Children want their way and are bound to get into arguments.
子供たちが自己主張したり喧嘩をしたりするのは当然だ。
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
I entered a singing contest sponsored by a pasta company and I made it to the semifinals.
パスタ会社が主催したのど自慢コンクールに参加して、準決勝戦まで到達しました。
One of the advantages of living in a democracy is that one is permitted to say whatever he thinks.
民主主義国家に住む利点の一つは、自分が考えていることを何でもいうことが許されることである。
I used to watch this anime a lot when I was a kid, but I can't quite remember what happened to the hero in the final episode.
このアニメ、子供時代によく見てたんだけど、最終回で主人公がどうなったかの記憶があやふやなんだ。
The head groundsman has a cottage right in the middle of the grounds.
主任整備員はテニスコートの敷地のちょうど中央に小さな家を持っている。
The politician claimed to oppose the conclusion.
その政治家はその主張に反対すると主張した。
Jane insisted that she was right.
ジェーンは自分の言い訳が正しいと主張した。
Mail order is the main form of direct marketing.
通信販売がダイレクト・マーケティングの主な形態である。
The Department of Homeland Security's primary function is the prevention of terrorist attacks occurring within America and, in the extreme case of an attack happening, holding losses to the smallest possible level and swiftly carrying out restoration.
Some Japanese wives are content to leave their husbands alone.
日本の主婦の中には主人に構わずにおいて満足している人もいる。
People in the world are always advocating for more freedom and equality.
世界の人々は常により一層の自由 と平等を主張している。
The customer contended that she had been cheated.
その客はだまされたと主張した。
Central Bank is a bank that deals mainly with other banks and the government and assumes broad responsibilities in the interests of the national economy apart from the earning of profits.
If you heard him talk, you would suppose he was the master of the house.
彼の話を聞けば、彼がその家の主人だと考えてしまうだろう。
A housewife has many domestic duties.
主婦は家庭の仕事がたくさんある。
My husband caught a cold and he's resting in bed.
主人が風邪を引いて寝込んでいます。
The Democrats bought space on commercial television for the campaign.
民主党は選挙運動のために民放テレビの放送枠を買いました。
Rina is in the home economics club. Her main activity is dressmaking.
梨奈は家政部で、主に洋裁をやっている。
Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869.
非暴力主義者のマハトラ・ガンジーは1869年に生まれた。
Poverty is still the major cause of crime.
貧困は依然として犯罪の主要原因である。
Democracy encourages freedom.
民主主義は自由を積極的に認める。
Article 6. The president shall preside at all meetings.
第6条議長は全会議を主宰するものとする。
The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.
民主党はまだ候補者を決めていないが、どっちにしても負けるに決まっている。
The farmer employed five new workers.
その農場主は新しい5人の従業員を雇った。
The prime minister appointed them to key Cabinet posts.
首相は彼らを内閣の主要ポストに任命した。
Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
Swimming will be the main event of the next Olympics.
水泳が次期オリンピックの主要競技となるだろう。
He is really a Hercules.
彼は実際ヘラクレスのような力の持ち主だ。
My husband likes to have a drink in the evening. He drinks 6 or more bottles of sparkling wine and 5 or 6 bottles of warm sake. Sometimes he has a day where he doesn't drink, but it has never lasted for more than two days.