buddy

友達、仲間

知り合いで、一緒に過ごすのが楽しい人。

やさしい英語で： A friend or someone you know and enjoy spending time with.

• Sam is my buddy.
• I met an old buddy at the station.
• Do you still see your school buddies?

類義語： friend, mate, pal

反対語： enemy

よく使う表現： my buddy, old buddy, best buddy, school buddy

相棒、パートナー

ある活動を一緒にする相手。

やさしい英語で： Someone who does a particular activity with you.

• I need a study buddy.
• Her diving buddy checked her equipment.
• We became workout buddies last summer.

類義語： partner, companion

よく使う表現： study buddy, workout buddy, travel buddy, diving buddy

兄さん

人に呼びかける言葉。名前を知らない男性に使うことが多い。

やさしい英語で： A word used to speak to someone, often a man whose name you do not know.

• Hey, buddy, you dropped your keys.
• Thanks, buddy, that really helped.
• Listen, buddy, you're standing in my way.

類義語： mate, pal, man

よく使う表現： hey buddy, thanks buddy, listen buddy

担当の同僚、相棒

仕事で一緒に取り組んだり、手助けしたりする担当に選ばれた人。

やさしい英語で： A person chosen to work closely with you or help you at work.

• Each new employee gets a buddy.
• My buddy showed me how to use the equipment.
• The manager assigned buddies to help the new staff.

類義語： partner, workmate

よく使う表現： work buddy, assigned buddy, buddy system

組む、組ませる

誰かの相棒になる、または人を組ませて相棒にする。

やさしい英語で： To become someone's partner or put people together as partners.

• Let's buddy up.
• She buddied up with me for the trip.
• The teacher buddied the younger children with older students.

使い方： buddy up with someone (I buddied up with Lee for the exercise.); buddy someone with someone (We buddy each new worker with an experienced colleague.)

類義語： pair up, team up

よく使う表現： buddy up, buddy with someone, buddy someone up

あいつ、その人

会話に参加していない人を指す言葉。

やさしい英語で： A word referring to a person who is not taking part in the conversation.

• Buddy left his phone here.
• I found a wallet; buddy must be worried.
• Look at that parked car; buddy clearly missed the lines.

よく使う表現： buddy must have, buddy probably forgot