ラジオ英会話　Lesson 217 否定 ④ 「not + 強い表現」を使った婉曲表現

Kelly: You mean Onishi Kohei? Are you a fan?

Takuma: I’m not a huge baseball fan, but he is the　greatest pitcher of all time.

Kelly: That’s not exactly right. There have been better pitchers. But he’s a great all-around player.

Takuma: Oh, I guess you studied about baseball for the　program.

Kelly: Yeah, I had to.

Takuma: Onishi smiled a lot, but he seemed shy.

Kelly: He’s not so shy. He was just nervous in front of the camera.

Takuma: Oh.

My neighbor’s dog isn’t very smart.

He isn’t the handsomest guy in the world, but I love him.

He used a not-so-gentle approach.