2015.06.12
Bizmates初級ビジネス英会話 Point 95 ”I used it all up.”
初級者向けビジネス英会話 Bizmates for beginners 第95弾は、”I used it all up.” です。
運、元気、貯金、何かを使い果たす、使い切ることってありますよね。
今回はそんな場面で使える表現を紹介します。
例えば、ヒカは同僚のタロウに
“There’s no more tissue.”「ティッシュもうないんだ。」と言いました。
「ごめん、全部つかっちゃったよ。」と返答したい場合、あなたがタロウなら英語で何と言いますか？
“Sorry, I used everything.”「ごめん、何でもかんでもつかいました。」
でも伝わるかもしれませんが、ティッシュ以外の何かも含まれると捉えられる可能性もあり不自然です。
そこで、
“Sorry, I used it all up.” 「ごめん、全部つかっちゃったよ。」
と言ってみましょう。自然な表現です。
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ぜひこの表現を使ってみてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates for
beginners
video series and today's idiom
is "use it all up." I used it
all up. What does this mean? We will find
out, but first let's do
our test. Okay so I say to you -- we are colleagues
I hope we get a big bonus.
And you say, not it is impossible but...
Good! That's right. "That's wishful
thinking."
Okay, I hope you got that. Okay let's look
at
today's idiom "use it all up." I used it all
up.
Now here's what I sometimes hear. So
let's imagine
Taro and I are colleagues and we sit very close to each other;
okay maybe next to each other. And I say
"Hey, there's no more tissue. Where's the
tissue?"
No more tissue. And Taro says
Sorry I used everything. Okay so you used all the tissue.
Okay I understand this, but it's a little
unnatural. I used everything -- because
everything means
the tissue, the pencils, the paper, the
glue...
everything. Okay so a more natural way to
say this
is like this. So I say "Taro,
hey, there's no more tissue. Where's the
tissue?"
And Taro says "Sorry,
I used it all up." I used it all
up. Okay? Very natural.
It means he used all the tissue.
Okay, very natural phrase. Let's look at pronunciation. It's a little difficult,
so it's "Sorry" with a pause and it's "I
useditallup"
You could connect all those
words. "Sorry
I useditallup." I used it all up. You try.
Good.
Okay with my sentence "Hey
there's no more tissue." ... Good. Okay for
homework
next time, I will say "Hey, there's no more tissue."
And you say...
That's right. Sorry I used it all up.
Just like that. Please remember this and
we will see you
next time. Thank you.
beginners
video series and today's idiom
is "use it all up." I used it
all up. What does this mean? We will find
out, but first let's do
our test. Okay so I say to you -- we are colleagues
I hope we get a big bonus.
And you say, not it is impossible but...
Good! That's right. "That's wishful
thinking."
Okay, I hope you got that. Okay let's look
at
today's idiom "use it all up." I used it all
up.
Now here's what I sometimes hear. So
let's imagine
Taro and I are colleagues and we sit very close to each other;
okay maybe next to each other. And I say
"Hey, there's no more tissue. Where's the
tissue?"
No more tissue. And Taro says
Sorry I used everything. Okay so you used all the tissue.
Okay I understand this, but it's a little
unnatural. I used everything -- because
everything means
the tissue, the pencils, the paper, the
glue...
everything. Okay so a more natural way to
say this
is like this. So I say "Taro,
hey, there's no more tissue. Where's the
tissue?"
And Taro says "Sorry,
I used it all up." I used it all
up. Okay? Very natural.
It means he used all the tissue.
Okay, very natural phrase. Let's look at pronunciation. It's a little difficult,
so it's "Sorry" with a pause and it's "I
useditallup"
You could connect all those
words. "Sorry
I useditallup." I used it all up. You try.
Good.
Okay with my sentence "Hey
there's no more tissue." ... Good. Okay for
homework
next time, I will say "Hey, there's no more tissue."
And you say...
That's right. Sorry I used it all up.
Just like that. Please remember this and
we will see you
next time. Thank you.
