Preview（腕試し）(An easy one!)

Kumiko: Can I read the newspaper you were reading earlier?

Yukiko: I'm sorry, I've already thrown it away.

Yukiko:

A. Threw the newspaper out of the window.

B. Threw the newspaper at Kumiko.

C. Put the newspaper in a garbage can.

D. Dropped the newspaper on the street or sidewalk.

　

Quick Glossary （用語辞典）

sidewalk = 歩道

pronoun = 代名詞

Examples（例文）

As a society, we tend to throw away too many things that can be recycled.

Have you ever thrown away something that you later discovereed you needed?

Note that if you use a pronoun, it will go in the middle of the idiom.

I couldn't fix the cheap watch I bought last year so I threw it away.

Exercises （練習）Type the proper form of the idiom in the box.

1. I the computer catalog I was reading yesterday, and I just now realized that I can't remember the name of the software I was going to buy.

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2. I wanted to see the magazine Yumi was talking about, but she's already .

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(Note: There are several other ways the idiom could be expressed in this sentence, but the answer given is probably the most natural.)