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| Word/expression | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Think back | 思い出す、振り返る To remember and think about someone or something. Can you think back to your junior high days and tell me your best memory? |
| Think (something) over | (決断する前に)...をじっくり考える、熟慮する、検討する (例): Think it over and let me know what you decide. じっくりと考えて決めたことを教えて。 Think things over- 状況についてじっくり考える |
| Try me | Ask me; give me a chance, test me (分かるから)聞いてみて、できるからやらせてみて(例): A: Can you cook? B: Try me. A:料理出来ますか? B:できるよ! やらせてみ! |
| Turn in | 提出する、手渡す to a teacher, the police, government etc. You need to turn in your notebooks. ノートを提出しなければなりません。 |
| Up in the air | 未決定である、はっきりしていない Our vacation plans are still up in the air. 休暇の計画はまだ固まっていません。 |
| Were you not? | ...じゃない?、でしょう?Weren't you? (Were you not? is the formal style of weren't you?)確認するための表現. Were you not in 1-A as a first year student?/You were in 1-A as a first-year student, were you not? |
| What for? | 1. Why? 2. For what purpose? 何で?、どうして?、何のために? What do you want to know that for? |
| What's up? | 1. A greeting: How are you? How's it going? 元気かい?調子はどう? 2. What's happening? What's going on? どうしたの?何かあったの? |
| Would you? | Would you/will you? 命令文の後に使って依頼表現として用いる場合は、余り丁寧な表現とは言えないため、親しい間柄に限った方賢明である ex. Open the window, would you? (窓を開けてくれ) |
| You better | 〜した方がいい Shortened form of "You had better..." eg. You better go home now. (もう家に帰った方がいいぞ) |