Director Ridley Scott's American Gangster is in many ways a classic American success story: a hero -- uneducated, poor, accustomed to the street -- begins with little but his faith in honesty, integrity, hard work, and family; with these and some good old American know-how, he overcomes adversity and becomes wealthy beyond his dreams."A-MT-032", "2285303"
and one of those experimental orders which pass like waves over bureaucracy had decreed first that all visitors should change their clothes for a sort of official sackcloth,〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_BOY", "2586501"
His line of life had not been the shortest distance between two points and for short periods he had been driven to live by his wits.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_GRACE1", "2321211"
彼女は世渡りが下手なことをぼやいていた。
She was complaining that she had no social graces.