budge

動く、動かす

しばしば苦労して、その場から動く、または物を動かす。

やさしい英語で： To move from a position, or make something move, often with difficulty.

• The door won't budge.
• We pushed hard but couldn't budge the car.
• The stone finally budged a little.

類義語： move, shift

よく使う表現： budge an inch, budge the door, refuse to budge

譲歩する、折れる

意見を変えたり、相手の要求を受け入れたりする。

やさしい英語で： To change your opinion or agree to give someone what they want.

• She refused to budge.
• They won't budge on the deadline.
• He finally budged after hours of discussion.

使い方： budge on something (The seller wouldn't budge on the price.); budge from a position (Neither side would budge from its original position.)

類義語： give in, yield, relent

よく使う表現： budge on something, refuse to budge, budge an inch

割り込む

順番を待つ人たちの前に、不当に入り込む。

やさしい英語で： To unfairly get ahead of people who are waiting in a line.

• Don't budge in line.
• He budged ahead of us at lunch.
• She got angry when a boy tried to budge.

使い方： budge in line (The children complained when someone tried to budge in line.)

類義語： cut in line, jump the queue

よく使う表現： budge in line, budge ahead