N1 grammar · Lesson 17
「んばかり」「とばかりに」: vivid exaggeration
演奏が終わると、会場は割れんばかりの拍手に包まれた。
「〜んばかり（に／の）」: an exaggerated “nearly …”; 「〜とばかりに」 「〜と言わんばかりに」: acting as if to say something. Read them in novels and news.
Practise
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In this lesson
- 01「〜んばかり」: as if about to …
- 02「〜とばかりに」: as if to say “…”
- 03Compared with similar expressions
- 04Putting them together: dialogue and short text
Practice
- Choose the meaning of each sentence
- Which sentence uses it correctly?
- Choose the phrase for each blank
- Change to the given form
- Put the pieces in order
- Read the passage and answer the questions
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