2014.05.05
Tip 91 “It’s on the tip of my tongue” 無料ビジネス英語学習
無料ビジネス英語学習 Words & Phrases 第91弾は、”It’s on the tip of my tongue.” です。
同僚からの突然の質問に、「あー、ここまで出かかっているんだけど何だったかな・・・」と、
どうしてもはっきり思い出せない時ってありますよね。
例えば、あなたが同僚から、
“What’s the name of our new supplier?”
「我々の新しい取引先の名前、何だったかな？」と、聞かれたときに、
もうほとんど思い出しているのですが、どうしても正しい名前が思い出せない、
そんなときにあなたなら何と言いますか？
“I can almost remember.”
「ほとんど8割くらい思い出している」というニュアンスは伝わりますが、これは不自然な言い回しです。
こんな時はぜひ、
“It’s on the tip of my tongue.”
を使ってください。
日本語では「のど元まで出ている」なんて表現をしますが、英語では「舌の上にある」と表現するんですね。
とてもよく使われるナチュラルな表現ですので、ぜひ覚えておいてください。
Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase oh it's a great natural one.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Tongue. And the tip of it.
What does it mean?
Maybe you could already pictured,
You could kinda of imagine it. Let's find out.
But first, let's do our test.
There's a big box, it's really heavy.
And I say, oh boy, this box is heavy.
And you say...
Let me give you a hand with that.
With nice pronunciation.
Did you get that? I hope you use it in your workplace.
You see someone having trouble,
oh let me give you a hand with that.
Oh let me give you a hand with that.
Very natural way to help people.
OK. So, let's go on to today's phrase.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Have you ever been in that situation,
where you can almost remembering remembering,
but it's not coming out. It's like, what was
what was that? You can't remember.
But it's almost, you can almost remember it.
That's where we use this, like this.
OK. So if I say, Taro, what's ah, what's the
name of our new supplier? Is it A B C TCE Company?
And he says, ah...,
I can almost remember.
OK, which is OK. But sounds a little strange,
I can almost remember yeah.
We just don't say that yeah.
I almost remember.
OK. So what we could say
of course this. Which is.
If I say, what's the name of our new supplier?
And Taro's thinking,
ah BX, BT, BS Company. He can't remember,
but he says, yeah it's on the tip of my tongue.
Very natural. So it's right here,
but he can't think of it yeah.
OK, it's on the tip of my tongue. Great natural phrase.
And maybe you could follow up
and say, it's on the tip of my tongue.
I'll let you know when I remember.
It's perfect. OK let's look at pronunciation.
It'son the tipof. It'son the tipof my tongue.
It'son the tipof my tongue.
You try.
OK with my question.
What's the name of our new supplier?
Yeah I know, it's on the tip of my tongue too.
I can't remember.
Perfect. OK.
Now for homework,
I'm gonna ask you in the next lesson.
What's the name of our new supplier?
And you say, ah
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Just like that. OK.
We'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase oh it's a great natural one.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Tongue. And the tip of it.
What does it mean?
Maybe you could already pictured,
You could kinda of imagine it. Let's find out.
But first, let's do our test.
There's a big box, it's really heavy.
And I say, oh boy, this box is heavy.
And you say...
Let me give you a hand with that.
With nice pronunciation.
Did you get that? I hope you use it in your workplace.
You see someone having trouble,
oh let me give you a hand with that.
Oh let me give you a hand with that.
Very natural way to help people.
OK. So, let's go on to today's phrase.
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Have you ever been in that situation,
where you can almost remembering remembering,
but it's not coming out. It's like, what was
what was that? You can't remember.
But it's almost, you can almost remember it.
That's where we use this, like this.
OK. So if I say, Taro, what's ah, what's the
name of our new supplier? Is it A B C TCE Company?
And he says, ah...,
I can almost remember.
OK, which is OK. But sounds a little strange,
I can almost remember yeah.
We just don't say that yeah.
I almost remember.
OK. So what we could say
of course this. Which is.
If I say, what's the name of our new supplier?
And Taro's thinking,
ah BX, BT, BS Company. He can't remember,
but he says, yeah it's on the tip of my tongue.
Very natural. So it's right here,
but he can't think of it yeah.
OK, it's on the tip of my tongue. Great natural phrase.
And maybe you could follow up
and say, it's on the tip of my tongue.
I'll let you know when I remember.
It's perfect. OK let's look at pronunciation.
It'son the tipof. It'son the tipof my tongue.
It'son the tipof my tongue.
You try.
OK with my question.
What's the name of our new supplier?
Yeah I know, it's on the tip of my tongue too.
I can't remember.
Perfect. OK.
Now for homework,
I'm gonna ask you in the next lesson.
What's the name of our new supplier?
And you say, ah
It's on the tip of my tongue.
Just like that. OK.
We'll see you in the next lesson. Thank you.
