get across

伝える、理解させる

考えや気持ちを、相手が理解できるように説明すること。

やさしい英語で： Explain an idea or feeling so that other people understand it.

• I cannot get my point across.
• The pictures got the message across clearly.
• How do you get complex ideas across to children?

使い方： get something across to someone (She got her message across to the whole class.); get across to someone that… (I tried to get across to him that we needed more time.)

類義語： convey, communicate, explain

よく使う表現： get across something, get across ideas, get across feelings

渡る、横断する

何かの片側から反対側へ移動すること。

やさしい英語で： Move from one side of something to the other.

• How can we get across the road?
• They got across the river before dark.
• We could not get across because the bridge was closed.

使い方： get across something (We used a small boat to get across the river.)

類義語： cross, traverse

よく使う表現： get across something, get across safely, get across rivers

怒らせる、反感を買う

人を怒らせたり、自分への悪い印象を持たせたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Annoy someone or make them think badly of you.

• Try not to get across him.
• She got across her neighbors by complaining every day.
• He had got across several colleagues before he left.

使い方： get across someone (You do not want to get across the boss.)

類義語： annoy, antagonize

反対語： please

よく使う表現： get across someone, get across people