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I make and post some English sentences for daily training.
If you found any mistakes in them, please let me know.
この書き込みは、英語学習の一貫として私 gyutaku が作った英作文です。
文法間違いやタイポなどがあれば是非教えてください。
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<Word of the day (from
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ )>
bleak [iadjective]
1 : not warm, friendly, cheerful, etc.
・The weather is bleak. [=cold, rainy, dark, etc.]
・a bleak landscape
・a bleak [=dismal] movie about a prison
・a bleak [=dreary] concrete building with few windows
2 : not hopeful or encouraging
・The future looks bleak. [=grim, depressing]
・Their chances of winning the game were bleak. [=it was not likely that they would win the game]
・a bleak economic climate
1.⇒暖かくない、友好的でない、元気が無い
2.⇒希望が無い、勇気づけない
<Examples by gyutaku>
I don't like a bleak dismal weather of winter.
⇒私は冬の寒い暗い天気が好きではありません。
The building looks bleak at a glance but you will find something warm in it if you look carefully.
⇒その建物は一見そっけなく見えるが、よく見ればその中に何か暖かさを感じるはずです。
Now I can't conceive anything but a bleak future.
⇒今の私には暗い未来しか想像できません。
a future と the future の使い分けができていません。
(*)斜字は
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ からの抜粋
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