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It's wrong of you to talk back to her.
彼女に言い返すのは筋違いだ。
The password is "Mountain". If someone says "Mountain", you reply "River".
合言葉は『山』です。誰かが「山」と言ったら「川」と返すのです。
Those who like borrowing dislike paying.
借りるのが好きな人は返すのが嫌いだ。
I am going to return this sweater because it's too big.
大きすぎるので、僕はこのセーターを返すつもりだ。
A person will have the face of an angel when borrowing something, but the face of the devil when returning it.
借りる時の地蔵顔、返す時の閻魔顔。
A mere repetition of other people's research cannot be called true scientific research.
他人の研究を繰り返すだけでは本当の科学的研究とは言えない。
Comparing American English and British English is like counting incompatible sets of floors of a building. That's why, when you try translating over and over again between the two, it's like climbing an endless set of floors. You might even reach the moon
Although I broke test tubes and played about with chemicals for fun, I did occasionally manage to obey the teacher's instructions as well; repeating experiments that others had long ago undertaken.
If I had money, I would pay what I owe you. As it is, I can't pay.
金があれば借金を返すのだが、現状では払えない。
I've got to remember to return this money to him.
彼にお金を返すのを忘れないようにしないと。
I demanded that he pay the debt back at once.
彼にすぐに借金を返すように要求した。
This book is worth reading over and over again.
この本は何度でも読み返す価値があると思う。
I could not afford to pay back my debt.
私には、借金を返す余裕がなかった。
The emotion they gave me was exquisite, but I could not preserve it, nor could I indefinitely repeat it; the most beautiful things in the world finished by boring me.
Repeating a mistake without recognizing it as one, is the biggest mistake of all.
過ちを過ちと認めずに過ちを繰り返すことが最大の過ちである。
"Looks like Maki's a twin!" Ken said. "Really now," I replied, totally uninterested. Maki was a member of a ukulele club that ran beside our club in the school lounge. She looked lovely in Ken's eyes, but to me she was just the sixth cutest girl in class