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My seven-year-old niece said to her brother, I'll tell on you.
7歳になる私の姪は彼女の兄に向かって、「言いつけるよ」と言った。
Now turn to your right, a little more, a little more. OK, now lie still on your back.
右からぐるっと回って、もっと、もっと、はい、そのまま仰向けになってください。
Turn on your back.
仰向けになりなさい。
My house faces to the south.
私の家は南向きです。
He tends to get angry if you ask a lot of questions.
あまりたくさん質問すると、彼は腹を立てる傾向がある。
"They left for New York, didn't they?" "Exactly."
「彼らはニューヨークへ向けて出発したのでしょう」「そのとおりです」
I called him a coward to his face.
私は彼に面と向かって臆病者といってやった。
She is better off than she was when I met her last.
彼女は今では、私がこの前会ったときより暮らし向きがよい。
His speech didn't reflect the sense of the party.
彼の演説は党の意向を反映したものではなかった。
He is not better off because he is poorly paid.
給料が低いので彼は暮らし向きがよくならない。
His criticisms were aimed at the Japanese government.
彼の批判は日本政府に向けられたものだった。
He turned his mind to it.
彼は注意力をその方向に向けた。
Are you knowing the girl who is over there?
向こうにいる少女をあなたは見たことがありますか。
He is introverted.
彼は内向的だ。
My mother is well off.
お母さんは暮し向きが良い。
We tried to restrain him from his reckless action.
私達は彼に向こう見ずな行動をさせないようにした。
Wait over there.
向こうで待っていてね。
The house is across from the church, so you shouldn't miss it.
その家は教会の向かいだから見落とすはずはない。
Go away.
向こうへ行け!
I pointed my camera at her.
私はカメラを彼女に向けた。
My Latin teacher used to look down sternly on me over the rim of her glasses, but now I know it only had to do with the fact that she was wearing reading glasses and that she will have found it a nuisance taking them off all the time, so what looked like
In one's reading, great writers of the past must be given the most attention.
本を選ぶときは、まず過去の偉大な作家たちの作品に目を向けるべきだ。
The students noted the professor's main points.
学生達は教授の話の要点に注意を向けた。
I'm just not cut out for this kind of work.
私はただこういう種類の仕事に向いていないのです。
He tends to be arrogant.
彼は傲慢になる傾向がある。
He turned to a tall woman nearby.
彼の近くにいる背の高い婦人の方を振り向きました。
Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".