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| Word/expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A bunch of | 集団、〜の集まり、たくさんの A group of, A lot of, There's a bunch of high school girls on the train. I have a bunch of chocolates. |
| A long story | 話せば長い話です、話せば、長くなります。 We usually say this when we want to avoid talking about a subject. A: How did you end up in Tokyo? B: Uh, it's a long story. |
| Add up | つじつまが合わない English meaning: "make sense" Used in a negative sense. 彼の言うことはつじつまが合わない- His story didn't seem to add up. This is often used in the negative: (something) doesn't add up. It suggests that something is not right or the result is not correct. |
| All over | Everywhere -至る所に (その噂、ニュース、情報が あちらこちらに広がっている) Everyone knows she's having a baby. It's all over town. |
| All right | all right の意味 [文末に用いて] 間違いなく, 確かに (すぐ前に述べたことが正しいことを強調する)We use all right at the end of an expression to emphasize something, sometimes negative. "If you don't study for your test, you'll probably get a low score all right." |
| Apart from | 〜は別として、以外、を除いて Except for. "There's nothing in my bag apart from sweets." "Apart from me, there are only girls in this room." |
| Awfully | Very. とっても This past summer was awfully hot and humid. Mika, Hana, and Risako are awfully good English speakers. |
| Come across | 偶然見つける, 遭遇する Encounter, discover something or someone by chance. "I came across some old photos when I was cleaning my room." In BTTF, "bump into" meant to meet a person (you know) by chance. |
| Come on | “Come on”は、乗り気ではない相手を誘うときに、「いいじゃん!」 「大丈夫!」と背中を押すニュアンスでも使われます。 |
| Count for | 価値がある To have value. "Your test counts for 40 points." Your efforts count for a lot in this class. |
| Count on | 〜に頼る、を当てにする Rely on (with confidence). Another meaning is "to expect something to happen." 期待する "Japan counts on its best athletes to win gold medals." |
| Depend on | 当てにする、信頼する、頼りにする Count on, trust, need (for a particular purpose). The meaning of "depend on" is similar to "count on" except that with depend on, there's more of a nuance of trust. All of you depend on your parents to support and care for you. |
| End up | この表現は「〜で終わる、終える」の意味で使われる。(ある状態に) 結局になる、結局に至る End up means to find yourself or something in a place/situation that you didn't intend or expect to be in. |