card

カード

情報などが書かれた、小さく平たい厚紙やプラスチックの板。

やさしい英語で： A small, flat piece of stiff paper or plastic, often showing information.

• Show me your card.
• She sent him a birthday card.
• I keep my membership cards in my wallet.

よく使う表現： identity card, credit card, birthday card, business card

トランプ

数字や絵が印刷された小さな厚紙の札を使う遊び。

やさしい英語で： Games played with small printed pieces of stiff paper.

• We play cards after dinner.
• They spent the evening playing cards.
• Would you like a game of cards?

使い方： play cards (My grandparents play cards every Friday.)

類義語： card games

よく使う表現： play cards, game of cards

切り札

望む結果を得るために使う理由や有利な材料。

やさしい英語で： An argument or advantage used to get what you want.

• She played the sympathy card.
• He kept one useful card for the final negotiations.
• Their strongest card was the promise of new jobs.

使い方： play the … card (He played the family card to win sympathy.)

類義語： tactic, advantage

よく使う表現： play a card, sympathy card, race card, trump card

身分証を確認する

主に酒を買える年齢かどうか、身分証で確かめること。

やさしい英語で： To check someone’s identity document, usually to see whether they are old enough to buy alcohol.

• They card everyone at this bar.
• The cashier carded me when I bought beer.
• Have you ever been carded at a restaurant?

類義語： check someone’s ID

よく使う表現： card someone, card at something

記録する

特にゴルフなどのスポーツで、ある成績を出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To achieve a particular score in a sport, especially golf.

• She carded a seventy in the first round.
• He carded three birdies before lunch.
• The golfer hopes to card a lower score tomorrow.

類義語： score, record

よく使う表現： card a score, card a sixty, card three birdies

梳く

羊毛などの繊維や動物の毛をとかし、汚れやもつれを取ること。

やさしい英語で： To brush wool, other fibres, or an animal’s coat to remove dirt and knots.

• We card the wool before spinning it.
• She carded the tangled fleece by hand.
• The groom carefully carded the horse’s coat.

類義語： comb

よく使う表現： card wool, card the fibres, card a horse