I believe it will be quite a long time before the spirit of democracy pervades our daily life.
民主主義の精神がわれわれの日常生活の中に浸透するには相当の年月がかかると思います。
She bathed her ankle with hot water.
彼女は足首をお湯に浸した。
Streets and houses were drowned by the flood.
洪水で水浸しになった街路と家々。
Since her parents were busy at work all the time, she spent a lot of her time at her friend's house.
親が仕事で忙しいのをいいことに子供が友達の家に入り浸ってしまっている。
I was in a coffee bar soaking in the atmosphere.
私はカフェバーで雰囲気に浸っていた。
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.