gist

要点、大意

話や文章の、細かい内容を省いた中心となる考え。

やさしい英語で： The main idea of something spoken or written, without all the details.

• I got the gist of the story.
• Can you explain the gist of her argument?
• He missed a few words but understood the gist.

使い方： the gist of something (She told me the gist of the conversation.)

類義語： main idea, essence, substance

よく使う表現： gist of something, get the gist, understand the gist

コード断片、Gist

他の人が見たり使ったりできるよう、ネット上に保存した短いコード。

やさしい英語で： A short piece of computer code saved online so other people can view or use it.

• She shared the code in a gist.
• Can you send me a link to your gist?
• He saved three useful scripts as separate gists.

類義語： code snippet

よく使う表現： create a gist, share a gist, public gist

うわさ話、ゴシップ

他人の暮らしについての話や、本当かどうか分からない話。

やさしい英語で： Talk about other people’s lives, or a particular story that may not be true.

• She always has the latest gist.
• We sat down to share gist after work.
• He told me a juicy gist about their neighbour.

類義語： gossip, rumour

よく使う表現： latest gist, juicy gist, share gist

要約する

文章の大事な点を短くまとめて伝える。

やさしい英語で： To give the main points of a piece of writing in a shorter form.

• Please gist the report for the meeting.
• She gisted the article in three sentences.
• Can you gist this document for us?

類義語： summarize, abridge

よく使う表現： gist a report, gist the document

おしゃべりする、うわさ話をする

気軽に話す。特に他人やその暮らしについて話す。

やさしい英語で： To talk casually, often about other people and their lives.

• We sat outside and gisted.
• She likes to gist with her friends.
• They were gisting about their neighbors.

使い方： gist with someone (I gisted with my friends after dinner.)

類義語： chat, gossip

よく使う表現： gist with someone, sit and gist