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Appalling

=Awful

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(UK) pants= (US)

underwear

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(Adj) blunt=

Not sharp (a knife)

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Pull sb’s leg=

To trick sb (into believing sth false => not serious)

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(UK) loathe =

Hate

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Detest =

Hate

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Can’t stand=

Hate

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Paralyse

마비시키다

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Avalanche

눈사태

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Paraplegic

하반신 마비된 사람

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Quadriplegic

사지 마비된 사람

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Limb

다리

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Gate crasher

Sh who goes to an event without an interview

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Cellar

지하 저장고 (와인)

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Bring sth back

Make sth in the past remember in present

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Despise

Hate

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Ward

In a hospital, a large room with many beds for patients

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To deign

To lower yourself to sb else’s standard

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To relegate to a lower division

격하시키다

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Grave (gravely) urgent situation, problem

Serious

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Grave (그라브)

Accent/ accute

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Lengthening (form)

(N)

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Do sb a good turn

To help sb with sth

To do sb favour

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To go bankrupt(adj)

To file for bankruptcy

파산하다

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To file for

신청하다 제기하다 | file for divorce, bankruptcy

In the foreseeable future=

Near future

Sell off

싸게 팔아치우다

A golden opportunity

Once in a lifetime opportunity

Lame (adj) to give lame excuse | question

설득력없는 stupid

Huge enormous massive gigantic

거대한 큰 엄청난

Radical change my hometown has undergone radical change

근본적인 철저한

Go through experience receive a process/tests They are carrying out research experiments on you

겪다 (not 부정적 수행하다 실시하다

In the recent past

(Opposite of the meaning ‘in the foreseeable future’)

Augment sth 오그멘ㅌ

Make bigger, increase | Supplement your income

Hostility

Fight

Reply to sb/sth

Answer sb/sth

Require (formal)

Need (informal)

Exceed

Be more than

Cease

Stop end finish

Seek

Look for (job)

Decline (phrasal Verb?)

Turn down

Adhere to

Follow, stick to(-very similar meaning)

Glue (factory formal)

Adhesive(n)= glue

Encounter

Meet

Remit payment=

Send money

Terminate a contract, an agreement, a deal, a negotiation =

End

Ascertain 애썰테인 (the cause of a problem)=

Find out

The root cause (of a problem)

문제 근원

Remunerate sb | Company remunerates you

To pay (income, salary)

To complement sth/sb

보완하다 보충하다

The girl happily skips across the yard Jump (straight with legs) Hop (with 1 leg) Leap (widely)

깡충깡충뛰다

Take in my trousers

To reduce the waist size of your pants

Take on | Take sb on

고용하다 | -와 시합하다

Once in a blue moon

Hardly ever, rarely

Situation circumstance position = singular or Plural?

Singular/ condition = can be plural

Only one + singular | Only +

Plural Noun

Exclusive rights, record deal | do business/deal with one company

To opt for sth | to do sth

Decide to, on(Noun)

Elect a vote

Unusual =strange Unlikely= probability 20% chance Unfamiliar=don’t know sth/sb

take sth into account/consideration Consider sth= to think about sth (carefully) To bear sth in mind= consider Weigh (up) the pros and cons= balance

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``` Proximity to sb/sth =distance how far sb Sth is in the vicinity= is close to/nearby Immediacy(about time) Locality=immediate area(uncommon) ```

Afford sth = to have enough money to buy sth

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Fantasise about Hope for Wish for Aspire to

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Turn up We arranged to meet at 7pm but she never turned up He’s still hoping something will turn up

잃어버렸던 물건이 나타나다 도착하다 (우연히) 생기다

Turn around

(경기 경제 등) 호전되다

Take off

~(동안) 쉬다 | (공공서비스를) 중단하다

The hustle and bustle

(Neutral) busy movement and activity

Out of the blue(adv), clause

Suddenly and unexpectedly

long for sth | long to do sth

Have a strong wish or desire | Deep desire, probably, difficult to get

Solitude

The state of being alone (usually positive but neutral)

Eccentric(adj)

A person who is a bit different and slightly strange

Quaint village, town, place

Small, cute, charming

Expatriate

국외 거주자

to outshine/ outshone- outshined

To surpass in shining To surpass in splendor, ability, achievement, excellence ``` A product that outshone all competitors; to outshine sb -> he outshined all his brothers 형제중에서 그가 가장 빛난다 무색케하다 뺨치다 ```

adj. dismissive

무시하는

Vast ocean

A large number of children | A large amount of traffic

Crucial, vital, essential resources

Marginalised people

No one gives them job

at their disposal (formal)=

~that they can use(informal)

A lack of sth | To lack sth

Slightly fractionally marginally larger than New Zealand

To reveal

Show sth that was hidden/unknown

To express

Show opinion/feeling/idea

Sth lay(lies) forgotten (coll)

That sth exists and people have forgotten about it

To be protective of sth sympathetic to be defective

umpire - volley ball tennis baseball

Sit and see

Referee-football

Run and

Work - artwork, great achievement, amazing piece of art | Labour- construction

To fetch sth=

Collect/ To dog “Fetch”

To bid/ to make a bid | 가격 부르면서 경매

To create puzzle/mystery(coll)

Indeed=really, in fact | More formal

Augment sth 오그멘ㅌ

Make bigger, increase | Supplement your income

Hostility

Fight

Reply to sb/sth

Answer sb/sth

Require (formal)

Need (informal)

Exceed

Be more than

Cease

Stop end finish

Seek

Look for (job)

Decline (phrasal Verb?)

