Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.
I am going to return this sweater because it's too big.
大きすぎるので、僕はこのセーターを返すつもりだ。
Stop beating a dead horse.
蒸し返すのはやめろ。
I've got to remember to return this money to him.
彼にお金を返すのを忘れないようにしないと。
If you bite me, I'll bite back.
噛まれたら、噛み返す。
A mere repetition of other people's research cannot be called true scientific research.
他人の研究を繰り返すだけでは本当の科学的研究とは言えない。
"Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class
If I had money, I would pay what I owe you. As it is, I can't pay.
金があれば借金を返すのだが、現状では払えない。
I'll lend you the book, provided you return it next week.
あなたが来週に返すならば、その本を貸してあげよう。
The volcano erupts at regular intervals.
その火山は周期的に噴火を繰り返す。
I demanded that he pay the debt back at once.
彼にすぐに借金を返すように要求した。
The emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.
Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon