corner

角、隅

二つの線や縁、面が接する点や場所。

やさしい英語で： The point or place where two lines, edges, or sides meet.

• The table has sharp corners.
• She folded the corner of the page.
• Put the chair in that corner.

使い方： corner of something (Write your name in the corner of the page.)

よく使う表現： corner of something, sharp corner, top corner, in a corner

街角、曲がり角

二つの道が交わる場所。特にその脇の歩道。

やさしい英語で： The place where two streets meet, especially the pavement beside them.

• Meet me at the corner.
• There is a bakery on the corner.
• She turned left at the next corner.

使い方： on the corner of A and B (The café is on the corner of Hill Street and Park Road.)

よく使う表現： street corner, on the corner, corner of something

独占

商品の供給の大部分を押さえ、価格に影響を与えられる状態。

やさしい英語で： Control of most of the supply of something for sale, allowing someone to influence its price.

• They gained a corner on the market.
• A corner on wheat allowed the traders to raise prices.
• The company lost its corner on the supply of silver.

使い方： a corner on something (The company gained a corner on the copper market.)

類義語： monopoly

よく使う表現： corner on something, corner on the market

追い詰める

人を簡単には逃げられない場所や状況に追い込むこと。

やさしい英語で： To get someone into a place or situation where they cannot easily escape.

• The police cornered the thief.
• She cornered me in the hallway and asked for money.
• The frightened animal attacked when it was cornered.

使い方： corner someone/something in something (The dog cornered the cat in the kitchen.)

類義語： trap

反対語： release

よく使う表現： corner someone, corner someone in, corner an animal

カーブを曲がる

道やコースの曲がった部分に沿って進むこと。

やさしい英語で： To move or drive around a bend in a road or track.

• This car corners well.
• The driver cornered too fast and lost control.
• The bike corners smoothly on dry roads.

類義語： turn

よく使う表現： corner well, corner at speed, corner smoothly

独占する、買い占める

商品の価格に影響を与えられるほど大量に買う、または支配すること。

やさしい英語で： To buy or control enough of something for sale to influence its price.

• The company tried to corner the market.
• Investors cornered the supply of silver.
• One firm has cornered the market in rare seeds.

使い方： corner the market in something (They tried to corner the market in copper.)

類義語： monopolize

よく使う表現： corner the market, corner a market, corner the supply