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映画『TED』を見ながらイネス先生(尾山台、二子玉川、自由が丘、渋谷、恵比寿等)のレッスンを受けています。

命が宿ってしまった熊のぬいぐるみのTED。ある朝遅刻しそうなJohnを、職場の中古車販売店まで車で送り届けます。ところが、TEDは駐車場で止まっている車にぶつけてしまいます。自分の前方不注意なのにも関わらず、駐車していた車のせいにします。

さてout of nowhereとは、どのような意味なのでしょうか？

“Out of nowhere” means when something appears, or suddenly happens, when you weren’t expecting. So you were really not expecting something to happen, but it suddenly occurs. And you say it came out of no where, It is a surprise to you. You can say it happened unexpectedly, or to our surprise, or without warning something happened. You can say “the cat came out of nowhere and scared us”. Or “my best friend came out of nowhere while I was shopping in a mall. It was a surprise to you”. You are not expecting this to happen.

Q 辞書で調べると「青天の霹靂」

Ah, yes, because instead of came out of nowhere, you can say out of the blue, also means the same thing. Yes, out of the blue. We don’t say “a blot out of the blue”, but we say “out of the blue”, something happened. Just “out of the blue”.

Q That car just came out of the blue.

Yeah, you can say that, yes. But maybe in this case, “out of nowhere” is better.

　unexpectedly: 思いがけなく，不意に，突然.

　to our surprise: 驚いたことに

　without warning: 出し抜けに；急；不意；無断；突然

　out of the blue: 出し抜けに.

マンツーマン英会話ワンポイント・レッスン～”out of nowhere”の意味を教えてください

■出演
・ETCマンツーマン英会話イネス先生(尾山台、二子玉川、自由が丘、渋谷、恵比寿等)

■聞き手
・青樹洋文

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