somewhere else

別の場所に

話題の場所とは違う所にいる、またはあること。

やさしい英語で： In a different place from the one being discussed.

• My keys are somewhere else.
• She lived somewhere else last year.
• Are you staying somewhere else tonight?

類義語： elsewhere

よく使う表現： live somewhere else, work somewhere else

別の場所へ

話題の場所とは違う所へ向かうこと。

やさしい英語で： To a different place from the one being discussed.

• Let’s go somewhere else.
• They moved somewhere else after the flood.
• Could you take these boxes somewhere else?

類義語： elsewhere

よく使う表現： go somewhere else, move somewhere else

上の空で

その場の出来事に注意を向けず、ほかのことを考えている。

やさしい英語で： Thinking about other things instead of paying attention to what is happening.

• Her mind was somewhere else.
• He seemed somewhere else during our conversation.
• Were you listening, or were you somewhere else?

類義語： distracted, absent-minded

反対語： attentive

よく使う表現： mentally somewhere else, mind somewhere else

別の場所

話題になっている所とは違う場所。

やさしい英語で： A different place from the one being discussed.

• We need somewhere else to live.
• Is there somewhere else we can meet?
• They found somewhere else with more space.

使い方： somewhere else to do something (We need somewhere else to stay.)

類義語： another place

よく使う表現： somewhere else quiet, somewhere else nearby