ラジオ英会話 Lesson 217 否定 ④ 「not + 強い表現」を使った婉曲表現
That’s not exactly right.
Today’s dialog
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.
Grammar and Vocabulary
Target Forms
Key Sentence
Practice
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.
Grammar in Action
WORDS & PHRASES
～ of all time: 史上～の
exactly: 厳密には
all-around: 万能の、多才な
nervous: 緊張して
store-bought: 店で買った・既製の
gifted at math: (天賦の)数学の才能がある
turn out ～: 結局～~ということがわかる・～になる
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