put through

電話をつなぐ、取り次ぐ

電話を、話したい相手や部署につなぐこと。

やさしい英語で： To connect someone’s phone call to the person or department they want.

• I’ll put you through now.
• She put me through to the accounts department.
• Can you put this call through to my office?

使い方： put someone through to someone/something (Could you put me through to the manager?); put someone through (Please hold while I put you through.)

類義語： connect, transfer

反対語： disconnect

よく使う表現： put through a call, put through to someone

経験させる、つらい思いをさせる

人につらいことや大変なことを経験させること。

やさしい英語で： To make someone experience something difficult, unpleasant, or demanding.

• Don’t put me through this again.
• The coach put us through a tough workout.
• She has been put through months of painful tests.

使い方： put someone through something (The argument put our family through a lot of stress.)

類義語： subject to, make undergo

反対語： spare

よく使う表現： put through something, put through training

通す、差し通す

穴や隙間の片側から反対側へ物を通すこと。

やさしい英語で： To move something from one side of an opening to the other.

• Put the letter through the slot.
• She put a thread through the needle.
• Can you put your hand through that gap?

使い方： put something through something (Put the cable through the hole in the desk.)

類義語： pass through, push through

よく使う表現： put through a hole, put through a slot

窓を割る、ガラスを割る

窓ガラスをたたいて割り、穴を開けること。

やさしい英語で： To break a window by hitting it and making a hole in it.

• Someone put the window through.
• The vandals put three shop windows through.
• A thrown brick put the front window through.

使い方： put a window through (Someone put our kitchen window through last night.)

類義語： smash, break

よく使う表現： put through a window, put through the glass

ゴールキーパーと一対一にさせる

味方へのパスで、ゴールキーパーと一対一で得点を狙えるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： To pass a ball to a teammate so they can face the goalkeeper alone and try to score.

• His pass put me through on goal.
• The midfielder put their striker through with a clever ball.
• Can you put her through before the defenders catch up?

使い方： put someone through on goal (Her pass put the striker through on goal.)

類義語： play through, send through

よく使う表現： put someone through, put through a striker

取引所外取引

仲介人が買い手と売り手を引き合わせ、取引所の外で行う売買。

やさしい英語で： A deal in which a broker brings a buyer and seller together outside the stock exchange.

• The broker arranged a put through.
• Both parties agreed on the price for the put through.
• The shares changed hands in a put through outside the exchange.

よく使う表現： a put through, broker’s put through