get on

乗る

バスや電車、飛行機に乗る。または自転車や動物にまたがる。

やさしい英語で： To enter a bus, train, or plane, or climb onto a bike or animal to ride it.

• Get on the bus here.
• She got on her bike and left.
• Have all the passengers got on?

使い方： get on something (We got on the train at the next station.)

類義語： board, mount

反対語： get off

よく使う表現： get on something, get on board, get on buses

続ける、取りかかる

作業を続ける、またはこれ以上待たずに取りかかる。

やさしい英語で： To continue a task or start doing it without further delay.

• Get on with your homework.
• We got on with painting the fence.
• Can we get on with the meeting?

使い方： get on with something (We need to get on with the repairs.); get on with doing something (Let us get on with cleaning the kitchen.)

類義語： continue, carry on, proceed

反対語： stop

よく使う表現： get on with something, get on with work, get on with life

うまくやっていく、進歩する

状況にうまく対処する、または仕事や生活で前進する。

やさしい英語で： To manage a situation or make progress in your work or life.

• How are you getting on?
• She got on well in her new job.
• He is getting on better at school.

使い方： get on with something (How are you getting on with your new job?)

類義語： manage, do, progress

よく使う表現： get on well, get on badly, get on professionally

時間が遅くなる

時間が遅くなり、急ぐ必要が出てくる。

やさしい英語で： If time passes like this, it is becoming late and you may need to hurry.

• Time is getting on.
• It was getting on, so we left.
• The evening is getting on; we should eat.

類義語： grow late

よく使う表現： get on now, get on towards midnight

年を取る

年を取り、特に年齢のためにできることが限られてくる。

やさしい英語で： To become old, especially when age starts to affect what someone can do.

• My grandfather is getting on.
• Our cat is getting on in years.
• They were getting on and needed more help.

使い方： get on in years (Our dog is getting on in years.)

類義語： age, grow old

よく使う表現： get on in years, get on a bit

近づく

ある数量や年齢、時刻に近い状態である。

やさしい英語で： To be close to a particular amount, age, or time.

• It is getting on for midnight.
• The repairs came to getting on for a thousand pounds.
• She must be getting on for eighty.

使い方： get on for an amount/time (The bill is getting on for two hundred pounds.)

類義語： approach, near

よく使う表現： get on for something, get on for midnight

まさか、うそだろう

相手の言葉への驚きや、信じられない気持ちを表す。

やさしい英語で： Used to show that you are surprised or do not believe what someone has said.

• “Get on!” she said. “You cannot be serious.”
• “Get on! You never met the king!”
• “Oh, get on!” he laughed. “That cannot be true.”

類義語： come on, no way

よく使う表現： oh get on, get on now