It is by reading newspapers and books that we can keep up with the time.
私たちが時代に遅れず付いて行けるのは、新聞や本を読むからなのです。
He held off paying for the television set until the dealer fixed it.
彼はお店の人がテレビを取り付けてくれるまで、その代金を支払うのを延期した。
She has to pay for the book.
彼女はその本の代金を支払わねばならない。
We must try to preserve the remains of ancient civilizations.
われわれは古代文明の遺跡を保存する努力をしなければならない。
Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
Instead of cleaning the house today, I think I'll take a walk.
今日は家の掃除をする代わりに散歩をしよう。
If it were not for books, each generation would have to rediscover for itself the truths of the past.
書物がなければ、それぞれの世代は過去の真理を自分で再発見しなければならないだろう。
I reckoned on her to take my place.
彼女が私の代役をしてくれるものと当てにしていた。
We spent the entire day in Yoyogi Park.
代々木公園で丸一日を過ごした。
As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children.
Does she come from the agency that sent the last temporary I had?
この娘はこの前のバイトをよこした代理店から送られてきたのか。
She had a happy childhood.
彼女は幸せな幼年時代を過ごした。
Japan is unique among the Asian countries in having modernized completely.
日本は完全に近代化したという点で、アジア諸国の中にあって独特の存在である。
I can not hear that song without thinking of my high school days.
あの歌を聞くたびに、私の高校時代のことを思い出す。
Compact discs have entirely taken the place of phonograph records.
ＣＤはすっかりレコード取って代わった。
I will take his place.
私が彼の代理をします。
I hate those who always skip class and ask their friends to answer the roll call for them.
いつも授業をサボって友人に代返を頼むような人は嫌いです。
The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.
父の父は祖父、祖父の父は曽祖父、曽祖父の父は高祖父だが、高祖父より前の世代の呼称は決まっていない。
Who will fill in for Tom when he is away?
トムがいない間誰が代わりをするんだ。
Tom has an aesthetic sense for modern painting.
トムには近代絵画の鑑賞能力がある。
A building with high ceilings and huge rooms may be less practical than the colorless block of offices that takes its place, but it often fits in well with its surroundings.
