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According to folktales, cats have nine lives.
昔の物語によると猫が九性有りと言われています。
She told her children to put away their toys.
彼女は子供たちにおもちゃをかたづけるように言った。
We expected that things would get better, but, as it is, they are getting worse.
事態は好転するものと思っていたが、実情を言えば、悪化している。
I'm not much for sports to tell the truth.
本当のことを言うと、私はあんまりスポーツには興味がないの。
She didn't mention the reason for being late.
彼女は遅れてきた理由を言わなかった。
There is much talk that she is going to France next month.
彼女が来月フランスへ行くと言ううわさでもちきりだ。
He must have said so without giving it much thought.
彼はそう言ったがそれは出任せに決まっている。
However, in China, they don't use a word for "human rights," but instead express it as "fundamental rights".
しかし、中国では、「人権」という言葉が使われず、基本的権利と表記される。
Lithuanian is a good language.
リトアニア語はいい言語だ。
Needless to say, he is right.
言うまでもなく彼が正しい。
I meant it as a joke.
それは、冗談のつもりで言ったのだ。
Don't tell her about it.
彼女に言うな。
No one believed me at first.
最初は誰も私の言うことを信じなかった。
It is quite strange that she should say so.
彼女がそう言うのはまったく疑問だ。
He resented everyone's being very quiet.
誰も何も言わないので彼は腹をたてた。
But "experiment" is not the appropriate word.
だが「実験」というのは適切な言葉ではない。
Can you guess my age?
私の年齢を言い当てれますか。
Words failed me in his presence.
私は彼の前に出たら言葉が出なくなった。
To tell the truth, I am at my wit's end.
実を言うと、私は途方にくれている。
His book is oriented towards children, but here and there are words that he has never seen before. He doesn't know whether it is just him, or if they are just simply difficult words, but he finds them not worth the effort to look up in a dictionary, so he
He thought to himself, "No!" Aloud he said, "Yes."
彼は心の中で「いやだ!」と思ったが、声に出して言ったのは「はい」であった。
Dr. Patterson: She made the sign for cat.
パターソン博士:手話で「猫」と言ったのです。
Kareishu is a special smell that comes as old people age. Popular expressions such as: "Ossan kusai" or "Oyaji kusai" (smelly old man) refer to this smell.