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I was appointed chairperson.
私は議長に指名された。
He gave instructions to the trainees, but they couldn't make heads or tails of them.
研修生達は彼から与えられた指示がさっぱりわからなかった。
This ring lost its luster.
この指輪は光沢をうしなった。
They regarded him as their leader.
彼らは、彼を指導者だと思っていた。
He assigned me three books to read.
彼は私に読むべき本を3冊指定した。
We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
我々はこの勇気と私心のない指導者によって我々はよりよい生活を享受している。
Compass needles point to the north.
磁石の針は北を指す。
I can easily touch my toes.
ぼくは手が足の指に楽々とどくよ。
As expectation increases that the dollar will weaken, the foreign exchange market's reaction to US economic indicators has been fairly muted.
最近ドル先安感が強まっているなかで、為替相場は米経済指標に対する反応はかなり限定的である。
With great effort I held his eyelids open with my fingers and dropped in the eye medicine.
一生懸命指でまぶたを広げて目薬を差しました。
Don't point at others.
人を指差してはいけない。
She was eyeing the girl's beautiful ring.
彼女は少女の美しい指輪をじっと見つめていた。
The burglar wore gloves, with the result that there were no finger-prints to be found.
泥棒が手袋をはめていたために、指紋は発見できなかった。
Too many demonstrative pronouns; bluntly, that couldn't be harder to understand.
指示代名詞が多すぎて、正直、わかりづらいことこの上ない。
He put his finger on the cause of the rocket's failure to orbit.
彼はロケットが軌道にのれなかった原因を的確に指摘した。
Her fiancé gave her a very big ring.
彼女の婚約者は、彼女にとても大きな指輪を贈った。
As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.
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