His speech went on for such a long time that some people began to fall asleep.
彼はあまり長時間話し続けたので、何人かの人が居眠りを始めた。
It suddenly started raining.
突然雨が降り始めた。
Let's resume reading where we left off last week.
先週止めたところからまた読み始めましょう。
Mr Smith always begins his lectures with a joke.
スミス先生はいつも冗談から講義を始める。
Once you start smoking, it is difficult to get rid of that bad habit.
いったん喫煙を始めると、その悪癖を取り除くのは難しい。
It started to snow.
雪が降り始めた。
Let's get the show on the road.
さあ、計画を始めよう。
It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.
デモインの裏庭、コンコードの居間、チャールストンの玄関からそれは始まった。
I am going to start a new job next week.
私は来週、新しい仕事を始めます。
To make matters worse, it began to rain.
さらに悪いことに雨が降り始めた。
He began singing.
彼は歌い始めた。
We started to walk.
私達は歩き始めた。
I ran into the house because it started to rain.
雨が降り始めたので、私は家に駆け込んだ。
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 began to eat lunch.
彼は昼食を食べ始めた。
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
If he's late, it's OK to start the meeting without him.
もし彼が遅れてくるようなら、彼がいなくても会議を始めてよい。
Midterm exams start next week. Just cramming the night before won't get you ready. There'll be a lot of tough questions. You should start studying today.
来週から中間テストだ。一夜漬けじゃ、太刀打ちできない問題ばかりだぞ。今日から始めろよ。
Their baby has just started to crawl.
彼らの赤ちゃんはちょうど這い始めたところです。
It began to dawn.
夜が明け始めた。
What time does it start?
何時に始まるの?
She set about writing the essay.
彼女は随筆を書き始めた。
It has just started to snow in Vicenza.
ヴィチェンツァではちょうど今雪が降り始めた。
He began to whistle a tune.
彼はメロディーを口笛で吹き始めた。
He started singing.
彼は歌い始めた。
As soon as I left home, it began to rain.
家を出るとすぐに雨が降り始めた。
Since he became a third year student, the only day he came to school was the day of the opening ceremony.
その学生が3年生になって学校に来たのは始業式の日だけです。
My plan is to spend the New Year's holiday in Australia.