ANMI English Tips & Tools: Pirates and Bandits

Notes from the IK Class:

花子さんは遅くなります。
×　Hanako is a little late.
◎ Hanako will be a little late.

Sample Dialog:

A: Mr. Smith.
B: Yes?
A: Hanako will be a little late.*
B: Oh, really? OK. Thanks.
A: Sure.

* "...will be late" の代わりに、"She is coming soon" or "She will be here soon" もう言います。

Question from K-san:

K: How do you say, "奥さんの好みの洋服をあなたが買いますか。" in English?
C: Well, maybe you could say, "Do you buy clothes that accommodate your wife's tastes?"

A more natural question for this situation might be, "Do you buy your own clothes or does your wife buy them for you?"

Sample Dialog:

A: Do you buy clothes that accommodate your wife's tastes?
B: No, I don't. I pick out clothes that suit my own tastes.
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A: Do you buy your own clothes or does your wife buy them for you?
B: I usually buy my own clothes. My wife likes to buy clothes for me, but I am very picky about what I wear. So, I would rather pick out my own clothes.

私は一年前～博物館に行った事があります。
×　Before I have been to ～ museum one year ago.
◎ I went to ～ museum one year ago.
◎ I have been to ～ museum.

Vocabulary & Sample Sentences:

象・セイウチの牙：　elephant tusk(s); walrus tusk(s)
違法の：　illegal

It is illegal to buy or sell products made from ivory tusks.

logical: 論理的な、筋の通った

彼の意見はたいへん論理的である。(His view is quite logical.)
彼の答えは筋の通ったものだ。(His reply was logical.)
彼の論旨は筋が通っている。(His argument was logical.)
彼は論理的な推論で議論に勝つ。(He wins his arguments by logical reasoning.)

show up: 現れる、（会合に）出る、姿を見せる

太郎はパーティーに現れなかった。 (Taro didn't show up at the party.)

smash: (break into pieces) 粉々に砕く［する］

太郎は怒って皿を粉々に割った。 (Taro got angry and smashed the dishes into pieces.)

pirates: 海賊 & 海賊行為をする（a thief who robs at sea)

Johnny Depp played the role of pirate Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
パイレーツ・オブ・カリビアン

bandits: 山賊 (a thief who robs (at gunpoint) usually in a lawless area on land)

Paul Newman and Robert Redford played the roles of bandits in the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

celebrity: 有名人、著名人、名士　（単に名前が知られている(famous)だけではなく、マスコミを通じて大衆の関心を集めるような人を指す。） (A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention.)