大人の英文法 ネイティブチェックメモ(1) -動詞- →はインフォーマントのコメント，※は参考情報。●はA・B間で意見が分かれたもの。
◆適切な動詞の選択 ●
They passed out fliers to advertise (→publicize)
the event. （A） ●
I’m afraid I can’t ( answer / fill / meet / reply to ) your request. →（A）：どれも可。 ※Netspeakにはどれもあり。respond
toが一番多い。 ●
He won’t be able to be (→become) a professional player. （A） →（B）：どちらも可能。beは何かの事情で，becomeは能力的にプロになれないというニュアンス。 ●
① I wish I had brought in the laundry before it began raining. ② I wish I had brought in the laundry before it started to rain. ● Such was the force of the explosion that all the windows were broken to pieces (→blown out). （A） ●
Are we going to catch the train? --- No. I’m afraid we are not going to catch
(→make) it. （A） ● This novel will be cinematized. → 言わない？（A） ●
I was choked by the smoke.（煙でむせた） →
言わない（A） ●
Coffee, which is drunk around the world, is said to come from (→have
originated in) Ethiopia. （A） ●
How did you come by this beautiful Chinese vase?
（同意語句選択）（中央大） ①approach ②encounter 〇③obtain ④transport →（A）：②も可？ ●
Industrial robots will be all the more necessary because of the decreasing
(→shrinking) labor
force. （A） ※おそらく「decreasingが修飾するのは数量を表す名詞」ということ。 ●
My
grades have gone up (→improved). ●
It is reported that the typhoon has gone (→passed
by). （A・B） →（B）：goneは「（熱帯性低気圧になって）disappearした」の意味なら可。 ●
I hear (→Someone told me)
Lisa is thinking of changing jobs. Did you know that? （A） ● I think you lack (→need more) exercise. （A） →（A）：原文は響きがきつい。 ● I lost (→can't find [locate]) my umbrella. I’m looking for it now. （A） →（A）：探して見つかるようならlostではない。lostは「永遠に失くした」ように響く。 ●
I’m
glad to ( meet / see ) you again. →（A）：meetも可。／（B）：改まった会合ならmeetも可。 ●
I’ll
( meet / see ) you at the airport. →（A）：seeも可／（B）R：カジュアルな会話で「空港へ迎えに行く」という話の流れがあるならseeも可。 ●
We had lunch together, went to see a movie, and parted (→left
each other) at five.
（A）
→（A）：partedは堅い表現で日常的ではない。 ●
I should have ( booked / reserved ) a little earlier. →（A）：reservedも可／(B)：reservedは不可。他動詞としてreserve
a seatのように使う。 ●
This bicycle can run (→go)
as fast as 80 kilometers an hour. （A） ●
I can hear cicadas singing (→chirping，またはcicadasをbirdsに). （A）
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He raised his hand to stop (→catch)
a taxi. （A） ● They thought (→admired, respected, were impressed by) how fluently the guide spoke English. ●
You aren’t allowed to use (→make a)
fire on the beach. （A・B） →（B)：useは道具として（何かをするのに）使うこと。 ◆動詞の語法 ●
They
accused him of theft.＝They charged him with theft.
（書き換え問題） →（A・B）：同じ意味ではない。chargeができるのは警察だけ。 ●
He finally agreed to the offer (→contract,
proposal). （A） ●
①I
was asked for a speech for her wedding reception. ②I
was asked for an interview for the company magazine. →（A・Ｂ）：どちらも不可。①はfor→to
make [give] とする。 ●
I came to be interested in volunteer activities.
（辞書の説明では下線部はbecameにすべきだが，許容されるか？） →（A・B）：許容される。 ● When did you decide on your marriage with her (→on the trip to Spain)? （A） →（A）：原文の下線部はto
get married to herが普通。 ●
be frozen to death （凍死する）→（A）：言わない。freeze
to deathが正しい。 ●
I here our teacher is getting ( ) in June. ① marriage ② marrying 〇③ married ④ to marry →（A）：④も別解となりうる。（get
to do＝～できる） ●This
exercise ( helps / helps you ) lose weight. Jogging
( helps / helps you ) to stay healthy. →（A・B）：どちらの文もyouが必要。 ●
The train was so crowded that I kept standing all the way. →（A)：問題ない／（B)：had to standに訂正（kept standingは立ったり座ったりを繰り返す意味）。 ●
I can’t believe the news that Kazu is retiring as a player (→from
soccer). （A） ●
shave oneself（ひげをそる）→
言わない （A・B） ●
Let’s start (→leave)
right away.（A） ●
She thinks me as a highly dependable person. <必要な１語を補う>（津田塾大） →（A）：正解はthinks
of だが，Shakespeareの英語なら原文もあり。 ●The
school nurse told me like this. “You’re overweight. Lose five
kilograms.” →（A）：told
it to me like thisとする／（B）told
me this，あるいはtalked to me like thisとする
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