N2 grammar · Lesson 4

Why: 「もので」「からには」「以上いじょう」「だけに」「あまり」

引ひき受うけたからには、最後さいごまで責任せきにんを持もってやります。

「ものだから」: excuses; 「からには」 「以上いじょう」: “now that”; 「だけに」: “all the more because”; 「あまり」: “so … that”. Compare 「から」 「ので」.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01「〜ものだから」 and 「〜もので」: reasons that sound like excuses
  2. 02「〜からには」 and 「〜以上いじょう（は）」: now that …
  3. 03「〜だけに」: precisely because … (all the more)
  4. 04「〜あまり（に）」: so … that
  5. 05Compared with similar expressions
  6. 06Dialogue and short text: late for work, opening a bakery

Practice

  • What does this sentence mean?
  • Which sentence uses it correctly?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Rewrite as asked
  • Put the pieces in order
  • Read the passage and answer the questions

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