Q-Eng

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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/ )＞
shatter [verb]
1 : to break suddenly into many small pieces [no obj]
・The window shattered (into a thousand pieces) when it was hit by a rock. [+ obj]
・The rock shattered the window.
・She shattered her leg [=she broke her leg very badly] in a fall.
2 [+ obj] : to damage (something) very badly
・His dreams were shattered by their rejection.
・The end of his marriage shattered him emotionally.

1.⇒突然粉々に壊れること
2.⇒何かにひどく損傷を与えること

＜Examples by gyutaku＞
Shut the shutter so that the storm won't shatter the window.
Shut the shutter in order to protect the window from being shattered by the storm.
⇒嵐で窓が割れないようにシャッターを閉めてください

(in order) to はすぐでてきますが、so that がなかなかするっとでてきませぬ。
練習練習。

(*)斜字は http://www.learnersdictionary.com/ からの抜粋