Turn down

Adhere to

Follow, stick to(-very similar meaning)

Glue (factory formal)

Adhesive(n)= glue

Encounter

Meet

Remit payment=

Send money

Terminate a contract, an agreement, a deal, a negotiation =

End

Ascertain 애썰테인 (the cause of a problem)=

Find out

The root cause (of a problem)

문제 근원

Remunerate sb | Company remunerates you

To pay (income, salary)

To complement sth/sb

보완하다 보충하다

The girl happily skips across the yard Jump (straight with legs) Hop (with 1 leg) Leap (widely)

깡충깡충뛰다

Take in my trousers

To reduce the waist size of your pants

Take on | Take sb on

고용하다 | -와 시합하다

Once in a blue moon

Hardly ever, rarely

Situation circumstance position = singular or Plural?

Singular/ condition = can be plural

Only one + singular | Only +

Plural Noun

Exclusive rights, record deal | do business/deal with one company

To opt for sth | to do sth

Decide to, on(Noun)

Elect a vote

Unusual =strange Unlikely= probability 20% chance Unfamiliar=don’t know sth/sb

take sth into account/consideration Consider sth= to think about sth (carefully) To bear sth in mind= consider Weigh (up) the pros and cons= balance

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``` Proximity to sb/sth =distance how far sb Sth is in the vicinity= is close to/nearby Immediacy(about time) Locality=immediate area(uncommon) ```

Afford sth = to have enough money to buy sth

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Fantasise about Hope for Wish for Aspire to

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To downsize home/

Adj. cosy

Comfortable+small

A hoarder/ to hoard

A compulsive collector, and cannot throw stuff away

A hem/ to hem/ adj. hem To feel hemmed in= to be surrounded by walls Facility of restriction/ limitation

To feel edgy,

Nervous

Mortgage=

A loan specifically to buy a house

To take out a mortgage(coll)

It gets to me(coll)

It makes me uncomfortable, and slightly annoyed

That’s a real plus

Expression

Take up= occupy

The chest of drawers 서랍 전체

To make room (coll)

Standing room =only room to stand

To have room for dessert (in your stomach)

Clingy = to cling on to sb/sth =stick to 클링이

Cling wrap

Room temperature (expression)

Icy cold beer

adj. Tepid

미지근한

No room to swing a cat

Really really small

Adj. cramped room

비좁은 uncomfortable, very small, not enough room for your stuff

Adj. roomy

넓은, =spacious

Room and board

Accommodation and (preparing food)

Leg room

In aeroplane

``` To know sth like the back of my hand (+) inside out (+) by heart (memorised the words) ```

National anthem 국가

Realise ambitious

To comprise sth/ consist of sth = to have

3 men and a woman make up the committee. The committee consists of/comprises 3 men and a woman.

To concern sb = is relevant/connected to sb | This matter does not concern you=it id none of your business

Agreeable weather | =nice

Seriously doubt (coll)

To resemble sb=look like

To reassemble | Disassemble

Look sound taste familiar(coll)

Deserve a reward/promotion

To strongly suspect

To be reliant on = cannot live without

Adj. visceral

Real, real-life you can touch it

N. Facade fa싸드

Face, surface of a building

V. Beam up

전송하다 보내다

Adj. Thorough

Diligent, conscientious, meticulous

Vault

금고

Subvert

(체제를)전복시키다, (믿음을) 뒤엎으려하다

To frequent somewhere =visit often/more than once **발음 quent 발음 강하게

N. disinterest | =detachment

(N, c) accomplishment | =feat of sth

He demonstrated an amazing feat of strength when he lifted the school bus.

Adv. Playfully = archly | In a not serious way

Reconnaissance (N, unc) =exploration/scouting 정찰

Fabric =Structure (N) =physical The fabric of society (Abstract of structure) 구조

Parameter= limitations of a project

To Intersect=to meet | = two ir more linear path that meet

To. Pepper The city is peppered with wonderful cafes and bay. 후추 치듯 널리 퍼져있고 randomly

Juxtaposition of sth and sth 병치, 연결

Adj. World-renowned =famous all over the world for people or things

(N) movie-goer, theatre-goar | =sb who goes to the theatre/cinema

Adj. Top-brand company, clothing/

Purpose-built(adj) for building | =designed and built for one specific reason

Sun-soaked(adj) beach city resort =receive a lot of blue skies and sun

Wind-swept (adj)

Receive a lot of wind

Bylaws (N,always pl) | =laws/rules for a specific area or community or group of people

long-standing friendship = endure

run-down neighbourhood, area | =old, poorly

Cut-price airline tickets =reduced/discounted (airfare)

Drop-down menu

Middle-aged (40-55)

Far-fetched idea/story/movie/plot | =unrealistic

To endow 기부하다

Highly regarded =highly respected

High-rise =very tall building

Life-saving transplant operation

Built-up open spare

Air-conditioned apartment

Hastily=quickly | 헤이슬리

To. Devour | (배가 고파서) 집어삼키다 파괴하다

Unfortunately 발음 unfallchu넷리

Perform 프form

Atypical, asexual (negative)

Non-stop, nonsense, non-smoking

Anti bacterial, social, clockwise

Im balance, moral, possible

il + L, R

Disused -used before, but not anymore | Unused -brand new

