while away

のんびり時間を過ごす

大事なことはせず、ゆったり楽しく時間を過ごす。

やさしい英語で： To spend time in a relaxed, pleasant way, without doing anything important.

• We whiled away the afternoon in the garden.
• She whiles away long journeys reading novels.
• How do you while away the hours on rainy days?

使い方： while away + time + doing something (We whiled away the afternoon playing cards.); while something away (She whiled the hours away with a book.)

類義語： pass the time, kill time

よく使う表現： while away the hours, while away an afternoon, while away some time

過ぎる、経過する

時間が自然に過ぎていく。

やさしい英語で： If time does this, it passes.

• The hours whiled away slowly.
• The afternoon whiled away as we waited by the window.
• Long days whiled away in the quiet village.

類義語： pass, elapse

よく使う表現： hours while away, days while away