おうち / 体調を崩し / 勝てた / ふられた / １番

[eeky]

Hi,


1. 小さいおうちは野原の草が緑に変わるのをみました。

Translation given: "She watched the grass turn green."

What is 小さいおうち?


2. あなたは会社員です。最近、体調を崩し、体重もずいぶ ん減ってしまいました。

I get the general idea of what this means, but who or what is the subject of 崩し?


3. テニスの試合で、もう少しで勝てたのに、逆転負けしてしまった。

My translation: "You were close to winning a tennis match, but ended up losing it instead."

a) Is 勝てた the past potential of 勝つ?

b) Is there a verb 負けす, or is 負けして from 負け + する? Neither possibility seems to be listed in WWWJDIC.


4. 変人にふられた。

What does this mean? I'm assuming ふられた is from ふる, but I don't know in what sense that is used.


5. 次の下線を引いた表現は、１番のａからｏのどの感情や 様子と関係がありますか。

What is the purpose of １番 in this sentence?

 

[Mike Cash]

おうち / 体調を崩し / 勝てた / ふられた / １番

1. A small house.

2. Probably あなた

3a. Yes

3b. Compound noun (this was a come-from-behind victory for the other person).

4. Got the brush off, was given the air. She broke up with him.

 

[Toritoribe]

3) a)
Yes.

b)
逆転負け（を）してしまった

4)
Isn't it 恋人?

5)
I bet there is a list "1" that contains emotions and appearances named a, b and c.

 

[eeky]

Thanks very much.

1. It's odd that I can't find おうち in the dictionary (WWWJDIC or Goo). Any idea why that would be? Also, what is the connection between 小さいおうち and the rest of the sentence? I mean, I assume it cannot be the subject of みました...

4. Whoops, yes, it is 恋人. I guess that is a kind of hilarious misreading...

5. The list "ａからｏ" is a list of words in the previous section, which is section 1. Do you think １番のａからｏ just means it is in section 1 then?

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
お ＋ うち.
That's a personification, unless おうち is a woman's name.(It's possible but rather old name, like in Meiji or Edo Period.)

4)
That mistake(変 <--> 恋) was used in an episode in a well-known novel/movies.

5)
Yes.

 

[eeky]

Aha, thanks, I did not think of お + うち.