murder

殺人

他の人を故意に殺す犯罪。

やさしい英語で： The crime of deliberately killing another person.

• Police are investigating a murder.
• She was charged with murder last week.
• Two murders occurred in the town that year.

類義語： homicide

よく使う表現： commit murder, murder investigation, charged with murder, murder trial

カラスの群れ

カラスの群れを指す言葉。ワタリガラスの群れにも使うことがある。

やさしい英語で： A group of crows, or sometimes ravens.

• A murder of crows crossed the sky.
• We watched a murder of crows feeding in the field.
• The tree sheltered a noisy murder of ravens.

使い方： a murder of crows (A murder of crows gathered beside the barn.)

類義語： flock

よく使う表現： murder of crows, murder of ravens

殺害する、殺す

他の人を、故意に法律に反して殺す。

やさしい英語で： To deliberately and illegally kill another person.

• Someone murdered the shop owner.
• Police believe he was murdered at home.
• The killer murdered two witnesses before escaping.

類義語： kill, assassinate

よく使う表現： murder someone, murder a witness, murder a rival

こっぴどく叱る、ぶっ飛ばす

大げさな脅しとして、相手を厳しく叱ったり罰したりすると言うこと。

やさしい英語で： To punish or speak angrily to someone, said as an exaggerated threat.

• Mum will murder me for this mess!
• I’ll murder him if he’s lost my keys again.
• Her boss nearly murdered her for missing the meeting.

使い方： murder someone for something (Dad will murder me for breaking his favorite mug.)

類義語： tell off, chew out

よく使う表現： murder someone, murder someone for something