go about

取りかかる、取り組む

仕事や問題にどう取りかかり、どう対処するかを決めること。

やさしい英語で： Choose a way to start or deal with a task or problem.

• How do we go about this?
• She went about fixing the roof carefully.
• You need to change how you go about finding work.

使い方： go about doing something (How should we go about finding a new flat?); go about something (You went about the task in the wrong way.)

類義語： tackle, approach, set about

よく使う表現： go about something, go about finding something

取り組む、こなす

いつもの仕事や日常の用事を行うこと。

やさしい英語で： Do your usual work or everyday activities.

• We went about our business.
• She goes about her duties quietly.
• How can people go about normal life during the repairs?

使い方： go about something (People went about their daily work.)

類義語： carry on with, attend to

よく使う表現： go about business, go about work

広まる、流行する

ニュースや病気などが、人から人へ伝わって広まること。

やさしい英語で： Pass from one person to another, like news or an illness.

• A nasty cold is going about.
• That story went about the village for weeks.
• Is there a stomach bug going about at school?

類義語： spread, circulate, go around

よく使う表現： go about town, go about school

タックする、風上に方向転換する

帆船の船首を風上に向けて回し、反対側から風を受けるようにすること。

やさしい英語で： Turn a sailing boat so that the wind comes from the other side.

• The boat began to go about.
• We went about when the wind changed.
• Is the crew ready to go about?

類義語： tack, come about

よく使う表現： go about now, go about again