必死で考えた企画は却下、一生懸命作った本は売れない。山下さんは八方塞がりの状態に陥っている。

tbd

Yamashita is stuck with no way out. His well-thought-out project was rejected and the books he worked really hard on aren't selling.

彼は本があまり売れないので暮らし向きが悪い。

tbd

He is badly off, because his book doesn't sell well.

彼の新しいレコードは、よく売れる。

tbd

His new record sells well.

彼の小説はよく売れた。

tbd

His novel sold well.

日本車は海外でよく売れる。

tbd

Japanese cars sell well overseas.

展覧された絵のかなり多くが開会初日に売れた。

tbd

A good many of the pictures on exhibition were sold on the opening day.

聖書は毎年百万部以上売れる。

tbd

The Bible sells more than one million copies every year.

商品は値段が高いためにかえってよく売れるということがしばしばある。

tbd

It often happens that goods sell all the better for their high price.

若者を対象にした本が近頃良く売れる。

tbd

Books for young people sell well these days.

Books intended for young people will sell well.

傘が良く売れる。

tbd

Umbrellas sell well.