「[途中](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/34681/)まで[読んだ](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/52465/)」＝「I read part of it」、「I read about half/a quarter」、「I started reading it but」
「途中でやめた」＝「I gave up half-way」「I gave up after ～pages」
「話題の本を読んで見たけど、難しかったので途中でやめた」
I read part of that book but it was too difficult so I gave up.
I started reading that book but it was too difficult so I gave up half-way.
I read about half of that book but it was so difficult that I gave up.
3. That book was simply too difficult for my simple mind! (Humorous)
Usually people in the UK would not say that a book was 'too difficult'. That would be admitting your ability was inadequate in this case. They would use a euphemism to soften this depressing fact! Expression 1 is stating that the writing style did not suit your taste. Expression 2 is a little vague: 'Heavy' could mean the subject of the book was boring, or it could also mean the language used was quite difficult or too tedious to read. Expression 3 just makes a joke of the fact that the book was hard going.
You start by saying;
I didn't finish the book because.......and then any of the three phrases above.
Heavy going - means it was boring and not interesting
Couldn't get into it - it did not hold your attention and you didn't find it interestingly - similar to the third answer.
I hope this helps
Jane :)
I didn't finish the book because ... と始め、そして上記の３つのフレーズのどれかを言うといいですよ。
heavy going
- これはイマイチで面白くないことを意味します。
couldn't get into it
- これはあなたの感心を引かず、あなたはそれを面白いと思わなかったことを意味します。
３つ目のフレーズと同じような意味です。
参考になれば幸いです。
1. I wasn't able to finish my book because it was too difficult
2. I stopped reading my book because it was too difficult.
3. This book was too hard for me to finish
1. Wasn't able- this means that you did not have the skill or proficiency to read it.
2. This sentence can be used to say that you started the book but did not finish it because it was too difficult.
3. Too hard- hard is the opposite of easy. Too hard means it was too difficult for you to finish reading the book.
I hope this helps :)
example
"the text was really difficult, i only managed
to get halfway through".
or
"i read part of it"
or
"i didn't finish it because it was just too difficult for me".
例
"The text was really difficult, I only managed to get halfway through".
（文章がとても難しく、私は途中までしか読めませんでした。）
あるいは
"I read part of it".
（私は途中まで読みました。）
あるいは
"I didn't finish it because it was just too difficult for me".
（私にはとても難しくて最後まで読めませんでした。）
We can refer to the book's difficulty when talking about how we didn't finish it. We can talk about how we started it but didn't finish it without having to describe that it was difficult. Lastly we can simply say that we have read, "a part of it," to say that only a certain bit of the story has been read.
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