bean

豆、インゲン豆

食べる豆やそのさや。また、それを実らせる植物。

やさしい英語で： A seed or seed case eaten as food, or the plant that produces it.

• I put beans in the soup.
• We planted beans beside the fence.
• Do you prefer fresh beans or dried beans?

よく使う表現： green bean, kidney bean, bean soup, bean plant

豆、バニラビーンズ

コーヒーやカカオの種、またはバニラの細長いさや。

やさしい英語で： A seed such as coffee or cocoa, or a long vanilla seed case.

• These coffee beans smell wonderful.
• Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
• She added the seeds from a vanilla bean.

よく使う表現： coffee bean, cocoa bean, vanilla bean, roast a bean

一文、金

わずかなお金。主に一文も持っていないと言うときに使う。

やさしい英語で： Money, especially the smallest amount, usually when saying you have none.

• I haven't got a bean.
• He arrived in London without a bean.
• That broken watch isn't worth a bean.

類義語： penny, cent

よく使う表現： not a bean, without a bean, worth a bean

頭にぶつける

投げた物、特にボールを人の頭にぶつける。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone on the head with a thrown object, especially a ball.

• The pitcher beaned the batter.
• A badly thrown ball beaned me yesterday.
• Be careful you don't bean anyone with that snowball.

使い方： bean someone with something (He accidentally beaned his brother with a tennis ball.)

よく使う表現： bean the batter, bean someone, bean someone accidentally