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For Life
2005.05.19

Sometimes things just aren't worth repairing. Here's a word to use when that time comes!

Today's Lesson
REPLACE   取り替える

Explanation

  • To replace something that you no longer can - or no longer want to - use is to get something else to use in its place.
  • replace とは、もう使えないものや使いたくないものを、他のものに置き換える、という意味です。

examples

  1. Don't you think it's time we replace this old wallpaper?
  2. Do you know how to replace a car battery?
  3. Be careful with that laptop! If you break it, we can't afford to replace it.
  4. When I told the shop that the electric fan they'd sold me didn't work, they offered to replace it. But I just asked for my money back instead.

英会話レッスンThanks for the memories!