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He excused his absence.
彼は欠席の言い訳をした。
I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but ...
ちょっと言いにくい話なんだけど。
His words, however, were not believed at all.
しかしながら、彼の言葉は全然信用されなかった。
The fact that he was a great statesman cannot be denied.
彼が偉大な政治家であったと言う事実は否定できない。
What he said is true.
彼が言ったことは本当だ。
The teacher punished her students for using bad words.
その教師は悪い言葉を使ったことで生徒たちを罰した。
I talk in my sleep very often.
就寝中、寝言が多いのです。
She said that what they were doing was contrary to the company's sexual harassment policy.
彼女は、彼らがしていることは会社のセクハラ政策に反している、と言った。
He made me out to be a liar.
彼は僕をうそつきであるかのように言った。
He told me that whatever might happen, he was prepared for it.
何が起ころうと、覚悟ができていると彼は私に言った。
He promised me that he wouldn't tell anybody.
彼は誰にも言わないと私に約束した。
We came to the conclusion that he should be fired.
彼を首にすべきだと言う結論に達した。
The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.
男は情状酌量を求めたが、犯した罪に対して20年の懲役刑が言い渡された。
You've given me good advice.
君はいい助言をしてくれた。
He never lies.
彼はけっしてうそを言わない。
"The key," he added, "is in the lock".
「鍵は、鍵穴に差してある」彼は言い足した。
Speaking of travel, have you ever been to Australia?
旅行と言えば、君はオーストラリアに行ったことがありますか。
He refuses to listen to me.
彼はがんとして私の言うことを聞かない。
The politician had to take back his words and eat crow.
その政治家は前言を取り消して公に謝罪するはめになった。
The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.
教区牧師は法話の時しばしば聖書に言及する。
On the way out I said to my waitress, "Be careful, Sue. There's something funny about the glasses you gave me - they're filled in on the top, and there's a hole on the bottom!"