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上級者が英語力(特に読解力）をつけたければ、語彙を増やすのが王道ですね。
We are the great communicators.
私たちは意志疎通が上手だ。
He asked me for more money than was necessary.
彼は必要以上の金を私に求めた。
I want to have this old coat made over.
この古い上着を仕立て直したい。
Just then his boss came in and cut him down to size.
そのとき彼の上司が入ってきて、彼をたしなめた。
I must apologize for not having written for such a long time.
こんなに長い間お便りを差し上げなかったことをお詫びしなければなりません。
Sales at the company zoomed thanks to brisk export demand, but profit did not keep up because of intense competition.
同社の売上げは輸出の需要が強いおかげで伸びたが、競争が激しく利益はそれほど伸びなかった。
My English is not good at all.
私の英語は決して上手ではない。
She's too short to reach the top.
彼女は背が低すぎて上の棚には手が届かない。
The logs flamed brightly.
丸太はあかあかと燃え上がった。
May I help you?
何をさし上げましょうか。
The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth.
上司が事実を知ったとき、彼はその嘘のせいでトラブルに巻き込まれた。
That mountain whose top is covered with snow is the one that we climbed last summer.
頂上が雪で覆われているあの山は、僕らが昨年の夏登った山です。
He can't endure my selfishness any more.
彼は私のわがままにこれ以上耐えられない。
You may give this photograph to anyone who wants it.
この写真が欲しい人がいたら誰にでも上げていいですよ。
As she entered the room, he sat up in his bed.
彼女が部屋に入ると彼はベッドで上半身を起こした。
He coaxed extra money from his mother.
彼は上手い事を言って母親から余分にお金をせしめた。
His car broke down on the way to work.
彼の車は会社への途上で、故障した。
There are plenty of fresh eggs on the table.
新しい卵がテーブルの上にたくさんある。
If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it.
Furthermore, experiments were never carried out against the rules but were performed always well within them - otherwise they would not be recognized as experiments at all.
If you want to skate well, you should take it up seriously.
スケートが上手になりたいのなら、真剣に習い始めるべきだ。
John drinks too much these days. We have to stop him from drinking any more.
ジョンはこのところ酒を飲みすぎている。彼がこれ以上酒を飲むのをやめさせなければならない。
In all times and places many examples of poor relations between wives and mothers-in-law can be seen.
古今東西、嫁と姑の仲は上手くいかぬ例が多いと見える。
In order to prevent a further drop of the Japanese currency, the Bank of Japan intervened in the market to support it at around 150 yen to the dollar.
日銀は円のこれ以上の下落を止めようと、１ドル１５０円程度で買い支えるために介入した。
He will struggle to graduate if he does not make progress.
彼は成績を上げなければ、卒業するのが大変になるでしょう。
To our surprise, he was good at singing.
驚いたことに、彼は歌が上手かった。
He is an abler lawyer than I expected.
彼は予想以上に有能な弁護士だ。
He drew a straight line on the wall.
彼は壁の上に直線を書いた。
The house which stands on the hill is very old.
丘の上に建っている家はとても古い。
The color has come out well.
色の上がりがよい。
The company went public and became listed on the stock exchange in 1990.
同社は１９９０年に株を公開し取引所に上場した。
I don't like books with more than five hundred pages.
５００ページ以上の本は好きではない。
He bent over the girl and kissed her.
彼は少女の上に身をかがめてキスをした。
In theory it is possible, but in practice it is very difficult.
理論上はそれは可能だけれど実際にはとても難しい。
I've been waiting for you for over an hour.
一時間以上も待ったんですよ。
The parallel with English becomes even more striking when we realize that Latin continued to be used for many hundreds of years more as the world's first "international language."
When I reached the hall right away the person in charge unrelentingly said things like "This painting is certain to increase in value in the future," and I went and signed the contract.
