put past

やりかねないと思う

普通は否定形で、相手が悪いことや意外なことをしかねないと思うこと。

やさしい英語で： Usually with a negative: to believe someone might do something, especially something bad or surprising.

• I wouldn’t put it past him to lie.
• Would you put it past her to cheat?
• We didn’t put anything past that dishonest salesman.

使い方： not put it past someone to do something (I wouldn’t put it past her to read my messages.)

よく使う表現： put something past, put past someone

向こうへ送る、脇を通す

人や物の脇を通して、その向こうに何かを動かすこと。

やさしい英語で： To move something beyond a person or thing.

• She put the ball past the keeper.
• The striker put another shot past the goalkeeper.
• Can you put the ball past that defender?

使い方： put something past someone/something (He put the ball past the goalkeeper.)

類義語： send past

よく使う表現： put something past, put past someone

だます、信じ込ませる

うそやごまかしに気づかせず、相手に偽りを信じ込ませること。

やさしい英語で： To get someone to accept something false without noticing the trick.

• You can’t put that excuse past Mum.
• He put a false story past the editor.
• Did they really put that trick past the guards?

使い方： put something past someone (You won’t put that fake receipt past the accountant.)

類義語： fool, deceive, trick

よく使う表現： put something past, put past someone