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title: 英語メモ
date: 2019-01-17 19:31:00 +09:00
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# 構文

too much to take - 手に負えない

is de rigueur - 慣習上必要不可欠

utterly - 完全に

make sure you know what the author expects you to know.

The doom-laden feeling that this creates in us is then intensified by our inability to remember the past;

- smoke-laden 煙が立ち込めた
- doom-laden 厭世観で満ちた

Thanks to his help, we managed to finish the work in time. 彼のおかげでなんとか時間内に仕事を終えることできた

Thanks to the development of medicine, people have been able to live longer.

Owing to the rise in oil prices, people are forced to use public transportation.

The balloon is likely to burst at any time その風船は今にも爆発しそうだ

It is because the air was polluted that the experiment was a failure.

The experiment was a failure because the air was polluted.

Thesis. Remote companies have less of an echo chamber since they are distributed. Thoughts?

Obviously they should A, and B when C. Not D forever.

Still - there is no A, just B.

I think people are angry because Slack A, B and is C. No D, no E.

Because he's the kind of person who likes helping others and is always gentle and kind as you described

it was more difficult to get it wrong than guess it right! XD

I'm pretty sure there was a lot of uproar about the Equifax thing

# イディオム

Don’t make me blush XD — 恥ずかしい XD

Think before you speak next time — 次からは考えてから話せ

just a citation of the law they're overcompensating for — 彼らは濫用している法律の引用ただそれだけしか示してない

repeal — 撤回する

no respect for their users — ユーザーに対する敬意がない

be now going the A route — 今度はA作戦ときた

in a blunt fashion — 露骨なやり方で

"DM us, we'll take a look!" faux-friendly route — 偽りの友情作戦「DMで詳しく話を聞かせて！」

reinstate — （アカウントを）復活させる

shut the whole thing down — 全てを終わらせる

as if, as though — 後者は話者の疑いが現れている. 仮定法過去を取る. It's as if I were a movie star.

predominatly — 大抵は. Your costs are predominantly human labor.

a myriad of A — 無数のA

funnel toward 狭いところを前へと通る

in a verifiable manner — 検証可能な方法で

in a frigid manner — 冷たい態度で

are expressed as — ～として表せる

a cup of tea — 好きなこと、得意なこと (It's not my cup of tea)

I have a lot on my plate — やることが沢山ある

It's a piece of cake — 朝飯前、超簡単

can enforce fine-grained control over — 何かをきめ細かく制御することができる

C’est la vie! — それが人生

What’s done is done — 終わったものは仕方ない

If you've got it, flaunt it — 良いものは隠さないで

clench my teeth — 歯を食いしばる（って耐える）

Hello, I just came across this wonderful library and was really intrigued by it :)

When teaching, be careful not to mix up "" and "".

life saver under this condition

It turned to be such great experience, I couldn’t miss opportunity to share it

I like Makefiles, they are simple and yet very powerful.

To my surprise — 驚くべきことに

I did it *out of* curiosity — 興味本位でやった

If you're of the **belt-and-suspenders mindset**, consider setting UsePAM to 'no' as well. — 心配性な性格のこと

you can cancel it **as long as it has not been matched** — ～されていない限りいつでも

By definition — 定義によると

A found B C — AはBがCだと思った

in that — という点において

Iconoclast — 因襲打破主義者

Researchers spend a great deal of time doing something — 研究者は多くの時間を～するのに割いています。

~ upon demand for ~ — ~の要請に応じて~

Granularity — 粒度

in a manner — いわば、ある意味

periodic – 定期的 <=> sporadic – 不定期的

abuse — 名詞は(a)bjú:s 動詞は(a)bjú:z

eavesdrop — 盗み聞きする

hypernym – 上位概念 <=> hyponym – 下位概念

in this case — 今回の場合

imply, **represent**, mean, stand for, **refer to** — 意味する

redundant — 余剰であり過剰であり不必要なもの

appropriate, proper, reasonable — 妥当な

barely — かろうじて、ほとんど～ない

The iPad already has external keyboard support and an external trackpad support would go a long way to making the iPad a Mac replacement.

