hand out

配る、配布する

複数の人に、普通は一人に一つずつ物を渡すこと。

やさしい英語で： To give things to several people, usually one to each person.

• Please hand out these papers.
• Volunteers handed out food at the station.
• Who will hand the prizes out?

使い方： hand something out to someone (They handed blankets out to the families.); hand it out (There is enough food to hand it out to everyone.)

類義語： give out, distribute, pass out

反対語： collect

よく使う表現： hand out leaflets, hand out something

手を貸して降ろす

乗り物から降りる人の手を取って支えること。

やさしい英語で： To support someone by the hand as they leave a vehicle.

• He handed her out of the carriage.
• The driver politely handed the elderly passenger out.
• She waited for someone to hand her out of the coach.

使い方： hand someone out of something (He handed her out of the carriage.)

類義語： help out, assist out

よく使う表現： hand someone out, hand out a passenger

ほら話で感心させる

作り話や偽りの主張で人を感心させようとすること。

やさしい英語で： To try to impress someone with false stories or claims.

• He tried to hand us out with grand claims.
• She handed the guests out with tales of famous friends.
• They hoped to hand him out by boasting about imaginary victories.

使い方： hand someone out (He tried to hand the visitors out with stories of his wealth.)

類義語： bluff, hoodwink

よく使う表現： hand someone out, hand out someone

選手アウト、サーブ権交代

選手がアウトになったことやサーブ権を失ったことを知らせる言葉。

やさしい英語で： An announcement that a player is out of the game or has lost the right to serve.

• The referee called, “Hand out!”
• After the lost rally, the umpire announced, “Hand out!”
• She heard “Hand out” and prepared to serve.

よく使う表現： hand out, hand out again