言い返す
目上の人に言い返すtalk back to one's superiors相手の悪口雑言に彼も負けずに言い返したUndaunted by his opponent's abuse, he ret...
言い方
「生き字引」とはうまい言い方だ“Walking dictionary” is 「a happy [an apt] expression.彼女は物の言い方を知らないShe does not kno...
言い知れぬ
unspeakable; indescribable; inexpressible言い知れぬ恐怖［不安］an unspeakable [indescribable] fear [anxiety]...
言い損なう
1〔言い違える〕make a mistake (in speaking)；〔失言する〕make a slip of the tongue彼はよく人の名を言い損なうHe often makes m...
言い立てる
〔述べる〕state, declare ((that))；〔言い張る〕assert ((that))彼はこの建築の責任者は自分であると言い立てたHe asserted [declared] th...
言い付ける
1〔命じる〕order; tell; instruct ((a person to do))支配人は秘書に次々と用を言い付けたThe manager gave his secretary one...
言い伝える
1〔代々口で伝える〕hand down (by word of mouth)；〔うわさを〕spread, circulate村人たちは二人の悲恋の物語を今日に言い伝えているThe village...
許嫁
〔男性〕 ((her)) fiancé；〔女性〕 ((his)) fiancée；《文》 one's betrothedあの人たちはいいなずけ同士ですThey are engaged.
言いなり
言いなりになるbe under a person's thumb／jump [be] at a person's beck and call人を言いなりにさせる「twist a person [...
言い囃す
1〔褒める〕praise ⇒ほめちぎる（褒めちぎる）彼女の文才は当時言いはやされたものだHer literary talent was praised to the skies in those...
