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We were given the privilege to use the liberty.
私たちは図書館利用の特権を与えられた。
Tatoeba is the website I use when I don't find enough examples in dictionaries.
タトエバは、辞書に十分な用例がないときに私が使うサイトです。
The library's many new acquisitions.
図書館への多数の新着書。
He wrote it down in his notebook.
私はノートにそれを書き留めた。
I wrote a long letter to him.
彼に長い手紙を書いた。
I dashed off the report.
その報告書を一気に書き上げた。
Would you mind my using this dictionary?
この辞書使ってもいいですか。
The secretary opened the mail which had been delivered that morning.
その朝届けられた郵便を、秘書は開封した。
I had just written the letter when he came back.
私は彼が戻ってきたときちょうど手紙を書き終えた。
She had to use her dictionary many times.
彼女は何回も自分の辞書を使わなければならなかった。
I appreciate that you have not had time to write.
返事を書く暇もなかったのだろうとお察しいたします。
I wrote him a long letter, but he sent me no reply.
私は彼に長い手紙を書いたが、彼はそれに返事をよこさなかった。
Reading gives me great pleasure.
読書は私の大きな楽しみです。
Can I use your dictionary?
あなたの辞書を使ってもいいですか。
If you are going to the library this afternoon, would you please return two books for me?
午後に図書館へ行くのであれば、私の代わりに2冊の本を返却しておいていただけませんか?
It is worthwhile reading classical works of literature.
古典の文学書を読むことは価値のあることです。
By whom were these poems written?
これらの詩はだれによって書かれたのですか。
I was unable to write down the number of the car.
車のナンバーを書き留められなかった。
She began writing a report at eight, finishing it at twelve.
彼女は8時にレポートを書き始め、12時に書き終えた。
There's no telling what kind of trouble this proposal might stir up. The result is certainly going to be something to see.
鬼が出るか蛇が出るか。この提案書の結果が見物だね。
I like reading books.
読書が好きです。
I recommend that you should buy a learner's dictionary.
私は君に学習者用辞書を買うことを勧めます。
After I had handed in my report to the teacher, I had to start writing another.
先生にレポートを提出した後、私はまた別のものを書き始めねばならなかった。
We have a lot of children's books in the library.
図書館にはたくさんの児童書がある。
By whom was this poem written?
この詩は誰が書いたのですか。
He painted a picture of a dog.
彼は犬の絵を書いた。
I wrote down that telephone number.
私はその電話番号を書き留めた。
Look it up in your dictionary.
辞書でそれを調べなさい。
He has more than five dictionaries.
彼は辞書を五冊以上持っている。
I have no time to read.
私は読書をする時間がない。
The manuscript had been written out by hand.
その原稿は手で清書されていた。
When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.
