Water is liquid. It becomes solid when it freezes.
水は液体である。凍ると固体になる。
You've got a one-track mind.
頭の固いやつだな。
To make a web, it starts by making a frame of this silk and fastening it to hard objects, such as trees or fences.
クモの巣を作るには、このきぬの枠を作り、それを木や垣根のような固い物体に固定させることから始める。
She wrung the towel dry.
彼女はタオルを固く絞った。
The device is attached fast to the ceiling.
その装置は天井にしっかりと固定されている。
We have absolute proof that smoking is bad for your health.
喫煙が健康に悪いと言う確固たる証拠がある。
You should not stick to your opinion.
あなたは自分の意見に固執すべきではない。
For code type locks that don't need a key there are 'free dial' systems where you can set any number you like and fixed types where the number is set in advance.
My maternal grandmother persists in wearing that old-fashioned dress.
母系の祖母はその旧式のドレスを着ることに固執する。
He persisted in his opinion.
彼は自分の意見に固執した。
We call these slabs of the solid-rock layer 'plates'.
この板状の固い岩石の層をプレートと呼ぶ。
He gave me a firm hand grasp.
彼は私と固く握手した。
When water freezes and becomes solid, we call it ice.
水が凍って固体になると氷と呼ばれる。
The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.
官僚達は大企業との強固な関係を維持している。
He is obstinate in disposition.
彼は性質が頑固だ。
You had better fix the bookcase to the wall.
書棚は壁に固定したほうがいい。
I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud.
I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.
And so the method that works is treading down the snow to harden it, making blocks and piling them up.
それで雪を踏み固めてブロックを作り、それを積むような方法が適しているんですね。
A house is built on top of a solid foundation of cement.
家は堅固なセメントの基盤の上に建てられる。
The common state of this matter is solid.
この物質の普通の状態は固体である。
The more stubborn you are, the more isolated you become.
頑固になればなるほど独立するよ。
While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years, the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady, Michelle Obama.