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- rain running over my face, standing as if frozen to the spotの意味を教えてください。
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"Signore?" I blink. The young man, the waiter from across the square, is right beside me, staring at me with a look that is half amusement, half concern. I wonder for an instant how long he has been there. "Signore, there is no other bus here for a long time. Where is it you want to go?" He speaks in English, and again there is a little surge of petulance in me. But then I remember how I must look---more so now, with the shoulders of my pale jacket splotched with rainwater, and rain running over my face, standing as if frozen to the spot. I shake my head. "No. I'm not going anywhere. I was just---thinking. I'm all right." He raises his eyebrows. "Your Italian is excellent," he says, switching languages. "I used to live here," I say. "In Italy?" I can't help smiling a little. His accent gives him away; he comes from the city, not this little town. He is more an outsider than I am. "No," I say. "Here, in Altesa. I grew up here." "Really?" he says, politely. I nod. "Before your time, I should think." "Ah," he says. "Well, come in for a drink some time, yes?" Guy BurtのThe Dandelion Clockからの英文です。 *********************************************************** rain running over my face, standing as if frozen to the spot のstanding as if frozen to the spotというのは、どんな状態なのでしょうか？ 最後の "Before your time, I should think."はどんなことを言っているのでしょうか。 教えてください。お願いします。
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> rain running over my face, standing as if frozen to the spot のstanding as if frozen to the spotというのは、どんな状態なのでしょうか？ 文字通りには 「凍り付いたように」 ですが、実際に 「凍り付いて」 いるわけではなくて、「その場に立ち尽くしている」 という状態を表す表現です。 > "Before your time, I should think."はどんなことを言っているのでしょうか。 Before your time は決まった表現で、たとえば下記のところをご参照ください。 http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/before-your-time それから I should think は should という語が入っているために、控えめな印象を与える圧減になります。 だから、たとえば 「君が生まれる前のことかもしれないけどね」 くらいでしょうか。
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