go on

続ける

始めたことをそのまま続ける。

やさしい英語で： To keep doing something after you have started it.

• Please go on reading.
• She went on working until midnight.
• Can we go on with the lesson?

使い方： go on doing something (He went on reading after dinner.); go on with something (Please go on with your work.)

類義語： continue, carry on

反対語： stop

よく使う表現： go on talking, go on working, go on with something

起こる

その時に何かが起こっていること。

やさしい英語で： If something is happening, it is taking place at that moment.

• What is going on?
• Something strange went on last night.
• Do you know what goes on in that office?

類義語： happen, occur

よく使う表現： go on upstairs, go on outside

続ける

休んだ後でも、難しくても、何かを続ける。

やさしい英語で： To keep doing something, even after a pause or when it is difficult.

• I cannot go on working.
• They went on with their game after lunch.
• Will she go on living there?

使い方： go on doing something (They went on playing despite the rain.); go on with something (We can go on with the lesson now.)

類義語： continue, carry on

反対語： stop

よく使う表現： go on living, go on working, go on with something

続けて、話して

相手に話の続きを聞かせてほしいときに言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： You say this to ask someone to keep telling you something.

• Go on, tell me more.
• “Go on,” I said as she stopped speaking.
• Go on; how did you meet him?

類義語： keep talking, continue

よく使う表現： please go on, go on please

その後にする、続いて行う

ある活動や人生の一段階を終えた後、別のことをする。

やさしい英語で： To do something else after finishing an earlier activity or stage of your life.

• He went on to become a doctor.
• After discussing costs, we went on to choose a date.
• Will the winner go on to compete abroad?

使い方： go on to do something (She finished school and went on to train as a nurse.)

類義語： proceed to

よく使う表現： go on to study, go on to win

くどくど話す、しつこく言う

同じことについて長々と話し、しばしば周りをうんざりさせる。

やさしい英語で： To talk about something for a long time, often annoying other people.

• He goes on about money.
• She went on for hours about her holiday.
• Why do you keep going on at me?

使い方： go on about something (He keeps going on about his new car.); go on at someone (She went on at me about the mess.)

類義語： ramble, talk endlessly

よく使う表現： go on about something, go on endlessly

続けて、話して

相手に話を続けてもらうために言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： You say this to invite someone to continue speaking.

• Go on, I am listening.
• Go on; what happened next?
• “Go on,” she said when he paused.

類義語： keep talking, continue

よく使う表現： go on please, please go on

まさか、うそでしょ

驚いたときや、相手の話が信じられないときに言う言葉。

やさしい英語で： You say this when you find something surprising or hard to believe.

• Go on! You won a car?
• “Go on!” she cried. “You cannot be serious.”
• Go on! Did he really ask you that?

類義語： no way, really

よく使う表現： oh go on, go on really