han'i o dono yō ni kakutei suru kahow to 'delimit the scope

kata o sukumeruto shrug one's shoulders

Tori wa karui gasu ni te ukandeiru no de wa nai to iu koto ni kokorozuite, kūki no teikōryoku o riyō shite kūchū ni ukabi, shikashite hikō sen to suru tokoro no hikōki (furaingu mashin) o hatsumei sen to kuwadateta tokoro no jinshi mo korai sukunaku arimasen.There is no shortage of people from ancient times who, after realising that birds do not float upon a light gas, have plotted to invent flying machines that fly by floating in the air by using air resistance.

Kare wa hanbun nemutteita.He was half asleep.