The burglar was caught in the act of prying open the window.
そのこそ泥は窓をこじ開けている現場を捕まった。
The president is a down-to-earth kind of man.
社長は現実的なタイプの人だ。
This sentence is in the present tense.
この文の時制は現在です。
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.
At this point, I'm unable to comment on that problem.
現段階ではその問題についてコメントできません。
The rightmost lane is now under construction.
一番右側の車線は現在工事中である。
As of today, we haven't had an answer from him.
今日現在、彼から返事をもらっていない。
They paid me in kind.
彼らは私に現物支給でくれたよ。
The grammar section includes the passive voice of the present perfect.
文法事項としては、現在完了の受動態が含まれています。
He appeared from nowhere.
彼はどこからともなく現れた。
They are content with things as they are.
彼らは現状に満足している。
The scenery was beyond description.
その景色は言葉では表現できないほどだった。
Bob Johnson tried to make people realize the seriousness of the situation in Africa.
ボブ・ジョンソンはアフリカの現状の深刻さを人々に気付かせようとした。
Drugs are a cancer of modern society.
薬物は現代社会の癌だ。
I have difficulty understanding abstract modern art, especially Mondrian.
現代抽象画、特にモンドリアンが理解し難い。
She did not show up at the party yesterday.
彼女は昨日パーティーに現れなかった。
To many people today, "competitive" is a bad word.
現在、「競争」を悪い言葉と思っている人は多い。
The probability of this chain of events all happening at once is one in 2 million flights - about once every two months at current levels of air traffic.
The people at large are hoping for great changes in the light of the present situation.
一般の国民は現状から見て、大きな変化を望んでいる。
There's also the danger of unexploded bombs, so they reported it to the police and the area was taped off to keep people out.
不発弾の危険性もあることから警察に通報し、現場にテープを張って立ち入りを防いでいる。
She is economically independent of her parents now.
現在、彼女は経済的に両親から独立しています。
The joint-venture between the American and Japanese companies fell through.
アメリカと合併事業は実現を見ませんでした。
At present we have various difficulties to cope with.
現在対処すべき問題がいろいろある。
Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.
現行の法律は人種の多様性を考慮していない。
Although we waited until ten o'clock, Bill never showed up.
私たちは10時まで待っていたのだが、ビルは決して姿を現さなかった。
Children below the age of 8 have an underdeveloped frontal lobe that might cause them to be unable to separate reality from fantasy. Some of them might believe that there are monsters in their closet or under the bed for example. They are also sometimes u