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"Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice
Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.
サラは祖父母が昔話をくどくどとしゃべるのを聞くとうんざりする。
I am very glad to hear of your success.
私は君が成功したと聞いてとてもうれしい。
Why don't you ask Mr White?
ホワイトさんに聞いてみたら?
I could hear her sobbing in her bedroom.
彼女が部屋ですすり泣くのが聞こえた。
This newspaper is free.
この新聞は無料です。
Him, honest? What a joke!
正直が聞いて呆れるよ。
When speaking in Japan, it may seem like you're not listening if you do not respond while somebody speaks to you.
日本では話をしたらアイヅチをうたないと聞いていないのかと思われてしまいます。
Once I arrived home from school, I heard some sounds coming from my closet, and thinking that it was just our pet cat Chiro, I opened the door wide open, and instead found some guy I didn't know inside.
You were just listening to the talk, without thinking.
なにげに話を聞いていたのね。
Have you heard whether Tom got the job?
トムが職に就けたかどうか聞いたんですか。
I do a lot of work on the school newspaper.
学校の新聞でかなり仕事をしています。
His talk led me to believe that he knows a great deal.
彼の話からその見聞の広さがうかがわれた。
He heard his name called.
彼は、自分の名前が呼ばれるのを聞いた。
They were surprised to hear the news.
彼らはそのニュースを聞いて驚いた。
We hear with ears.
私たちは耳で聞く。
I was surprised to hear my name called.
私は自分の名前が呼ばれるのを聞いて驚いた。
I want to ask them when their wedding day is.
彼らに結婚式の日取りを聞きたい。
When he asked who had broken the window, all the boys put on an air of innocence.
ガラスを割ったのは誰だと彼が聞いたら、男の子はみんな自分はやっていないという顔をした。
Our class were all glad to hear it.
私たちのクラスの者は皆それを聞いて喜んだ。
Yes. I was very surprised at the news.
はい。ニュースを聞いてとても驚きました。
I was glad to hear the news.
私は知らせを聞いて喜んだ。
I was very surprised at the news.
私はその知らせを聞いて大変驚いた。
His talk bores me to death.
あいつの話を聞くと全くうんざりする。
I heard him go out of the room.
彼が部屋を出る音が聞こえた。
I traded old newspapers for toilet paper.
私は古新聞をちり紙と交換した。
Don't believe everything you hear.
聞いた事をなんでもかんでも信じてはいけない。
Do you think fish can hear?
魚は音が聞こえると思いますか。
He that hears much and speaks not at all shall be welcome both in bower and hall.
よく聞き全く話さぬものは奥の間でも大広間でも歓迎される。
I tried to warn her, but she wouldn't listen.
わたしは彼女を注意しようとしたが、彼女は聞く耳を持たなかった。
People always make fun of me when they find out I'm colorblind.
人が僕が色盲だと聞いたらいつも僕をからかうものだ。
I asked many people about the store, but no one had heard of it.
私はその店のことを多くの人に尋ねたが、聞いたことがある人はだれもいなかった。
When you watch television or listen to the radio, the music which you hear is often African in origin.
テレビを見たりラジオを聞いたりするとき、耳にする音楽はしばしばアフリカ起源のものです。
I heard someone call my name.
誰かがぼくの名前を呼ぶのが聞こえた。
Children should be seen and not heard.
子供達は姿は見られてもおしゃべりを聞かれてはならない。
He asked me if I had found it.
彼は私がそれを見つけたかどうか聞いた。
The newspaper has a large circulation.
その新聞は発刊部数が多い。
The girls burst into laughter when they heard his joke.
女の子たちは彼のジョークを聞いたとたん笑い出した。
He is poor at listening to a person's story.
彼は人の話を聞くのが苦手である。
She was surprised at the news.
彼女はそのニュースを聞いて驚いた。
Ask Tom.
トムに聞きなさい。
Nowadays, however, calculators can be used freely in school examinations, and already in many schools the only sound to be heard during a math exam is the sound of children tapping on their calculators.
I've heard about it. Your parents disappeared, running out on their debt didn't they?
聞きましたわよ。ご両親が借金を残して蒸発したそうですわね。
The detective surprised the truth from the waitress.
刑事はウエイトレスの不意をついて真相を聞き出した。
Yesterday evening we heard the President talk on television.
昨晩大統領がテレビで話をするのを聞いた。
The whole nation was sad to hear that their king died.
全国民が王の訃報を聞き悲しんだ。
Questioned about his policies, the candidate gave only vague answers.
政策について聞かれたところ、その候補者はあいまいな返答しかできなかった。
This is the most exciting story that I have ever heard.
これほどわくわくする話は聞いたことがない。
I was surprised when I got a call from my daughter's workplace, saying that she had suddenly collapsed. She had struck her head, so I was worried, but was relieved when I was notified by the hospital that they had found nothing wrong with her.