基本動詞10と重要表現
英語の会話力をアップさせるためには、重要なポイントとして3つある
と思っています。リスニング力、スピーキング力、そして一番の基礎と
なる語彙力です。
ある見方をすると、この語彙力が一番重要かも知れません。もしもこの
力がなければ、当然、リスニングもスピーキングもできないのですから。
そういう意味で、今回はこの語彙力を高めるため、最重要な基本動詞の
熟語表現やその他の補足表現を整理していくことにしました。
【 on 】
休暇で | on vacation | I went to Kyoto on vacation last month. |
仕事で | on business | I will go to Yokohama on business next month. |
スケジュール通りに | on schedule | Is this bullet train on schedule? |
時間どおりに | on time | Everybody came to this room on time. |
徒歩で | on foot | I go to our office on foot. |
勤務中 | on duty | This policeman is on duty. |
ダイエット中 | on a diet | My wife is on a diet now. |
【 on 】
身につける | put on | I put snow tires on my car. |
試着する | try on | May I try this jacket on? |
~次第である | depend on | It depends on the weather. |
依存する | rely on | He still rely on his parents. |
あてにする | count on | When you are in trouble, you can count on me. |
~で食っている | live on | He has to live on the pension. |
~し続ける | go on | She went on singing all night. |
スイッチを入れる | turn on | Please turn on the PC. |
電話切らないで | hold on | Hold on a moment, please. |
私のおごり | on me | I'll pay for this. It's on me. |
固執する | insist on | He insist on his theory. |
押しつける | impose on | He always impose his opinion on me. |
即座に | on the spot | The policeman arrested this man on the spot. |
~など | and so on | He has many hobbies, driving, camping and so on. |
【 of 】
~のため | because of | Because of rain, we couldn't go fishing. |
~のかわりに | instead of | He always uses credit cards instead of cash. |
~の場合 | in case of | In case of a fire, use the emergency stairs. |
~にかかわらず | in spite of | In spite of the rain, the game was not canselled. |
~を担当する | in charge of | Who is in charge of the sales section? |
~の見地から | in terms of | He chooses his job only in terms of salary. |
~構成されている | consist of | Japan consists of four main islands. |
【 to 】
BよりAを好む | prefer A to B | I prefer wine to beer. |
~より優れている | superior to | You are superior to me. |
~の隣に | next to | My house is next to his house. |
~に似ている | similar to | His idea is very similar to mine. |
~に所属している | belong to | I belong to a soccer club. |
ある程度まで | to some extent | He has studied Psycology to some extent. |
~に加えて | in addition to | She can speak French in addition to English. |
【 with 】
取り扱う | deal with | I have to deal with all kinds of people. |
に満足である | be satisfied with | Are you satisfied with your job? |
耐える | put up with | I can't put up with this hot weather. |
対処する | cope with | He can't cope with the problem. |
良く知っている | be familiar with | Are you familiar with this road? |
~に追いつく | catch up with | I must study hard to catch up with her. |
にうんざりする | be fed up with | I'm fed up with his laziness. |
【 be + ○ 】
~に興味がある | be intereste in | I am interested in flower arrangement. |
~に夢中である | be crazy about | I am crazy about my girlfriend. |
~を恐れる | be afraid of | She is afraid of getting lung cancer. |
~が得意である | be good at | Are you good at swimming? |
~を誇りに思う | be proud of | I am proud of my son. |
~に飽きる | be tired of | I am tired of waiting for you. |
~が好きです | be fond of | She is fond of cats very much. |
~に嫌気がする | be sick of | I am sick of this hot weather. |
に気づき覚める | be aware of | I am aware of environment problems. |
~でいっぱいだ | be full of | The Hirosaki-park is full of people. |
を恥ずかしく思う | be ashamed of | I am ashamed of Japanese politics. |
【 get 】
(バス、電車に)乗り込む | get on | She is getting on the bus. |
(バス、電車に)降りる | get off | He is getting off the train. |
~から回復する | get over | I hope you will get over your cold soon. |
集まる | get together | Let's get together again. |
とうまくやっていく | get along with | Do you get along with your wife? |
~と結婚する | get married to | He will get married to Nancy next week. |
~に慣れる | get used to | He will get used to living in Akita. |
【 give 】
あきらめる | give up | He gave up the idea of going to Canada. |
スピーチをする | give a speech | I gave a speech at the wedding today. |
コンサートをする | give a concert | The Beatles gave five concerts in Tokyo. |
宜しく伝えて | give my best regards to | Give my best regards to your mother. |
【 take 】
散歩する | take a walk | I like taking a walk. |
お風呂に入る | take a bath | I take a bath every day. |
休憩をとる | take a break | Let's take a break. |
ちょっと見る | take a look | Let me take a look. |
昼寝をする | take a nap | I take a nap every afternoon. |
気楽にやる | take it easy | Good-by, take it easy. |
引継ぐ | take over | He has taken over his father's business. |
のんびりやる | take your time | Take your time, or you may make some mistakes. |
参加する | take part in | Do you take part in English lesson? |
起こる | take place | Do you know what time that accident took place? |
~するはずである | be supposed to | I'm soupposed to go to Kyoto tomorrow. |
~する余裕がない | can't afford to | He can't afford to buy a new car. |
心待ちにしている | look forward to …ing | I'm looking forward to seeing you soon. |
~したものだった | used to | She used to play basketball. |
~した方がよい | had better | You had better go home now. |
少なくとも | at least | I should finish my homework at least by Monday. |
遅かれ早かれ | sooner or later | He will make a good lawyer sooner or later. |
実は | In fact | In fact he is a billionaire. |
実のところ | As a matter of fact | As a matter of fact, I did it. |
まず最初に | First of all | First of all, I must say this. |
端的に言うと | In short | In short I don't want you to work for that company. |
長い目で見ると | In the long run | In the long run we can save much money by the machine. |
ところで | By the way | By the way, what do you do? |
本当のこと言うと | To tell the truth | To tell the truth, he is a famous lawyer. |
驚いたことに | To my surprise | To my surprise, he got married to a very beautiful actress. |
私の視点で言えば | From my point of view | From my point of view, Australia is one of the best countries. |
~のおかげで | Thanks to | Thanks to the taxi driver, we had a very wonderful time. |
大ざっぱに言えば | Roughly speaking | Roughly speaking, there were about 30 people in the bus. |
一般的に言えば | Generally speaking | Generally speaking, Americans are taller than Japanese. |
一方 | On the other hand | On the other hand some Americans are very poor. |
ただで | for free | I got this CD player for free. |
急いで | in a hurry | We are in a hurry. |
むだに | in vain | His efforts were in vain. |
今までのところ | so far | He is doing very well so far. |
永久に | for good | I will quit somoking for good. |
~以上 | more than | There are more than 100 people in the room. |
~以下 | less than | It takes less than six hours to get to Osaka by car. |
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