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2008.02.21
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BRACES / DENTURES 歯列矯正器/入れ歯
- Braces (plural noun) are a wire device attached to the teeth in order to make them straight.
Dentures (plural noun) are artificial (= not natural) teeth worn by people who have lost their natural ones. - braces (複数名詞)とは、歯並びをまっすぐにするために、歯につける針金でできた装置、つまり、歯科矯正器のことです。
dentures (複数名詞)は、もともと生えていた歯をなくした人がつける人工の歯、つまり、入れ歯のことです。
- I wore braces in high school to straighten my front teeth.
- (looking at a photo album)
What a sweet picture! I didn't know you had braces when you were little. - (dentist to patient)
Food can get caught in the braces, so it's important to brush well. - Billy's so excited - he gets his braces off today.
- Grandpa didn't start wearing dentures until he was 80.
- (patient to dentist)
Do I always have to take my dentures out at night? - Someone's selling a set of dentures on the Internet for $20,000! They say they were once worn by George Washington.
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