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There comes our teacher. He is walking very slowly.
先生が来るよ。歩き方がとてもゆっくりだね。
Where did you come across the principal?
校長先生と何処で会ったのですか。
The teacher took part in the children's games.
先生は子供たちの遊びに加わった。
Tomorrow ... tomorrow seemed such a long, long way off.
明日…明日という日が遠い遠い先のことのように感じられた。
He should be given preference over the others.
彼は他の人より優先されるべきだ。
Mr Hashimoto was puzzled by Ken's question.
橋本先生はケンの質問に当惑した。
Mr Yoshida directed me to come at once.
吉田先生は私にすぐ来るように指示した。
The teacher encouraged me to study abroad.
先生は私に留学してみなさいと進めた。
Don't be shy about talking to the teacher; if you don't understand, use some initiative!
遠慮せずに先生に話してね。理解できなければ発案して。
The new supermarket was opened last month.
その新しいスーパーは先月開店した。
My boss made me work last Sunday.
私は先週の日曜日上司によって働かされた。
She went to a movie the other day.
先日彼女は映画を見に行った。
He is a teacher, as is clear from his way of talking.
彼の話し方から分かることだが、彼は先生だ。
I think him a good teacher.
私は彼をいい先生だと思う。
May I have the paper after you, please?
新聞をお先にどうぞ。
Is Mr Brown a teacher?
ブラウンさんは先生ですか。
Our teacher comes to school by car.
私たちの先生は車で学校に来ます。
My birthday is a month from today. That is to say, April 5th.
私の誕生日は今日から数えて1ヵ月先です。つまり、4月5日です。
The teacher made us repeat the word.
先生は私たちにその単語を繰り返して言わせた。
When I regained my senses, it seemed that fur had grown on my fingers and knees. When it became slightly brighter, I looked at my reflection in a mountain stream, and I realized that I had become a tiger.
Magazines let writers write what they want and decide how to lay it out afterward, but that magazine prioritizes its design, so it sets a predetermined limit on how many words are in it.
The words are on the tip of my tongue, but I don't quite know how to say what I want to say.
言葉が口先まで出かかっているのだが、自分のいいたいことをどう表現したらいいのかよくわからない。
I asked my teacher what to do next.
次に何をすればいいのか先生に聞いた。
Mother has been sick in bed since the end of last month.
母は先月の終わりからずっと病気で寝ている。
The teacher, waving his hand, called to me.
先生は、手を振りながら、私に呼びかけた。
He stuck out his tongue at his teacher.
彼は先生にむかって舌をべろっと出した。
Prior to the meeting, they had dinner.
会に先立って彼らは夕食をとった。
I wonder if the teacher works here.
先生はここで働いているのだろう。
You should attend more to what your teacher says.
あなたは先生のおっしゃることをもっとよく注意して聞くべきだ。
Will Mr Oka teach English?
丘先生は英語を教えるでしょうか。
It was last Friday that I ate dinner with my girlfriend in a restaurant.
私がレストランでガールフレンドと食事をしたのは先週金曜日のことだ。
Tom and I went to the same high school. He was two years above me.
トムは高校の2つ上の先輩です。
Bob asked the teacher some questions.
ボブは先生にいくつか質問をした。
Instead of putting the car into gear, she put it into reverse, causing a great deal of damage to the store-front.
車のギアを入れずにリバースを入れたので店先に多大な損害を与えた。
They congratulated their 'sempai' on his promotion.
彼らは先輩に昇進おめでとうと言った。
The other day, a water quality inspection was carried out at our house. We had it done by a certain famous company's Environment Analysis Center or some such name.
先日我が家の水質検査を行いました。ある有名会社の環境分析センターとかいうところにしてもらいました。
She married Tom last month.
彼女は先月トムと結婚した。
The last time I saw him, he was very healthy.
先だって彼にあったときには、彼はとても元気だった。
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes, I am."
「あなたは先生ですか」「その通りです」
The other day we had a telephone call from a man whose wife was going to have a baby.
先日私たちのところに、もうすぐ子供がうまれる妻を持つ男性からの電話があった。
I owe what I am today to Dr. Brown, who saved my life.
私が今日あるのは、私の生命を救ってくれたブラウン先生のおかげです。
I also wanted to enjoy the break, but thanks to preparation and supplementary lessons for a certain six-man team, I got none!
先生も連休をエンジョイしたかったが、どっかの6人組の補習やら準備やらで連休無かったぞ!
I met an old friend of mine the other day.
先日旧友に会いました。
I took a trip to Nikko last week.
私は先週日光へ旅行した。
The teacher assented to our plan.
先生は私たちの意見に同意した。
Mr. Yamada gives us a lot of homework every day.
山田先生は私たちに毎日たくさんの宿題を出す。
As soon as the new teacher entered the classroom, the students began to applaud.
生徒たちは、新しい先生が教室に入るとすぐに拍手し始めた。
That habit is acquired, not innate.
その習慣は後天的で、先天的なものではない。
Strange to say, the teacher didn't scold me.
不思議な話だが、先生は叱らなかった。
In the first place, we have to decide on the name.
先ず第一に名前を決めなくては。
You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.