例文・使い方で印象づける「commence」の覚え方
スポンサーリンク... “Monseigneur, comprehending the bad effect of this position on the siege artillery, commanded the frigates moored in the little road to commence a regular fire against the place... 
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...The women and children had seated themselves in a wide circle aboutthe victims while the warriors, hideously painted, were formingslowly to commence the dance of death...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Tarzan the Untamed」
... When a lion is very hungry, and lying in wait, the sight of an animal may make him commence stalking it...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
..." If news is asked for, they commence with, "There is no news: I heard some lies only," and then tell all they know...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
... If the reader remembers the way in which I was led, while teaching the Bakwains, to commence exploration, he will, I think, recognize the hand of Providence...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...I was very weak from the fever that had attacked me the day before, and it was a most injudicious act to commence a march under such circumstances...
Henry M. Stanley 「How I Found Livingstone」
... Fully bent on leaving, the following Sunday was fixed by him on which to commence his journey...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...He was generously assisted through his education and trade, and was prepared to commence life at his majority, an intelligent mechanic, and a man of promise...
William Still 「The Underground Railroad」
...In a few days, the boat upon which I was to work being ready, I went onboard to commence...
William Wells Brown 「The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave」
... "But you want to meet my daughter befo' you commence th'owin'bokays...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The House Behind the Cedars」
... When the time for the races to commence came, all was bustle and excitement in the house and on the plantation...
Austin Steward 「Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman」
...The blowing of the horn, and assembling of the hounds, and finally therelease of the fox from his close prison, were the signals for thechase to commence...
William Wells Brown 「Clotelle: a Tale of the Southern States」
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