There were so few proper members in the badminton club that it was half-way between dead and 'on break'.
バドミントン部はまともな部員が極端に少ないため、ほとんど廃部ないし休部状態だった。
Don't do anything by halves.
何事も中途半端にするな。
I wrote down his phone number on a scrap of paper.
私は紙の端切れに彼の電話番号を書き留めた。
The iris deeply associated with the Boys' Festival does not have a beautiful flower.
この端午の節句と関係の深いしょうぶは、花は美しくありません。
Obviously there are many variations between these two extremes.
むろん、この両極端の間に多くのバリエーションがある。
I had hardly got into the bath when the phone rang.
私が風呂に入った途端に電話がなった。
Who is sitting at the other end of the table?
テーブルの向こうの端に座っているのは誰ですか。
A jack of all trades is a master of none.
何でも屋は何でも中途半端。
The computer terminals were lined up in one long row.
コンピューター端末はずっと一列に並んでいた。
Don't go to extremes.
極端に走ってはならない。
They are the extreme cases.
それは極端な場合だ。
Don't leave your work half finished.
仕事を中途半端で辞めてはいけない。
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.
He makes it a point to speak clearly and graphically. He always talks turkey about any problem.
彼は、はっきり生き生きと話すのが常だ。彼は、いつもどんな問題も端的に話す。
Integrative medicine refers to a many faceted medical approach that emphasises individual differences and aggressively includes the latest scientific techniques based on modern Western medicine as well as various other medical systems like traditional med
I heard this sentence on the street about an hour ago.
この表現は、1時間ほど前に道端で耳にしたものです。
Japanese cameras, cars, and hi-fi equipment are used widely abroad, and few modern industries can manage without advanced electronic equipment developed in Japan.
No sooner had I sat down and relaxed than the phone rang.
椅子に深く座ってくつろいだ途端に、電話が鳴った。
On entering a dark tunnel, we could see nothing.
暗いトンネルに入った途端、私たちは何も見えなかった。
I only ride a bicycle at odd times.
半端な時間に自転車に乗るだけだ。
If the metal plate terminal of the game cassette is dirty it may be difficult for the game to start when the cassette is inserted into the game console.
That popular television series is going to spin off two new shows in the fall.
その人気テレビシリーズが発端となって、秋には二つのショー番組が誕生することになっている。
Each part of the book starts with a quote taken from the life of the author: a passage from a book, a question asked to a stranger on the road, something shouted by a girlfriend.
He is the kind of man who cannot do anything in moderation, but always goes to extremes.
彼は何事も程々という事を知らず、いつも極端に走ってしまう。
As soon as she heard the news, she burst into tears.
その知らせを聞いた途端、彼女はわっと泣き出した。
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
銀行家とは、日が照っている時に人に傘を貸し、雨が降り出した途端に返せと言ってくる連中である。
Editors often go to extremes in providing their readers with unimportant facts.
編集者はささいな事実を読者に提供するのに極端に走ることがよくある。
To make a long story short, he was fired.
端的に言って、彼は首になったのだ。
There's nothing worse than doing things by halves!!
中途半端が一番悪いわよ！！
Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.
昨日の大雪のせいで地面はツルツル、私は外に出た途端にすってんころりと尻もちをついた。
In short, I don't want you to work for that company.
端的に言うと、私はあなたにその会社で働いて欲しくない。
He upped one end of the plank.
彼は板の片端を持ち上げた。
Having made all the preparations, he set out for Tokyo.
準備万端整えてから、彼は東京に出発した。
Will you please hold this edge?
こっちの端を持っていてくれますか。
I'd get a soup plate and then slide the glass very carefully over to the edge of the table, and let the water run into the soup plate - it doesn't have to run onto the floor.
