bog

泥炭地、湿地

水を好む植物が育つ、とても湿った柔らかい土地。

やさしい英語で： An area of very wet, soft ground where water-loving plants grow.

• Frogs live in the bog.
• Our boots sank into the bog.
• These bogs support many unusual plants.

類義語： peatland, marsh

よく使う表現： peat bog, wet bog, cross a bog, moss bog

鶏肉の炊き込みご飯

鶏肉、米、ソーセージを一つの鍋で一緒に炊く料理。

やさしい英語で： A dish made with chicken, rice, and sausage, cooked together in one pot.

• We had chicken bog for dinner.
• Her chicken bog contains smoked sausage.
• They served bowls of bog at the local festival.

よく使う表現： chicken bog, homemade chicken bog, serve chicken bog

行き詰まる、はまる

はまって動けなくなる、または先へ進めなくなる。

やさしい英語で： To become stuck or unable to make progress.

• The truck began to bog down.
• The talks bogged down over costs.
• Heavy workloads have bogged us down this week.

使い方： bog down in something (Discussions often bog down in small details.); bog someone/something down (Too much paperwork can bog the team down.)

類義語： get stuck, stall

よく使う表現： bog down, bog someone down

台無しにする、しくじる

何かをうまくできず、結果を台無しにする。

やさしい英語で： To do something badly and spoil the result.

• Please don't bog it up.
• He bogged up the repair.
• Did I bog the whole plan up?

使い方： bog something up (One careless change could bog the whole job up.)

類義語： mess up, bungle, botch

よく使う表現： bog something up, bog it up