those
gb/ðˈoʊz/ us/ðˈoʊz/
A1
英語
~ 200
語義
0件の語義
pronoun
A1
relation
1
Refers to specific people or things
Used to talk about people or things you already know about, that are not close to you.
用法パターン：
those [plural noun]
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes confuse 'those' with 'these', using 'those' for nearby objects instead of distant ones.
類義語
these (Refers to people or things near the speaker, unlike 'those' which refers to ones farther away.)
対義語
these (Opposite in terms of distance from the speaker; 'these' is for near, 'those' is for far.)
コロケーション
those people
|those days
|those shoes
|those ideas
|those times
テーマ
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
例文
- Those shoes look great on you.
- I remember those days when we were young.
- Can you hand me those books on the shelf?
- Those are my favorite cookies.
- She doesn't like those kinds of movies.
学習者向け例文
- Those apples are red.
- I like those cars.
- Those men are tall.
- Those birds are in the tree.
- Those chairs are big.
文法
表現
one of those days
1/wˈʌn əv ðˈoʊz dˈeɪz/
fixed phrase
informal
Day full of problems or difficulties
A day when everything seems to go wrong.
例文
- It's been one of those days — nothing is working out.
- I'm having one of those days where I just want to go back to bed.
those were the days
1/ðˈoʊz wɚ ðə dˈeɪz/
fixed phrase
informal
Nostalgic reference to the past
Used to say that a time in the past was happy or good.
例文
- We used to go dancing every Saturday — those were the days!
- Ah, those were the days when life was simple.