Countless wrong inferences could be drawn from those observation.

it drives me crazy [nuts] — イライラさせられる

describes the steps that are involved in ~ — ~に関する手順について説明する

前置詞inは特徴の違いを、ofは程度の違いを表す

A is in proportion to B — AはBに比例している

A is out of proportion to B — AはBに反比例している

受動態は不自然に手を加えられて発生した結果に付随する、能動態は自然に発生した場合に付随する — our profits were increasedは不正があったかのような表現、our profits increasedが正しい

be collectively known as A — Aと総称されている

Any links to this, as to be honest nobody is providing evidence, just lip-service relying on the ignorance of most readers

in a great hurry - 大急ぎで

gross 名詞 — 明らかな～, a gross oversimplification - 明らかに過度な簡略化

among — ～の間で — in, throughで代替可能

throw A away — Aを捨てる、Aを無駄にする

throw A up — 急にやめる

be quick to — すぐ～する。(People are quick to alienate outsiders 人々はすぐよそ者を阻害する)

incredulous at — ～を容易に信じない

lack of standards for — ～に対するけじめの無さ

ludicrous, ridiculous — 馬鹿げた

derogatory — 差別的な

A that it was B — Aだったので、B , 便利な接続詞

After (p.p.), He (p.) — ～の後、彼は～した

vicious — 凶悪な

relentless, ruthless — しつこく、inの時は徹底的な

mercilessly — 無慈悲に

reckless — 無謀な

profound — 心理的影響が重大な、深刻な(物理的にはdeepが適切)

I felt like a coward hiding this from people — それを隠すことで自分が臆病者に思えた

While training for the marathon, she was relentless in following the same schedule — マラソンの練習の間、彼女は同じスケジュールをしつこいほど守った。

His history of A led to  B — 彼がAを繰り返したせいでBを招いた。

hatred — 憎悪

coarse — 粗い

B with A everywhere — Aがいたるところに散乱しているB

people, all, the crowd — 人々

A was quick to spot the potential of the Internet — Aはインターネットの可能性をいち早く見出した

a man who's nice to be around — そばに居てくれると助かる親切な人

His generosity knows no bounds — 彼の寛大さには限りが無い

borad-minded — 心が広い

in one way or the other — どのみち、ある意味 e.g. This inspired you in one way or the other これはある意味あなたをインスピレートした

to some extent — ある程度は、e.g. Travelling only helps to some extent 旅行はある程度それを助ける

close-knit — 密接に関係している

hot take — 走り書き

cost an arm and a leg — 大変な金がかかる

person with a forgiving nature — 寛大な心の持ち主

we are on the same page — これで我々の認識が一致しましたね

in that — という点で。 Man differ from animals in that they can think and speak.

That said, — とは言え。ですから。

# 文法

p.p. the present progressive form, 現在進行系

There have long been allegations that という噂がある

The antisocial behaviour you are naturing あなたが心に抱いている反社会的行動

have a lot to do with ～によるところが大きい

一般に前置詞＋who(m)は既知の情報を確認する際に, who＋前置詞は新しい情報を求める際に好まれる

 This is sure to satisfy those who are into computers. これはコンピュータにはまっている人をきっと満足させるだろう

I've always wanted to study abroad someday but I haven't been able to yet.



# 複文と分詞構文

A typhoon hit the city, causing big destruction.

While skiing in Hakuba, I twisted my ankle.

Not knowing what to say, she kept silent.

Seeing me, the man ran away. ←→ As the man saw me, he ran away.

Written in simple English, this book is easy to understand. ←→ Since this book is written in simple English, it is easy to understand.

Walking along the beach, I found a beautiful shell. ←→ When I was walking along the beach, I found a beautiful shell.

and そうすれば or 然もなくば but けれども so だから、それで for というのも nor ～もまた、～ではない

She is not a politician, nor is she a diplomat.



# when

未来の**条件**を表す場合は**現在形**を使う When I arrive at the station, I'll call you.

過去の時を表す場合は過去形 When I was a child, I used to like soccer.

未来の**可能性**を話す場合は**未来形** I don't know when he will come.



happened to — たまたま、偶然、もしかして

Do you happen to know if she has a boyfriend? — あの子に彼氏いるのかな？



不定詞は名詞・形容詞・副詞的働きをする動詞ベースの詞のこと

to不定詞がunrealized(未実現)、-ingがrealized(実現)

I want (to eat an apple)←名詞的

Thank you for playing the game



She is studying English hard to study abroad.

She study English hard to study abroad.

違いは？



only to A — 思わぬ悲観的な事実を説明するclause

He **returned** after the war **only to be told** that his wife had left him.

I **tore** open the box, **only to discover** that some of the parts were missing. 

I **arrived** **only to find** that the others had already left.

# 倒置法

So do I — 私も！(I like appleに対して)

So am I — 私も！(I'm twenty years oldに対して)

Here comes bus — もうバス来たよ

Here we go — ほら行こう

In you go — 中にお入り

What a shitty day — なんて日だ

How beautiful (that is) — なんて綺麗なの

"I'm fine", said he — 大丈夫だと彼は言った

Dark as(though) it was, I found the footprints.  — 暗かったが、なんとか足跡を見つけた

Hard though she tried, she couldn't make the deadline. — 頑張ったが間に合わなかった

Do what you will, I won't give up — 何をされようとも諦めない

Walk as he would, he couldn't get to the station. — どんなに歩いても駅にたどり着けなかった

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