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2009.01.28

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Today's LessonCATEGORY: イディオム
HEAD START   有利なスタート

Explanation

  • A head start is something that gives you a better chance than other people of succeeding or winning in a competition. For example, if you are given a head start in a race, you are allowed to begin the race sooner than the other runners or from a position that is closer to the finish line.
  • head start とは、競争で成功したり勝ったりする可能性が、他の人よりも高いこと、つまり、有利なスタートのことです。たとえば、レースで head start を与えられていると、他の走者より早く走り始められたり、ゴールにより近い位置からスタートすることが出来ます。

HEAD START

examples

  1. We taught both of our children to read when they were just 3 years old. We wanted to give them a head start in school.
  2. (first-year junior high school student)
    I lived in the United States for two years when I was little, so I have a big head start over the other kids in my English class.
  3. (after racing a friend)
    a: I win!
    b: No fair - you had a head start!
  4. I know it's still January, but it never hurts to get a head start on planning for Golden Week. Hotels fill up so fast.

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