Though he is no longer president, he still holds considerable sway among the political elite.
彼はもう大統領ではないものの、政界エリートの中でいまだに相当な影響力を保持している。
Tom is always sleeping in class. It almost seems as if he goes to school just to catch up on his sleep.
トムは授業中寝てばかりいるので、学校に寝に行っているようなものだ。
Among those present was our principal.
出席者の中に校長先生がいた。
The baby was splashing in the bathtub.
赤ちゃんが浴槽の中でバシャバシャと水しぶきをあげていた。
He is very taken up with building model airplanes.
彼は模型飛行機作りに夢中だ。
He put all his money in the box.
彼は自分のお金を全部箱の中に入れた。
"I sailed around the Mediterranean in a schooner when I was seventeen," she recited slowly and carefully.
「17歳の時スクーナー船で地中海を航海したわ」彼女はゆっくりと注意深く言う。
They are deliberating what to do next.
彼らは次に何をすべきか熟考中である。
He is absorbed in scientific work.
彼は科学の仕事に熱中している。
He elbowed his way through the crowd.
彼は人ごみの中をひじでかきわけて進んだ。
The football game is now being broadcast.
フットボールの試合が放送中だ。
I've been vacuuming the rooms all morning.
私は午前中ずっと部屋の掃除をしている。
Please be quiet for mercy's sake during the lesson.
お願いだから授業中は静かにして下さい。
So the reason that Tanaka stayed home today was because his grandmother died? Didn't he say that last month, and the month before that, too? Skipping is one thing, but I'd like him to at least come up with a better excuse than that.
She expected to have called on her mother in hospital.
彼女は入院中のお母さんを見舞いに行くつもりだったのですが。
Because of the street fighting, the city is in utter confusion.
市街戦のために市中は上を下への大騒ぎだ。
We spread out and began to search through the woods.
私たちは散開して森の中を捜索した。
It is said that his father is in hospital now.
彼のお父さんは今入院中だそうです。
The stream winds through the meadow.
その小川は牧草地の中を曲がりくねって流れている。
Japan and China differ from each other in many ways.
日本と中国はさまざまな点でお互いに異なっている。
It's very stuffy in here.
この中は風通しが悪いですね。
I heard something crashing in the kitchen in the middle of the night.
夜中に台所で物が壊れる音がした。
He's on a diet because he is a little overweight.
彼は太りすぎているのでダイエット中です。
"Do I really have that good a personality?" "Impossible. After all, there's this time as well, but in middle school you sold off girl's pants all over to bring in the money."