The house isn't huge and it's on about two-thirds of an acre, and when we first bought it I spent several hours every week getting the lawnmower fixed and cutting the lawn, in that order.
What about the tall grass you left over by the cellar door?
貯蔵庫のドアのそばの刈り残した伸びた芝はどうなんだい。
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
In about the fifth year I decided cutting the grass was something I didn't want to do any more of.
５年目頃に芝刈りはもう自分でやりたくない、と思った。
Mother told me to mow the lawn.
母は私に芝を刈るように言った。
He had an old pickup truck and a big, battered mower.
彼は小型トラックとよれよれの大きな芝刈り機をもっていた。
I had my hair cut at the barber's.
私は床屋さんで髪を刈ってもらいました。
He clipped the sheep.
彼は羊の毛を刈った。
This grass needs cutting.
この芝は刈らなければならない。
I wanted my hair cut short.
僕は髪の毛を短く刈ってもらいたかった。
They made fun of Jack's haircut.
彼らはジャックの髪の刈り方をひやかした。
They usually shear sheep in spring.
彼等は普通春に羊の毛を刈る。
Some day you will have to reap the harvest of your own sowing.
君はいつか自分でまいた種を刈り取らなければならないだろう。
I wasn't usually home when the lawn was cut, so all I ever saw were the results.
芝を刈ってもらう時には普通私は家にいなかった。だから私が目にしたのは刈られた芝だけであった。
You reap what you sow.
自分のまいた種は自分で刈ることになる。
Bob charged 3 dollars an hour for mowing lawns.
ボブは芝刈りに１時間３ドルを請求した。
You must reap what you have sown.
まいた種は自ら刈り取らなければならない。
Go to the barber's to have your hair cut.
床屋に行って髪を刈ってもらいなさい。
I'm going to mow the lawn tomorrow, weather permitting.
天気がよければ、明日芝生を刈ろう。
By then Tony was in his middle sixties and still able to work hard, but he had a brand-new truck now, a new mower, a lot of other equipment and three people helping him.
