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no call

2018年02月07日 | 英単語

Kazuo Ishiguro氏のThe Buried Giantを読んでいます。
'Mistress, I beg you, allow my husband to assist with your rabbit. There's no call to spill blood in a place such as this, and no basin to catch it. You'll bring bad luck not only to this honest boatman but to yourself and all other travellers who stray in here seeking shelter. Put that knife away and slughter the creature gently elsewhere.
"call" も色々な意味を持つ単語ですね。上の "call" は文脈からして必要の意味だと思いますが、一応辞書で確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: [usually with negative] Demand or need for (goods or services): ‘there was little call for work as sophisticated as his’
・Collins Dictionary: need, demand, or occasion: there is no call to shout: we don't get much call for stockings these days

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