It's fine to make grandiose plans but I'd like you to start with what you have on your plate.
気宇壮大な計画もいいけれど、まずは自分の足元を固めることから始めてほしいよ。
He became more obstinate as he grew older.
彼は歳を取るにつれて次第に頑固になった。
I have never come across such a stubborn person.
私はあんな頑固な人に出会ったりしたことがない。
I absolutely will not speak to that fellow again!
あいつとは断固2度と口をきかんぞ。
I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud.
We have absolute proof that smoking is bad for your health.
喫煙が健康に悪いと言う確固たる証拠がある。
While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
Tom hasn't been able to eat solid food since his accident.
事故以来トムは固形物を食べられずにいる。
He always persisted in his errors.
彼はいつも自分の間違いに固執する。
Our teacher really stands on ceremony, doesn't she?
僕たちの先生って本当に頭が固いよね。
She's a stubborn girl.
彼女は頑固です。
The devout Christian persists in his belief.
そのキリスト教徒は自分の信念を断固として貫く。
Water in a solid state is called ice.
固体の状態になった水は氷と呼ばれる。
The older you grow, the more you tend to adhere to fixed ideas.
年をとるほど、ますます固定観念にとらわれるものです。
She hard-boiled the eggs.
彼女は卵を固くゆでた。
The instinct for survival is inherent in every living thing.
生存本能はあらゆる生物に固有のものである。
This table is shaky. Make it stay firm.
このテーブルはがたつく。しっかり固定させてくれ。
For code type locks that don't need a key there are 'free dial' systems where you can set any number you like and fixed types where the number is set in advance.
I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.
My maternal grandmother persists in wearing that old-fashioned dress.
母系の祖母はその旧式のドレスを着ることに固執する。
Adversity strengthens the foundations.
雨降って地固まる。
The new boss has whipped the company into shape.
新社長は、会社の体質を堅固なものに作り上げた。
As he grew older, he became more obstinate.
彼は、年をとるに連れて、ますます頑固になった。
He was so adamant in his refusal.
彼は断固として拒絶した。
The experiment confirmed his theory.
この実験で彼の学説はいっそう強固なものになった。
She's married and settled down now.
彼女は今では結婚して身を固めている。
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.