somewhere

somewhere
どこか 何処か
そこら 其処ら
* * *
/sʌ́mwèə(r), ((米+))-hwèə(r)/
〖副〗(φ比較)[肯定文で] どこかで[へ, に](((主に米略式)) someplace)

They live ~ in Paris. 彼らはパリのどこかに住んでいる

His house must be ~ near here. 彼の家はどこかこの近くにあるに違いない

~ elseどこか別の所.

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◇[語法]
(1) 否定・疑問文では通例anywhere: They do not live anywhere in Paris. / Is his house anywhere near here?《◆Is his house somewhere near here?だと, 「この辺にあることはたぶん間違いなかろうが」という話し手の気持を表す》.
(2) 名詞的にも用いる(cf. ⇒ nowhere ): You need ~ to put them. それらを置く場所が必要だ.
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get somewhere
((略式))(議論などで)目鼻がつく, なんとかなる

We're finally getting ~. ようやく目鼻がついてきたね.

… or somewhere
…かどこかへ[で].
somewhere around [near, about] O
(1) [場所・位置] …のどこか近く[あたり]で.
(2) [程度・時間など] およそ, ある頃に

~ around 10 o'clock 10時ごろに.

◇[語法] 文脈に応じてbetween, inなども用いる: Money can be generated legally, illegally, on ~ in between. お金は合法的, 非合法的に, あるいはその中間的手段で生み出すことができる/ ~ in the 1980's1980年代のころに.
somewhere or other
(どこか知らぬが)その辺, そこいら.

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