bully

いじめっ子

特に抵抗しにくい相手を、わざと傷つけたり怖がらせたりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who deliberately hurts, frightens, or treats other people badly, especially people who cannot easily defend themselves.

• That boy is a bully.
• The teacher stopped the bullies from hurting him.
• She stood up to the office bully.

類義語： tormentor

よく使う表現： a school bully, a playground bully, a workplace bully

用心棒、ごろつき

金をもらって他人を脅したり襲ったりする人。

やさしい英語で： Someone paid to frighten or attack other people.

• He hired a bully to threaten us.
• Two bullies guarded the landlord’s door.
• The merchant paid a bully to collect his debts.

類義語： thug, enforcer

よく使う表現： a hired bully, employ a bully

コンビーフ

塩で保存できるようにした牛肉で、普通は缶詰で売られる。

やさしい英語で： Beef preserved with salt and usually sold in a tin.

• They ate bully beef with bread.
• The soldiers carried tins of bully.
• There was only bully beef left for supper.

類義語： corned beef

よく使う表現： bully beef, tinned bully

いじめる、脅す

特に自分より弱い人を、わざと傷つけたり脅したりすること。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately hurt or frighten someone, especially someone weaker than you.

• Do not bully your little brother.
• The older children bullied her at school.
• He refused to be bullied into silence.

使い方： bully someone into doing something (They bullied him into giving them his money.)

類義語： intimidate, harass

よく使う表現： bully someone, bully someone into something

素晴らしい

とてもよい、または見事であること。

やさしい英語で： Very good or excellent.

• That is a bully idea!
• We had a bully time at the fair.
• He thought it was a bully little boat.

類義語： excellent, splendid

反対語： terrible

よく使う表現： a bully idea, a bully time, a bully fellow

お見事、よかったね

相手を褒める言葉。大したことではないと皮肉を込めて言う場合もある。

やさしい英語で： Used to praise someone, or to pretend to praise something you do not find impressive.

• You won? Bully for you!
• Bully! We have finished the job at last.
• So you bought a bigger car. Bully for you.

類義語： bravo, well done

よく使う表現： bully for you, bully for him