catch up

近況を話し合う、最近の情報を得る

久しぶりに会う人と話すなどして、最近の出来事を知る。

やさしい英語で： You learn what has happened recently, often by talking to someone you have not seen for a while.

• Let’s catch up over lunch.
• We caught up on family news yesterday.
• Have you caught up with Sam since he returned?

使い方： catch up with someone (I caught up with an old friend yesterday.); catch up on something (Let’s catch up on the latest news.)

類義語： get up to date

よく使う表現： catch up with someone, catch up on news, catch up over coffee

追いつく

先にいる人に追いつく、または他の人と同じ進み具合になる。

やさしい英語で： You reach someone ahead of you or reach the same level of progress as others.

• Wait! I need to catch up.
• He caught up with the other runners.
• After missing a month of school, she worked hard to catch up.

使い方： catch up with/to someone/something (She ran faster to catch up with her brother.)

類義語： draw level, get level

反対語： fall behind

よく使う表現： catch up with someone, catch up to someone

巻き込む、巻き込まれる

多くは意図せず、ある状況に深く巻き込まれる。

やさしい英語で： Someone becomes deeply involved in a situation, often without meaning to.

• She got caught up in the excitement.
• Innocent people were caught up in the fighting.
• Don’t get caught up in office gossip.

使い方： be/get caught up in something (He got caught up in an argument.); catch someone up in something (The excitement caught us up in the celebrations.)

類義語： involve, embroil

よく使う表現： catch up someone, catch up the crowd

最新情報を伝える

最近の情報や、その人が知らずにいた出来事を伝える。

やさしい英語で： You tell someone the latest news or explain what they have missed.

• Please catch me up on the news.
• Her manager caught her up on the changes.
• I’ll catch you up after lunch.

使い方： catch someone up on something (Can you catch me up on yesterday’s meeting?)

類義語： update, fill in, brief

よく使う表現： catch someone up, catch the team up

絡ませる、絡まる

物が別の物に絡み合ったり、引っかかったりする。

やさしい英語で： Something becomes twisted together with, or trapped in, another thing.

• The net caught up several loose ropes.
• My hair got caught up in the branches.
• The two cables had become caught up with each other.

使い方： be/get caught up in something (Her scarf got caught up in the wheel.); be/get caught up with something (The cable is caught up with the other wires.)

類義語： entangle, tangle up

反対語： untangle

よく使う表現： catch up something, catch up the wires

さっと取り上げる、抱き上げる

急な動きで物をさっと取り上げたり抱き上げたりする。

やさしい英語で： You quickly pick something up, often with a sudden movement.

• She caught up her bag and ran.
• He caught the baby up in his arms.
• Catching up his coat, Daniel hurried outside.

使い方： catch someone/something up (She caught the child up in her arms.)

類義語： snatch up, scoop up

よく使う表現： catch up a child, catch up a bag