front 1 Think (something) over | back 1 (決断する前に)...をじっくり考える、熟慮する、検討する (例): Think it over and let me know what you decide. じっくりと考えて決めたことを教えて。 Think things over- 状況についてじっくり考える |
front 2 Think back | back 2 思い出す To remember and think about someone or something. Can you think back to your junior high days and tell me your best memory? |
front 3 Try me | back 3 Ask me; give me a chance, test me (分かるから)聞いてみて、できるからやらせてみて(例): A: Can you cook? B: Try me. A:料理出来ますか？ B:できるよ! やらせてみ！ |
front 4 Turn in | back 4 提出する、手渡す to a teacher, the police, government etc. You need to turn in your notebooks. ノートを提出しなければなりません。 |
front 5 Up in the air | back 5 未決定である、はっきりしていない Our vacation plans are still up in the air. 休暇の計画はまだ固まっていません。 |
front 6 Were you not? | back 6 ...じゃない？、でしょう？Weren't you? (Were you not? is the formal style of weren't you?)確認するための表現. Were you not in 1-A as a first year student?/You were in 1-A as a first-year student, were you not? |
front 7 What for? | back 7 1. Why? 2. For what purpose? 何で？、どうして？、何のために？ What do you want to know that for? |
front 8 What's up? | back 8 1. A greeting: How are you? How's it going? 元気かい？調子はどう？ 2. What's happening? What's going on? どうしたの？何かあったの？ |
front 9 Would you? | back 9 Would you/will you? 命令文の後に使って依頼表現として用いる場合は、余り丁寧な表現とは言えないため、親しい間柄に限った方賢明である ex. Open the window, would you? （窓を開けてくれ） |
front 10 You better | back 10 〜した方がいい Shortened form of "You had better..." eg. You better go home now. （もう家に帰った方がいいぞ） |