癖です。)
I know it’s not good to procrastinate but I work better under pressure.
(先延ばしにするのは良くないと分かっているのですが、プレッシャーがあるほうがいい仕事ができるんです。)
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2) Not necessarily(必ずしも〜とは限らない)
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not necessarilyは「必ずしも〜とは限らない」を意味します。例えば、「ハーフはみんな英語が話せるからいいよね」と呟いた友達に「That’s not necessarily true.」と返答すると、「必ずしもそうとは限らないよ」を意味します。
<例文>
Being fat doesn’t necessarily mean you are out of shape.
(太っているからといって必ずしも運動不足とは限らないよ。)
That’s not necessarily true. I know a lot of hapas who can’t speak English.
(必ずしもそうとは限りません。英語を話せないハーフをたくさん知っています。)
It's not necessarily a bad thing to have an accent. I think it’s actually charming.
(訛りがあるのは必ずしも悪いことではないよ。僕は魅力的だと思うけどね。)
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3) Regroup(気を取り直す)
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Regroupは本来「再結成する」を意味しますが、日常会話では「再着手する」や「気を取り直す」といった意味で使われます。特に、失敗や挫折をした後に気持ちを切り替えてまた頑張るニュアンスがあります。例えば、前半戦で思うようなスコアが出せなかった選手が、気を取り直したことで後半戦で良いスコアを出した時や、計画が台無しになったことで気持ちを切り替えて一から計画を立て直さなければならないような状況で使います。
<例文>
Let’s regroup and start over.
(気持ちを切り替えてやり直しましょう。)
I played a terrible game today. I need to regroup and play better tomorrow.
(今日の試合は最悪でした。気を取り直して明日はもっと良いプレーをしないといけません。)
She’ll be fine. Let’s just give her some time to regroup.
(彼女は大丈夫。立ち直る時間を与えてあげよう。)
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4) Middle ground(妥協点)
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middle groundは「妥協点」を意味する表現で、compromiseのより口語的な言い回しです。「妥協点を見つける/見出す」はfind a middle ground、reach a middle ground、またはcome to a middle groundと表現するのが一般的です。
<例文>
We need to find a middle ground.
(妥協点を見つけないといけません。)
We negotiated for hours but we couldn’t reach a middle ground.
(何時間も交渉しましたが、妥協点に達することはできませんでした。)
I’m going to talk to him today and see if we can find a middle ground.
(今日彼と話をして、妥協点を見つけることができないか確認します。)
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5) Put aside(〜を取っておく)
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put asideは時間やお金をある目的のために確保する際に使われる表現です。勉強や運動のために時間を確保したり、将来何かを購入するため、または何かの支払いのためにお金を貯めたりするような状況で使われます。
<例文>
I put aside 30 minutes every day to study English.
(私は毎日30分を英語の勉強にあてています。)
How much money do you put aside every month for retirement?
(老後のために毎月いくらお金を貯めていますか?)
I’m putting aside a few hundred bucks a month so I can travel to the U.S. next year.
(来年、アメリカ旅行できるように毎月数百ドル貯金しています。)
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Hi there, my name is Muhammad Hafizhuddin Al Ghifary, and you can call me Muhammad (穆罕默德). I come from Indonesia and the eldest son from 5 siblings in my family. I graduated from the Al Azhar Indonesia University (UAI) in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations (IRs) and University’s Best Graduate. I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in International Program on Urban Governance (IPUG) at the 國立臺北大學National Taipei University (NTPU), under the Ministry of Education Taiwan scholarship 2018. It is such an opportunity for me to get to know deeper about Formosa, Taiwan. It was a tough decision for me to go to Taiwan since I had no any intention to study abroad but an accident. Besides, as a Muslim, I came up with a critical question that haunted me, "can I practice my Muslim faith in a non-Muslim country? Will I be safe?” But I soon remembered a famous Dutch proverb that goes “Leiden is lijden,” Leading is Suffering, in other words, I must always be prepared no matter what happens.
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除咗I'm busy / fucking busy / busyaf
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Different ways to say "I'm busy" at work.
▪️I'm swamped.
▪️I'm buried.
▪️I'm overwhelmed.
▪️I'm overloaded with work.
▪️I'm tied up.
▪️I have too much work to do
▪️I've lots to do. // I have a lot of work to do.
▪️My plate is full. // I've a lot on my plate.
▪️I have a lot going on.
▪️I'm juggling a lot right now, between work and the kids.
Example sentences
🔸Sorry, I don't think I can cope with more projects. It's just my second week at this firm. With the swamped inbox and endless meetings, I'm just completely overwhelmed. Been working late every night and I've got a lot on my plate. I need a holiday!
🔸One moment. I'm in the middle of something. Could I get back to you later, say at around 4pm?
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