Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.
もちろん学生時代に英語は勉強したけど、本格的に始めたのはここ２、３年くらい前です。
He is one of the best singers of the day.
彼は現代のもっとも立派な歌手の一人だ。
Floods, violent wind storms, droughts, killing frosts, and the problems of air pollution have all, on occasion, influenced modern society.
洪水、激しい暴風、干魃、霜の冷害、空気汚染の問題などは全て現代社会にしばしば影響を与えている。
He will go to the meeting instead of me.
私の代わりに彼が出席します。
He's behind the times in his methods.
彼の方法は時代遅れだ。
Relative pronouns perform as 'conjunction + pronoun'.
関係代名詞は「接続詞+代名詞」のはたらきをしています。
He was naughty when a boy.
彼は少年時代わんぱくだった。
We will have to take on someone to do Tom's work.
トムの代わりに仕事をする者を雇わなくてはならないだろう。
We soon agreed on a rent for the apartment.
アパートの部屋代についてはすぐ話がついた。
Mr Jones is sick and Mr Brown will teach in his place today.
ジョーンズ先生が病気なので、今日はブラウン先生が彼の代わりに教えます。
We praise the good old times, but live today.
我々は古き良き時代を誉めそやすが、生きているのは今日なのだ。
I don't feel like going to the movies. Let's take a walk instead.
映画に行きたいような気がしない。その代わり散歩をしよう。
They have seen better days.
彼らにだってよい時代もあった。
Last night we enjoyed talking over our high school days.
昨夜私たちは高校時代の事を楽しく語り合った。
She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.
It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.
犯人を弁護してた弁護士が実は真犯人だったなんて、前代未聞だ。
Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.
多くの２０代女性は夏休みに海外へ行く計画をする。
His policy was in advance of his times.
彼の政策は時代に先んじていた。
Speaking with reporters in Montreal, Canada, Walesa says the change of leadership in East Germany came about because the old guard leaders missed the train of history.
I don't feel like working; what about going to a cinema instead?
仕事をする気がしないな。代わりに映画でも見に行かないか。
We all know that Mendel was way ahead of his time.
メンデルが時代のずっと先を行っていたのは我々みんなが知るところだ。
This government is really putting the clock back.
この政府はまさしく時代に逆行している。
Glass developed dramatically in the Roman era when glass blowing techniques were invented.
ローマ時代に吹きガラスの技法が開発されるとガラスが飛躍的な発展を遂げました。
Changes of leadership have a great effect on the international political economy.
指導部の交代は、国際政治経済に重要な影響を与える。
That very tune reminded me of my adolescence.
まさにあの曲が、私に青春時代を思い出させた。
She must still be in her twenties.
彼女はまだ２０代に違いない。
What do you think of modern art?
現代芸術をどう思いますか。
In living through these uncertain times, it is necessary to be flexible and not be a captive to traditional values.
この不確実な時代を生き抜くには、従来の価値観に囚われない柔軟な発想が必要だ。
I stayed up much later when I was a student.
私は学生時代にはもっとよる遅くまでおきていた。
Our class reunion brought back my dear old school days.
クラス会に出席して、昔懐かしい学生時代の思い出があれこれとよみがえった。
This picture reminds me of when I was a student.
この写真は私に学生時代を思い出させてくれる。
Integrative medicine refers to a many faceted medical approach that emphasises individual differences and aggressively includes the latest scientific techniques based on modern Western medicine as well as various other medical systems like traditional med
Since I installed solar panels on my house, my energy bill has been cut in half.
家に太陽電池パネルを設置してから、電気代が半分に減った。
Whenever I hear this song, I am reminded of my school days.
この歌を聞くと私はいつも、学生時代を思い出す。
Turner stands out among the painters of his time.
ターナーは同時代の画家の中でも傑出している。
It is rather difficult for an old man to keep up with the times.
時代に遅れないようについていくのは老人にとってむしろ難しいことである。
Rock and roll was a creation of the young generation.
ロックンロールは若い世代の発明だった。
Every dog has his day.
誰にも得意な時代はある。
She did without necessities to pay for her daughter's lessons.
彼女は娘のレッスン代を払うため、必需品をなしですませた。
It is not known when the Hinamatsuri first started, but the Nagashibina, in its most primitive form, was already being celebrated during the Heian period.
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.
