Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I recommend giving it to them straight, don't waffle your way around the subject.

At the end, the narrator says, "Japan will definitely save all the abductees."

A real discussion is not just a question of hitting your opponent where it hurts.

President Obama said, "These 50 years have shown that isolation has not worked. It's time for a new approach."

In his view, the domination by English is a threat to the heritage of humanity. It poses an even worse risk: This "single language" will lead to a "single thought" obsessed with money and consumerism.

The word mottainai also suggests a failure to respect the bonds between things.

And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices.

Unbelievable cultural decline, stupendous ignorance, idealistic rubbish, and obscurantism find their strongest support among American reactionaries.

There is nothing more shameful than to say what one cannot say for certain.

“Nike” means “victory” in Greek and here the Athenian people prayed for victory in their country’s wars.

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously but that's easier said than done.

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.

He cited Lincoln’s words and said that the legitimate object of government is to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they can not do by themselves.

Don't get smart with me, or you'll get a black eye!

In truth, the very simple reason why this incident did not appear in the newspapers is that, outside of a single witness, no one knew about it.

He spoke so little to the purpose that he had better have left it undone.

Granted that [Even if] your statement is true, it is no excuse for neglecting your duties.

I don't know whether she believed me or not but in any case it seems she doesn't automatically dismiss talk of the supernatural.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics--Franklin D. Roosevelt

This is not an excuse for inappropriate behaviour.

A member of the victims' families said at the ceremony, "We will pass on the lessons of the disaster to the next generation so the disaster will not be forgotten."

He said, "It is time for us to come together as one united people. I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all Americans."

Family members of the Japanese victims said in a statement, "The Austrian justice system is not working correctly."

In referring to the cause of his party's defeat, he said, "My announcement concerning a rise in the consumption tax may have come as a surprise. I should have given a better explanation of the proposal."

It is well said that “a great man can brook no rival.”

“Close sits my shirt, but closer sits my skin,” as the saying goes.

There is no need to say such mean things to people who have only just joined and don't yet know the ins and outs.

At the press conference, a German physician, Norbert Vollertsen, said, "This is our first attempt. We won't be discouraged by this failure. We'll continue our activities."

A spokesman for a federation to preserve floats said, “This might not make a big difference, but we’ll start by doing what we can do.”

She said, "The public still seems to feel that the suspicions have not been cleared. I decided to resign so that public trust in politics will not be further damaged."