When I was 17 or 18 years old, I started buying candy with my own money and I always bought marshmallows.
十七八の頃、自分の小遣で菓子を買ふやうになつて、僕は、しきりにマシマロを買つた。
In nine cases out of ten it will be the very thing that I have long wanted.
十中八九それこそまさに私が長い間欲しがっていた物だろう。
Jane is more than likely to come.
十中八九ジェーンは来るだろう。
If you buddy up to everybody and anybody, pretty soon people will think you're just a people-pleaser.
誰彼かまわず良い顔ばかりしていると、そのうち八方美人としか思われなくなるよ。
That's his specialty.
それは彼の十八番だ。
When I was 17 or 18 years old, I started buying candy with my own money and I always bought marshmallows.
十七八の頃、自分の小遣で菓子を買うようになって、僕は、しきりにマシマロを買った。
You speak pretty highly of him but you're directly involved. I think my less charitable view might be more accurate since I can look at things objectively.
当事者の君は彼を結構評価しているけど、傍目八目とはいえ、私の厳しい見方があたっているかもね。
The Ghost of Cock Lane is an English ghost story from the 18th century.
コック・レーンの幽霊は英国の十八世紀の幽霊話のひとつです。
He built forty-eight forts.
彼は砦を四十八造りました。
The class begins at 8:30.
授業は八時三十分から始まる。
The bank robbers dispersed in all directions.
銀行強盗たちは四方八方に散らばった。
The meeting broke up at eight.
会は八時に解散した。
I managed to catch the 8 o'clock train by running all the way to the station.
駅までずっと走って、なんとか八時の電車に間に合った。
The fireworks were set off on all sides.
花火が四方八方であげられた。
Tanaka has said that he got up this morning around eight o'clock.
田中さんは今朝八時ごろ起きたと言いました。
Don't take it out on me.
オレに八つ当たりするなよ。
Tom is caught between a rock and a hard place.
トムは八方ふさがりの状態だ。
He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.
手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に疵だね。
I spent the weekend writhing in agony when my gallstone started to move.
週末に胆石が動いて、七転八倒の苦しみを味わったよ。
In all likelihood, you will pass the entrance exam if you use this textbook.
この参考書を使えば、十中八九入試に合格するだろう。
She started dancing when she was eight.
彼女は八歳のときにダンスを始めた。
There's a good chance that Jane will come.
十中八九ジェーンは来るだろう。
Ken's team will win nine cases out of ten.
ケンのチームは十中八九勝つだろう。
I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"