flush

水を流す

トイレに水を流して汚物を流すこと。

やさしい英語で： To send water through a toilet to carry away waste.

• Please flush the toilet.
• He flushed before leaving the bathroom.
• The toilet won’t flush properly.

よく使う表現： flush the toilet, flush something away, flush after use

赤くなる、紅潮する

強い感情・暑さ・病気などで、顔や肌が赤くなる。

やさしい英語で： If your face or skin does this, it becomes red because of strong feelings, heat, or illness.

• His face began to flush.
• She flushed when everyone looked at her.
• The child’s cheeks were flushed with fever.

使い方： flush with + feeling (Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.)

類義語： redden, blush

反対語： pale

よく使う表現： flush with anger, flush bright red, flush with embarrassment

洗い流す

大量の水を流して、汚れなどを取り除く。

やさしい英語で： To clean something or remove something from it by sending a lot of water through it.

• Flush the tank with water.
• They flushed dirt out of the pipes.
• Run the tap to flush any remaining sand away.

使い方： flush something with something (Flush the pipe with clean water.); flush something out of something (The rain flushed the mud out of the drain.)

類義語： rinse, wash out

よく使う表現： flush something out, flush with water, flush the pipes

追い出す、あぶり出す

動物や人を、隠れている場所から出させる。

やさしい英語で： To make an animal or person leave a place where they are hiding.

• The dog flushed a pheasant.
• Police tried to flush the suspect out.
• Our footsteps flushed several birds from the grass.

使い方： flush someone/something out of somewhere (The dogs flushed a rabbit out of the bushes.); flush someone/something from somewhere (The hunters flushed birds from the reeds.)

類義語： drive out, rouse

よく使う表現： flush something out, flush out birds, flush out someone

水洗

便器に水を流して排泄物を洗い流すこと。

やさしい英語で： An action that sends water through a toilet to carry away waste.

• Give the toilet a flush.
• One flush was enough to clear it.
• The toilet uses less water with each flush.

よく使う表現： toilet flush, give something a flush, flush button

赤み

物の表面に見られる、薄い赤色やピンク色。

やさしい英語で： A slight red or pink colour on the surface of something.

• The peach had a pink flush.
• A rosy flush coloured the clouds.
• There was a faint flush on her pale cheeks.

使い方： a flush of + colour (A flush of pink spread across the evening sky.)

類義語： tinge, blush

よく使う表現： pink flush, rosy flush, flush of colour

同じ高さの、面一の

別の面と高さがそろい、出っ張りもへこみもないこと。

やさしい英語で： At exactly the same level as another surface, without sticking out or being lower.

• The two surfaces are flush.
• Fit the tiles flush with the floor.
• The door closes flush against the frame.

使い方： flush with something (The lid should be flush with the top of the box.); flush against something (The cabinet sits flush against the wall.)

類義語： level, even

反対語： uneven

よく使う表現： flush with something, flush against something, flush surface

懐が暖かい、金回りがいい

特に一時的に、お金に十分な余裕があること。

やさしい英語で： Having plenty of money, especially for a short time.

• I’m feeling flush today.
• She was flush after getting her bonus.
• Can you pay, if you’re so flush?

使い方： flush with something (The company is flush with cash after the sale.)

類義語： well-off, rich

反対語： broke, poor

よく使う表現： flush with cash, feel flush, flush with money