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英語
編集発音
編集- 音声(豪):
成句
編集- （be動詞やlookのような連結動詞の後に位置し、不定詞を後続させて）まさに〜しようとしている。ちょうど〜しようとしている。今にも～しそう。
- 1900年, L. Frank Baum, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"[1]
- When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.
- 食事を終えて黄色の煉瓦の道にちょうど戻ろうとしたとき、近くで低いうなり声を聞き、彼女は驚いた。
- When she had finished her meal, and was about to go back to the road of yellow brick, she was startled to hear a deep groan near by.
- 1953年, Paul A. Torak "Flight Eighteen"[2]
- Oswald looked as if he were about to say something, but didn't.
- オズワルドは何かを言いそうだったが、何も言わなかった。
- Oswald looked as if he were about to say something, but didn't.
- 1900年, L. Frank Baum, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"[1]
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編集- ↑ L. Frank Baum. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". 1900. (Project Gutenberg. Release Date: February, 1993. Most recently updated: October 19, 2020. https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55/55-h/55-h.htm)
- ↑ Paul A. Torak "Flight Eighteen". United States: Standard Magazines, Inc, 1953. (Project Gutenberg. Release Date: February 10, 2023. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70003/pg70003-images.html)