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She says she will come.
彼女は来ると言っている。
Last night, Mr. A called me up to say he couldn't attend today's meeting.
昨夜A氏は私に電話をして、今日の会合には出られないと言ってきた。
He asked her advice about the problem.
彼はその問題について、彼女の助言を求めた。
His advice was very helpful.
彼の助言は非常に役に立った。
I talk in my sleep very often.
僕は頻繁に寝言を言う。
The colony has not declared independence as yet.
その植民地はまだ独立を宣言していない。
He told me that he had seen her there the day before.
彼は私に前日そこで彼女に会ったと言った。
A foolish impulse made me say what I should have left unsaid.
ついうっかり言わないでおけばいいことを言ってしまった。
He persisted in his opinion.
あくまで自分の考えを言い張った。
That guy doesn't know the meaning of the word harmony.
彼は調和と言う言葉を知らない。
"I'll never let myself be protected by a man" is what she said, but she seems to be perfectly fine letting herself get escorted around by a guy that she likes.
The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.
酒に酔った男が私の襟をつかんで汚い言葉を吐いた。
The nurse told us not to enter the room because the patient was in a critical condition.
看護婦は、患者が危篤状態なので、病室に入らないようにと私たちに言った。
Tom said he would draw a map for her if necessary.
必要なら彼女に地図を書いてあげるとトムは言った。
She told me not to tell lies.
彼女は私にうそをついてはいけないと言った。
I would rather live by myself than do what he tells me to do.
彼の言いなりになるくらいなら、独りで暮らした方がましだ。
They questioned him.
彼らはまた尋ねて言った。
In fact, you are quite right.
実は全くあなたの言った通りです。
The teacher asked us to clean our classroom every day.
先生は私たちに教室を毎日掃除するように言った。
I could never make him believe what I said.
どうしても私の言葉を彼に信じさせる事が出来なかった。
When they had read what was written on the stone, the younger brother said:
彼らは石に書かれていることを読んだとき、弟が言った。
The game of shiritori is played by taking the final sound of the word spoken by the person before you, and then the next person looks for a word that begins with that sound.
It is said that adolescent friendships do not often last.
青年期友情は長続きしないことが多いと言われる。
My mother said that she was all right.
母は大丈夫だと言った。
They refused to go anywhere on foot.
彼らは歩いてはどこへも行きたくないと言った。
You must do as you are told to do.
君は言われた通りにしなければならない。
The act known as terrorism, that rips away from us in an instant our peaceful days of happiness, is certainly worthy of being called an enemy to all mankind.