Reader's Digest 10月号の記事 'Supernatural Visitors' からの引用です。
My sister Wendy once nursed and released an injured hummingbird. It became a thing, her and hummingbirds. As teenagers, we promised each other that if one of us died, she'd let the other know that she was OK. Wendy was the first to go, at 48.
Sitting outside one morning, I felt something repeatedly swoop low over my head. I yelled, "Wendy, if that's you, stop messing around and show me!" And suddenly a hummingbird hovered in front of my face.
先日 "Japan thing" を取り上げた気がしたのですが、記憶違いでした。上記の "a thing" は違う用法でしたが。いずれにせよ辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a thing [singular] (informal, humorous) used to say that something is important or real: I don't understand why these corny films are still a thing in 2020.
・Collins Dictionary: You can call a person or an animal a particular thing when you want to mention a particular quality that they have and express your feelings towards them, usually affectionate feelings.: You really are quite a clever little thing.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: used after an adjective to refer to a person or animal with love or sympathy: The poor things were kept in small cages without room to move.
My sister Wendy once nursed and released an injured hummingbird. It became a thing, her and hummingbirds. As teenagers, we promised each other that if one of us died, she'd let the other know that she was OK. Wendy was the first to go, at 48.
Sitting outside one morning, I felt something repeatedly swoop low over my head. I yelled, "Wendy, if that's you, stop messing around and show me!" And suddenly a hummingbird hovered in front of my face.
先日 "Japan thing" を取り上げた気がしたのですが、記憶違いでした。上記の "a thing" は違う用法でしたが。いずれにせよ辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a thing [singular] (informal, humorous) used to say that something is important or real: I don't understand why these corny films are still a thing in 2020.
・Collins Dictionary: You can call a person or an animal a particular thing when you want to mention a particular quality that they have and express your feelings towards them, usually affectionate feelings.: You really are quite a clever little thing.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: used after an adjective to refer to a person or animal with love or sympathy: The poor things were kept in small cages without room to move.
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