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The example is a past progressive tense sentence. How was everybody taught when they were learning about progressive tense?
例文は過去進行形の文です。皆さんは進行形を学習するとき、どのように教わりましたか？
As is often the case with her, she didn't show up on time.
例によって彼女はまた時間通りには現われなかった。
Fundamentally, you're not practicing anything by translating, so even if you say that you can't do it, once you've set your sights on a similar sentence you've seen before that is more natural yet does not quite convey the original sentence's nuances, tra
For instance, in my father's business the timing of sales and purchases was very important, and he would sometimes write or say to his colleagues "There is a tide," without going into detail.
I have many hobbies - fishing and climbing, for example.
私にはたくさん趣味がある。例えば魚釣り、登山です。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
Birds, for instance, have a special protective device.
例えば、小鳥は特別な防御装置を備えている。
The monthly staff meeting is never held on Monday.
月例のスタッフミーティングは決して月曜日には開かれない。
Our earnings are in proportion to our real ability.
我々の稼ぎは実力に比例している。
We have less snow than usual.
今年は例年より雪が少ない。
On gift-giving occasions, people generally avoid giving money, but there are exceptions.
贈り物をする場合に、人々は一般にお金を与えることはしないが、例外もある。
There is no rule without exceptions.
例外のない規則はない。
One of the reasons Twitter is popular in Japan is a characteristic of Japanese itself: Japanese uses ideograms which enable it to convey more information in just 140 characters than other languages, not counting Chinese. Incidentally, the Japanese version
Tom copies dirty example sentences he finds in his dictionary into his notebook and memorizes them.
トムは辞書で見つけた卑猥な例文をノートに写して暗記している。
Could you please give me some more examples of that?
そのことについてもう少し例をあげてくれませんか。
The wages will be paid in proportion to the work done.
給料は仕事量に比例して支払われる。
For instance, "delight" is the opposite of "sorrow."
例えば、「喜び」の反対語は「悲しみ」です。
Insofar as possible, our examples will be drawn from English.
できるだけ英語から例をひこう。
There are interesting examples in the Hopi language concerning onomatopoetic expressions.
擬声語的表現については、ホピ語に興味深い例がある。
No matter what happens, I won't give up.
例えどんなことがあってもあきらめません。
This rule has no application to the case.
この規則はその事例に適用できない。
As is often the case, he eats while reading a newspaper.
例によって彼は新聞を読みながら食事をしている。
In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.
古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。
In proportion as our GNP increases, our living standards go up.
国民総生産が増えるのに比例して、我々の生活水準も上がる。
On his tour of Italy, he visited several cities which are famous for their scenic beauty, for instance, Naples and Florence.
イタリア旅行で彼はいくつか景勝の地として有名な都市、例えば、ナポリやフィレンツェを訪れた。
Have you answered that letter yet?
もう例の手紙の返事を書いたかい。
Let me give you an example.
私はあなたに一例を示しましょう。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
