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If the other person does mention his family, then it is perfectly OK to ask about the ages of the children, and if you have children, to compare educational and cultural differences in raising children.
She had her English composition checked by an Englishman.
彼女は自分の英文を英国人に点検してもらった。
His paper was, on the whole, satisfactory.
彼の論文は全体的にみて満足のいくものでした。
It's a good paper, apart from a few spelling mistakes.
つづり字の間違いが少しあることを除いてはそれはよい論文だ。
Can computers actually translate literary works?
本当にコンピューターは文学作品の翻訳などできるのか。
The meaning of this sentence is obscure.
その文の意味は不明瞭だ。
Most people write about their daily life.
多くの人が日常のことについて文を書く。
I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless
J. Kepler, astronomer and mathematician, made a study of planets and their movements.
天文学者で数学者であった、J.ケプラーは、惑星とその運動についての研究をした。
I would love to write hundreds of sentences on Tatoeba, but I've got things to do.
Tatoebaで何百個もの文をたくさん書きたいが、私にはしなければならないことがある。
I ordered sushi, and John tempura.
私は寿司を注文し、ジョンはてんぷらを注文した。
Do you have a complaint to make?
何か文句ある?
We regarded the document as belonging to her brother.
その文書は彼女の兄さんのものだと私たちは考えた。
Have you decided the subject of your thesis?
論文のテーマはもう決まったの?
In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
このような辞書には、「冷蔵庫」という言葉を使った例文が少なくとも2つは載っているはずだ。
You don't have to write out a clean copy of your composition.
あなたは自分の作文を清書する必要がない。
He is always complaining of his room being small.
彼は自分の部屋が狭いといつも文句を言っている。
She contributed an article to the newspaper.
彼女は新聞に論文を寄稿した。
These sentences are not directly linked.
この文は直接つながっていない。
Though the Incas built up a great civilization, they had no system of writing.
インカ族は大きい文明を築いたけれども、彼らには表記法がなかった。
I wrote an email to my friend and he praised me for my writing skills.
友だちとメールをしていて、文章が達者だと褒められた。
He complained of the dish tasting bad.
彼は料理がまずいと文句を言った。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.