bullet

弾丸

銃から発射される小さな金属の塊。

やさしい英語で： A small piece of metal fired from a gun.

• A bullet hit the wall.
• Police found three bullets near the door.
• The bullet passed through his coat.

類義語： projectile

よく使う表現： fire a bullet, bullet wound, stray bullet

箇条書き記号

一覧の各項目の前につける、小さな点の記号。

やさしい英語で： A small printed dot used to mark each item in a list.

• Put a bullet before each item.
• The list uses square bullets.
• Each bullet introduces a separate point.

類義語： dot

よく使う表現： bullet point, bullet list

高速の

別の名詞の前につけて、非常に速く動くことを表す。

やさしい英語で： Used before another noun to show that something moves very fast.

• We took a bullet train.
• The bullet train crossed the country in two hours.
• His bullet pass went straight to the striker.

よく使う表現： bullet train, bullet pass

不採用通知、不合格通知

申し込みや応募が受け入れられなかったことを伝える手紙。

やさしい英語で： A letter telling someone that their application has been refused.

• Another bullet arrived from a college.
• She got a bullet after her job interview.
• Three applications brought three bullets in the mail.

類義語： rejection letter

よく使う表現： get a bullet, receive a bullet

突進する、疾走する

どこかへ非常に速く移動する。

やさしい英語で： To move somewhere very quickly.

• The car bulleted down the hill.
• A bird bulleted past my window.
• The children bullet across the field after school.

使い方： bullet across/down/past something (The car bulleted past the waiting crowd.)

類義語： speed, race, shoot

よく使う表現： bullet past someone, bullet down something, bullet across something

強く打つ、強く蹴る

特にゴールに向けて、球を強く速く打ったり蹴ったりする。

やさしい英語で： To hit or kick a ball very hard and fast, especially towards a goal.

• He bulleted a header into the goal.
• She bulleted the ball past the goalkeeper.
• The striker bulleted his shot into the top corner.

使い方： bullet something into something (She bulleted the ball into the net.)

類義語： blast, smash

よく使う表現： bullet a header, bullet the ball