ጤና ይስጥልን፤ እንኳን አዳዲስ የእንግሊዝኛ አገላለፆችን እንዲማሩ ወደምናግዝበት English Expressions በደህና መጡ። ዛሬ ‘to brush over’ ‘ቸል ብሎ ማለፍ’ የተባለውን የእንግሊዝኛ አገላለጽ መጠቀምን እንማራለን። ምን ማለት ይመስልዎታል? እርግጠኛ አይደሉም? እሽ፥ መስማትዎን ይቀጥሉ። እስኪ በሮብ እና በሊ መካከል የሚከናወነውን ልውውጥ እናዳምጥ። ሮብ ስቱዲዮውን ቀለም መቀባቱ ጥሩ ኃሳብ እንዳልሆነ ሊ ያሰበችው ለምንድን ነው? ሮብ ስቱዲዮውን ቀለም የመቀባት ኃሳቡን ሊ በመቀወሟ ምን ዓይነት አፀፋ ነው ያሳየው? እስኪ አብረን እንይ።

Rob
Now, Li, would you just mind holding that ladder still, please.

Li
I'm trying… but Rob, what are you doing up a ladder, anyway?

Rob
I'm decorating!

Li
Why?

Rob
Well, this studio is really scruffy – you know, not that smart – so I thought I'd tidy it up and paint it, too.

Li
Hmmm. I don't think it's a good idea.

ሮብ ስቱዲዮው ‘scruffy’ ‘ዝርክርክ’ እንደሆን ያስባል፤ ስለዚህም ‘tidy’ ‘ሊያፀዳው’ እና ‘paint’ ‘ቀለም ሊቀባው’ ይፈልጋል። ሊ ይህ ኃሳብ መልካም ሆኖ አልታያትም። ለምን እንደሆን እንይ እስኪ።

Li
For a start, you haven't put any sheets down to stop the paint splashing on the carpet, … and you need to move the chairs outside… you are wearing smart clothes, not ones for decorating in.

Rob
Well, no, err, that's true. But shall we just brush over that?

Li
Brush over? You can't brush over those things – you'll get paint everywhere!

Rob
No, Li! When you say you will 'brush over' something, it means you will ignore it or not take it that seriously.

Li
Oh, I see. So Rob, you're saying making the preparations for decorating is not important and you are going to ignore it?

Rob
Yes, well… I'm in a rush.

Li
I see.

ሮብ ቀለም በሚቀባበት ጊዜ ራሱ እና የወለል ምንጣፉን በቀለም ያጨመላልቃል ስትል ሊ ሰግታለች። ነገር ግን ሮብ ይህንን ሃቅ ‘to brush over’ እና ሥራውን መቀጠል ይፈልጋል። ‘brush over’ ሁለት ቃላትን፥ ‘brush’ እና ‘over’ ን በማጣመር ነው የተፈጠረው። ‘over’ የሚያመላክተው ‘brush’ የምናግደርግበትን ቦታ ነው። አንድን ነገር ‘brush over’ ሲያደርጉ ያንን ጉዳይ ቸል እያሉት ነው አሊያም ደግሞ ከቁብ አልቆጠሩትም ማለት ነው። አንድን ጉዳይ በጣም ቀለል አድርገው እንደያዙት እና ወደዝርዝሩ ጠልቅ ብለው እንዳለገቡ የሚገልፅም ነው፥። በዚህኛው ምሳሌ እንዳለው ሁሉ ብዙ ጊዜ አሉታዊ ትርጓሜ ይኖረዋል። ሮብ ምናልባትም ቀለሙን ስቱዲዮ ውስጥ የማዝረክረኩን ዕድል ቸል ማለት አልነበረበትም። ይህ አገላለፅ እንዴት ጥቅም ላይ እንደሚውል የሚያሳዩ ተጨማሪ ምሳሌዎችን እናዳምጥ።

Examples
My teacher's history lesson was fascinating, but he brushed over World War I and that was the bit I wanted to hear about the most!

We haven't sorted the figures for the meeting, but we'll brush over those seeing as they are not that important and just talk about the future.

Whenever I bring up the things we need to fix in our office, my boss always just brushes over them. He never shows any interest in sorting them out even though they are a big inconvenience.

I really need a new phone, I might buy one this weekend...
But didn’t you say you didn’t have enough money yesterday?
Yes, well… let’s brush over that, shall we?

Li
So, to 'brush over' something means to ignore something or miss it out. Rob, have you actually asked for permission to decorate this studio? It doesn't belong to you.

Rob
Yeah, well… err…

Li
Are you brushing over that, too?! Anyway, even if you did get permission, shouldn't you cover up the windows?

Rob
That's true, Li. But before I do any of that, there is something more important to do.

Li
Oh yes?

Rob
Buy some paintbrushes!

Li
Ah yes, you can't brush over that!

ሮብ የመቀቢያ ብሩሽ ከመግዛት አልፈለገም እንጅ ሁሉንም ነገር ቀለም መቀባት የሻተ ይመስላል። 'Brushing over things' ጊዜ እንድትቆጥቡ ሊያስችላችሁ ይችላል፤ ነገር ግን ሮብ እንዳንድ ጥንቃቄዎችን ማድረግን ማስታወስ አለበት! እርስዎስ? ምን ዓይነት ነገሮችን ቸል ብለው አልፈዋል? ነገሪሮቹን ቸል ብሎ ማልፍስ ችግር አስከትሎብዎት ያውቃል? ለተጨማሪ English Expressions. በሚቀጥለው ዝግጅታችን ይጠብቁን።

Answers:

1. No, he hasn't prepared well.

2. No he doesn't think this is important - he is brushing over it!