The job-seeking season is starting earlier each year and it's the mass media that are causing that trend by moving up their job interview schedule.
就職活動の時期は早まる傾向にあり、マスコミ各社の面接がその先頭にたっている。
I was ushered into the drawing room.
私は応接間に案内された。
The sense of humor is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
ユーモアを解する心は、国民性と密接に結びついているが、その結びつき方は不思議である。
Several years ago, in the course of being interviewed for a job, I was introduced to a competitor for the position.
数年前、ある仕事を得るために面接を受けているときに、私はその職を求める競争者に紹介された。
He tried getting closer to her using every possible means.
彼はあの手この手を使って彼女に接近しようとした。
We received an immediate answer to our letter.
われわれは直接手紙の返事を受け取った。
There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
The typhoon will approach the Kanto district around two in the afternoon.
台風は午後２時頃関東地方に接近するでしょう。
A conservative tie is preferable to a loud one for a job interview.
就職の面接には派手なネクタイよりも地味なネクタイの方が好ましい。
It was really close.
接戦でしたね。
His land abuts on the road.
彼の土地は道路に接している。
We are indirectly dependent upon the labour of others for all the necessities and comforts of our lives.
われわれは、生活に必要なものや生活を快適にするものをすべて他人の労働に間接的に依存している。
In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.
In order to qualify for the homestay you must have an interview with the sponsors.
ホームステイをするにはスポンサーの面接を受けなくてはならない。
It's obvious but the connection between people is "words". It is by those words that thoughts are shared and arguments carried out.
あたりまえだが、人と人との接点は「ことば」である。その言葉によって、考えを共有し、議論している。
Suffixes, 1: "-ion" creates nouns that show the meaning of 'action, state, process, results,' and so on.
接尾辞について、１：【-ion】「行動、状態、過程、結果」などの意を表す名詞を作る。
I have to have an interview before taking the examination.
私は試験を受ける前に面接を受けなければならない。
I sent an email to an old friend of mine. We haven't kept in touch for awhile, being that the last time we met was over two years ago and haven't contacted each other since. There's no reply from her yet. I'm starting to get anxious.
The police officer pointed his pistol at the criminal, who, in turn, held his pistol directly pointed at the officer. Neither had the advantage, the position was a stalemate.
