Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.
That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.
その人気テレビシリーズが発端となって、秋には二つのショー番組が誕生することになっている。
I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
私は紙の端切れに彼の電話番号を書き留めた。
The English people in general, are extremely fond of their pets.
一般的にイギリス人は飼っているペットを極端にかわいがっている。
Editors often go to extremes in providing their readers with unimportant facts.
編集者はささいな事実を読者に提供するのに極端に走ることがよくある。
His death was partly my fault.
彼が亡くなった責任の一端は私に有ります。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
Past the west coasts of Europe and Africa to the tip of southern Africa.
ヨーロッパとアフリカの西海岸をとおりすぎ、アフリカ南部の先端までとびます。
Don't leave your work half finished.
仕事を中途半端で辞めてはいけない。
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
銀行家とは、日が照っている時に人に傘を貸し、雨が降り出した途端に返せと言ってくる連中である。
Six high-tech companies set up branch offices in that prefecture.
６つの先端技術の会社がその県に支社を設立した。
I met him at the end of the platform.
私はプラットホームの端で彼にあった。
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
He makes it a point to speak clearly and graphically. He always talks turkey about any problem.
彼は、はっきり生き生きと話すのが常だ。彼は、いつもどんな問題も端的に話す。
I like to leave things up in the air.
中途半端が好
I think you're partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.
交渉が失敗した責任の一端は君にあると思う。
Everything is all arranged.
準備万端整っている。
Don't leave things half done.
物事は中途半端にするなかれ。
To put it briefly, he lacks musical ability.
端的に言って、彼には音楽の才能がない。
I had no sooner left the shop than I met my teacher.
店を出た途端に先生に会った。
Is everything ready?
準備万端？
There is nothing worse than doing something in a half-hearted manner.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
The town is located in the extreme north of Japan.
その町は日本の最北端に位置する。
Leaving something unfinished is the worst thing you can do.
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
Jack of all trades, and master of none.
何でも屋は何でも中途半端。
You must not go to extremes in anything.
何事でも極端に走るのはよくない。
When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
The animal in the top left-hand corner is meant to be a dragon.
上の左端の動物は、竜のつもりでしょう。
It rained as soon as he got home.
彼が帰宅した途端に雨が降った。
The moment the teacher left the classroom, it became quite noisy.
先生が教室から離れた途端、ガヤガヤと騒がしくなった。
His way of thinking is a bit extreme.
彼の考え方は少し極端だ。
The iris deeply associated with the Boys' Festival does not have a beautiful flower.
この端午の節句と関係の深いしょうぶは、花は美しくありません。
My father rarely goes to extremes.
父はめったに極端な行動はとらない。
As for the accusations of heresy--here, the evidence is much weaker.
異端という非難に関しては、ここでの証拠ははるかに弱いものである。
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
