ただだらだらとしゃべっていて、試験に必要なことにはなかなか触れてくれないんだ。

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English Translation

He just drones on and on but hardly even touches on what we need to know for the test.

Furigana

ただだらだらとしゃべっていて、試験(しけん)に必要(ひつよう)なことにはなかなか触(ふ)れてくれないんだ。

Romanji

Tada daradara to shabetteite, shiken ni hitsuyōna koto ni wa nakanaka furetekurenai n da.

Words

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

だらだら (だらだら)

in drops; dripping; trickling; streaming; flowing; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; lengthily; leisurely; idly; slowly; slovenly

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

喋る (しゃべる)

to talk; to chat; to chatter

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

中中 (なかなか)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

触れる (ふれる)

to touch; to feel; to experience; to come in contact with; to be emotionally moved (by); to perceive; to touch on a subject; to allude to; to be in conflict (with); to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to proclaim

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative