In recent years, with a method called VLBI that uses quasar observations, and by GPS we have begun to understand the absolute movement of tectonic plates.
I had just finished eating lunch when my doorbell rang.
玄関の呼び鈴が鳴った時、私はちょうど昼食を食べ終えたところでした。
Take a deep breath.
深呼吸をして。
I heard my name called in the cafeteria.
私は食堂で自分の名前が呼ばれるのが聞こえた。
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.
The Tanabata Festival is often called the Star Festival. August 7th, the day of the festival, is said to be the only time when a pair of lovers, stars separated by the Milky Way, can see each other.
Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice.
己の慣習でないものを、人は野蛮と呼ぶ。
I heard someone calling my name.
誰かが私の名前を呼んでいるのが聞こえた。
She took a deep breath and then started to talk about herself.
彼女は深呼吸してから、身の上を語り始めた。
Call a taxi in the morning, please.
午前中にタクシーを呼んで下さい。
Can I have a doctor look at me?
御医者さんを呼んでください。
That question naturally invited discussion.
その問題は自然に論議を呼びました。
The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.
父の父は祖父、祖父の父は曽祖父、曽祖父の父は高祖父だが、高祖父より前の世代の呼称は決まっていない。
He heard his name called.
自分の名前が呼ばれるのを聞いた。
Going back to South Africa had stirred up some painful memories for him.
南アフリカに行く事は彼に苦痛に満ちた記憶を呼び起こした。
In that case, call the police.
その場合には警察を呼びなさい。
My name is James, but please call me Jim.
私の名前はジェームスです。でもジムと呼んで下さい。
Don't apply that nickname to me.
私をそのあだ名で呼ばないでくれ。
She called him back to give him something he had left behind.
彼女は忘れ物を渡すために彼を呼び戻した。
Go back home and call the police!
家に戻って警察を呼ぶんだ!
Tom called to her across the street.
トムは通り越しに彼女に向かって呼びかけた。
I'm glad to have been invited to dinner.
夕食にお呼び頂けて、とても嬉しいです。
What's currently hot?
今人気を呼んでいるもの。
When water freezes and becomes solid, we call it ice.
水が凍って固体になると氷と呼ばれる。
They call him Jim.
彼らは彼をジムと呼んでいます。
She calls her sister Mina-chan.
彼女は彼女の妹を美奈ちゃんと呼びます。
You'd better send for a doctor.
医者を呼びにやったほうがよい。
What would you like to be called?
どのようにお呼びしたらよろしいでしょうか。
Taiwan was far from being any kind of economic miracle in the 1950s.
台湾は１９５０年代の経済の奇蹟などと呼べるものではなかった。
A woman whose husband is dead is called a widow.
夫に死なれた女性は未亡人と呼ばれる。
Everybody called me Tony in those days.
みんなはそのころ私をトニーと呼んでいましたよ。
She sent her son for a doctor.
彼女は息子に医者を呼びに行かせた。
He was urgent in insisting that she call the doctor.
彼は彼女に医者を呼んでくれとしつこく求めた。
Leave me alone or I'll call the police.
放っておいてください、さもないと警察を呼びますよ。
The newspaper recalled the special correspondent to the main office in Tokyo.
