go around

周りを回る、回転する

円を描いて動いたり、何かの周りを通ったりすること。

やさしい英語で： Move in a circle or follow a path round something.

• The wheels go around slowly.
• We went around the fallen tree.
• Does this path go around the whole island?

使い方： go around something (The road goes around the lake.)

類義語： circle, rotate

よく使う表現： go around something, go around corners

広まる、流行する

特にニュースや病気が、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, especially news or an illness.

• A cold is going around.
• A strange rumour went around the office.
• What stories are going around about the new manager?

類義語： spread, circulate, go about

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

全員に行き渡る

全員が分け前を受け取れるだけの量があること。

やさしい英語で： There is enough of something for everyone to have a share.

• There is enough food to go around.
• We bought extra cake so there would be plenty to go around.
• Are there enough tickets to go around?

使い方： enough something to go around (There are enough seats to go around.)

類義語： suffice

よく使う表現： enough to go around, plenty to go around

訪ねる、立ち寄る

誰かの家などを訪ねて、そこでしばらく過ごすこと。

やさしい英語で： Go to someone’s home or another place to spend time there.

• I will go around later.
• She went around to her neighbour’s flat for tea.
• Shall we go around to your parents’ house tonight?

使い方： go around to somewhere (We went around to Ben’s house after dinner.)

類義語： visit, drop by, go round

よく使う表現： go around tonight, go around later

言い争い続ける、思い悩む

結論が出ないまま、同じ問題を何度も言い争ったり考え続けたりすること。

やさしい英語で： Keep arguing about something or thinking about it without settling it.

• Must we go around over this again?
• They went around for hours over who should pay.
• I keep going around over that problem in my head.

使い方： go around over something (They went around over the same old dispute.)

類義語： argue, obsess

よく使う表現： go around again, go around endlessly

着陸復行する

飛行機が着陸を中止し、やり直すために再び上昇すること。

やさしい英語で： Stop trying to land a plane and climb to try again.

• The pilot decided to go around.
• We went around because the runway was blocked.
• The tower told the aircraft to go around immediately.

類義語： abort the landing

よく使う表現： go around again, go around immediately