みんなのｲﾁｵｼ29万件!関心空間

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きのうは大雨だった｡
◎ It was raining a lot yesterday. (natural English)
○ We had heavy rain yesterday.
△ There was heavy rain yesterday.
× It was heavy rain yesterday.

(※"heavy rain" に "a" は付けない)

映画を見に行く｡
What do you like to do on Friday nights?(金曜の夜は何してる?)
ｰI like to go to the movies. (よく映画を見に行くよ)(※一般的な話)

What did you do yesterday?(昨日は何した?)
ｰI went to see a movie. / I went to watch a movie. / I went to a movie.
(映画を見に行ったよ)

(※"go to see the movies"とは言わない)

あの件どうなってる?
What's happening with that?
What's going on with that?

今日は会社を休んだ｡
I was absent from work today.
I was off from work today.
I took the day off from my company today.
× I absented myself from work today.
(ｱﾒﾘｶ人の先生曰く､absentを動詞で使うことはないそうです)