- Think about it.
- How about a beer? （how about：勧誘）
- Do you want to tell me about it? （前置詞句 about it は tell の目的語）
- "What shall we write about?" they asked.
［前置詞：周囲・近接：～の周りで、～頃］
- His house is somewhere about here. （about hereは定型句）
- It will be about the end of our adventures, I guess. （数値に使う場合は副詞）
- Many strange things happened about me. （=around ※米）
［副詞：近接・概算：約・およそ］
- I got up about six. （時間）
- I walked about 1 mile. （距離）
- I paid about 50 dollars. （お金）
［副詞：近接：ちょうど～するところ、ほとんど］
- It's about time.
- We're about ready.
- That's about right.
- I was about to go out when he called on me. （be to do構文にaboutが付く）
※日記 に補足があります。
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