It was absolutely [really] excellent.
((略式))すごくいい,実にすばらしい
It was adapted from a novel by Sinclair Lewis.
それはシンクレア・ルイスの小説を脚色したものであった
It was after midnight when he arrived there.
彼がそこに着いたのは真夜中過ぎだった
It was almost four years ago―yes, four years!
4年ほど前のことだ―そう,4年だ
It was an effort to walk.
歩くのは一苦労だった
It was an unfavorable day for baseball.
その日は野球に向かない天候だった
It was announced as a failure.
失敗だったと公表された
It was announced that he would not run.
彼はレースに出ないと発表された
It was apparent that he was ill.
彼が病気なのはだれの目にも明らかだった
It was attended with pain.
それは苦痛を伴った