Tip 149 ”I take it back.”　無料ビジネス英語学習

無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第149弾は、”I take it back.” です。

深く考えずに気軽に話した内容が、事実と異なっていた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
“You said it wouldn’t rain today, but it’s raining.”「今日、雨降らないって言ってたのに、降ってるじゃん。」と言いました。
「OK、OK。取り消すよ。」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？

“OK, OK. Please erase my comment.”「OK,、OK。わたしのコメントを消してください。」
でも伝わりますが、より自然な言い回しがあります。

そこで
“OK, OK. I take it back.”「OK、OK。取り消すよ。」
と言ってみましょう。

発音もビデオでチェック！
「今のなし」を意味するこの表現を、ぜひ使ってみて下さい。

Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases

video series and today's phrase

is "I take it back." I

take it back. What does this mean? We will find out

but first let's do our test. Okay, so
let's imagine I am talking

to someone, not you. I'm talking to
somebody

and I say "Yeah, you know I heard Tim will
be fired..."

and then you interrupt by saying...

That's right!

"I couldn't help but overhear you talking
about...

"

Very natural, okay? Let's go on

to today's phrase "I take it back." Now
here's what I sometimes hear.

Okay so let's imagine Taro and I are colleagues

and Taro earlier today

told me it won't rain. He says "No it won't
rain today, Hika, don't worry."

And I say "Taro, you said it wouldn't rain today

but it's raining! You said it wouldn't rain.

but it's raining!" And Taro says "OK, OK.

Please erase my comment." Erase your
comment?

Please forget my comment. Please
forget your comment?

Oh okay, I understand. Okay so Taro wants to say

Okay I was wrong. I made a mistake. Please forget about what I said.

Okay? A natural way to say this

is like this... So

I say "You said it wouldn't rain today, but
it's raining!"

And he says "OK, OK. I take it back."

Very natural. I take it back.

It means, I admit I was wrong.

Okay I was wrong I will return... take back

my comment. Just like that. It means I was wrong.

Okay, let's practice pronunciation.

So it's "OK, OK" like this --

and a hand gesture is good too. "OK, OK.

I take it back." I takeit... I takeit back.

Like that. You try, with the hands.

Good. Okay, with my

sentence: "You said it wouldn't rain today, but it's raining."

Perfect, just like this.

For homework next time, I'm going to
complain to you

I'm gonna say "You said it wouldn't rain
today, but it's raining."

You say? That's right.

OK, OK. I take it back. Alright, please
remember this and

we will see you next time. Thank you.