Just Do It

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Perfect Sense

The following phrase came up in one of today's classes:

"It makes perfect sense to me."

Do you understand what this means? Does it make perfect sense to you? (完全に意味を理解しますか？)

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Definitions:

make sense:

• 意味をなす；　なるほどと思える；　道理にかなう；　意味を理解する；　それなら分かる

make perfect sense:

• 完全に筋が通る；　完全に意味を理解する；　それなら完全に分かる

to me:

• 私にとって；　私にとっては；　私には

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Example Sentences:

"It makes perfect sense to me."

• なるほどそれはもっともなことです。

"It makes a lot of sense to me."

• それはなかなか納得のいく話です。

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Real-World Examples:

• And when you think about it, that makes perfect sense.
• Tough for 40-Something New Moms. By Dana Wood, Special to CNN (link)

• Brompton child seat makes perfect sense for bicycle commuters.
• ETA Services Ltd. (link)

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Sample Dialog:

Chip: We missed you in class last week..
Student: Sorry about that. It was the end of the month, so I was busy with some accounting work.
Chip: Oh, I see. That makes perfect sense.

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Constitution and Specifications

Posted a blog entry regarding a strange translation of "構成および仕様"at my Engineering in English blog:

• Constitution and Specifications

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is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1 Japan License. 
Based on a work at anmienglishtools.blogspot.com.

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アンミ英会話教室
２３４－００５３神奈川県横浜市港南区日野中央２－６－３パークサイド日野１０２号
http://www.anmi-eikaiwa.com/ | support@anmi-eikaiwa.com 
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