jolly

陽気な、愉快な

明るく楽しげで、愉快な気分に満ちている。

やさしい英語で： Happy, cheerful, and full of fun.

• He is a jolly man.
• Everyone was in a jolly mood.
• We heard her jolly laugh from the kitchen.

類義語： cheerful, merry, happy

反対語： gloomy, miserable

よく使う表現： jolly person, jolly mood, jolly laugh

とても、大変

説明する性質の程度が大きいことを強調する言葉。

やさしい英語で： Very; used to make a description stronger.

• That was jolly good.
• It's jolly cold outside today.
• You know jolly well what I mean.

類義語： very, extremely, really

よく使う表現： jolly good, jolly well, jolly nice

遊覧旅行、慰安旅行

楽しむための旅行。特に雇い主が費用を払い、実際の仕事は少ないもの。

やさしい英語で： A trip taken for enjoyment, especially one paid for by an employer and involving little real work.

• They went on a jolly.
• The conference seemed like an expensive jolly.
• Who paid for all those overseas jollies?

使い方： on a jolly (The managers are on a jolly in Spain.)

類義語： pleasure trip, junket, outing

よく使う表現： go on a jolly, a corporate jolly, another expensive jolly

ジョーカー

通常の四つのマークに属さず、おどけた人物が描かれた追加のトランプ。

やさしい英語で： The extra playing card that shows a funny character and is outside the four usual card groups.

• This pack includes a jolly.
• She drew the jolly from the deck.
• Remove both jollies before dealing the cards.

類義語： joker

よく使う表現： draw a jolly, the jolly card, deal a jolly

ワイルドカード

ゲームで、どのカードの代わりにも使えるカード。

やさしい英語で： A playing card that can take the place of any other card in a game.

• Use the jolly as an ace.
• In this game, every two is a jolly.
• She completed her winning hand with two jollies.

類義語： wild card

よく使う表現： use a jolly, play a jolly, jolly in something

元気づける、楽しませる

冗談を言ったり親しく接したりして、人を明るい気持ちにする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel happier by joking or being friendly.

• His jokes jollied us up.
• She jollied the children along during the wait.
• We spent the afternoon jollying him out of his gloomy mood.

使い方： jolly someone along (She jollied him along with stories about their friends.); jolly someone up (We tried to jolly him up after the disappointing news.)

類義語： cheer up, amuse, entertain

よく使う表現： jolly someone along, jolly someone up