``` thou = you art = are ```

Re used, paid

Pre paid cooked

Under used cooked paid

Over cooked, used

Rely on sb Reliable - able to believe Reliant *on

To move-> movement (N) To inform -> information => 80% of all verb -> noun transformations

completion (N) | To complete sth

Endure durable

Uncommunicative

A shortage of labour

``` Congregation (예배위해모인) 신자들 To Congregate (uc) ```

Segregation | Alienation

Misinformed - unintentionally given the wrong information | Unimformed - don’t have the information, because no one told

There’s no substitute for sth | -만큼 좋은건 없어

Which that who + clause/V+obj | Whose when why where + S + V

Date back # year = exist for # year

To make your hair stand on end | =to be really frightened

To be out of the ordinary (adj) =unusual, not normal, not typical Seeing Gui do writing homework was really out of the ordinary

To be paramount (adj) =very important It is paramount that you save enough money before coming to Australia.

To commission sb to do sth | = pay a specialist/professional (usually lots of money to build/make/design/do sth for you

Remuneration 보수 (N, unc) =salary

To indulge myself by doing sth | =to enjoy doing sth -> a guilty pleasure=sth you really enjoy, but you shouldn’t do too much.

To arrange for sth to V

Complain about

Provided (that), as long as (1st con) = if As long as -> stronger condition i.e. there is no choice or flexibility

As for sth =regarding sth | When you want to indicate a change in topic

As yet=until now

As it is=current The current situation The situation as it is + V

As=since=because | At start). (Middle position

Who were you talking to? = To whom were you talking?(more formal)

The government recently implemented a number of laws regarding alcohol consumption. Most of them have been ineffective. The government recently implemented a number of laws regarding alcohol consumption, most of WHICH( preposition + relative pronoun; whom or which + relative clause ) have been ineffective.

There are 2 people on my table, neither of whom are from Europe. / one of whom (half percent) both of whom ( 100% percent ) 3 or more people None of whom are Half of whom are All of whom are All other quantifiers = a quarter Many/most/a few

((To show the results))I’ve heard it might rain this weekend. In that case/So, I’ll probably stay home. -> I’ve heard it might rain this weekend, in which case(=so) I’ll probably stay home. (More formal)

Alcohol-related crime has increased recently. Therefore(=as a result, so), the government has deployed more police to the streets. -> Alcohol-related crime has increased recently, as a result of which(=so)/the result of which, the government has deployed more police to the streets.

—-> keep continuing (advanced relative clause) ((To talk about time)) ELC opened in 2004, since when thousands of students have studied there (Since + always perfect tense) I waited for her until 7pm. At 7pm(=at that point) I gave up and went home. -> I waited for her until 7pm, at WHICH point I gave up and went home. At that point~afterwards, and then, after that.

——-> The war ended in 1945(=by that/ by that time), millions of people had lost their lives. = The war ended in 1945, by WHICH time millions of people had lost their lives.

1. Present simple (or continuous) + relative clauses Let’s visit the people who live in the forest (X) Let’s visit the people living in the forest (O)

2. A passive (usually past/present simple) in the relative clauses The latest Star wars film, which was directed by JJ Abrams, is the find chapter in the series. -> The latest Star wars film, DIRECTED BY JJ Abrams, is the find chapter in the series.

3. With phrases the first/second,..last (TO inf) The first person who finishes will win the prize. -> The first person to finish will win the prize

Her husband left her. She had been married to him for 14 yrs. After that, she was burgled. -> Her husband, who had been married to her for 14 yrs, left her, at which point, she was burgled.

The next thing to happen was that her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Her mother had always been healthy. -> The next thing to happen was that her mother, who had always been healthy, was diagnosed with cancer.

That very day she gave it away to a museum. The museum collects objects. They belonged to the poet. -> That very day she gave it away to a museum which collects objects belonging to the poet.

Relieved = reassured

Sth is a bit of slog | =just long, boring, slow, monotonous (머넛언어스) to describe a book/movie, or a waste activity

Cultivated image

What gets me | =what irritates, annoys me

Shortly= soon | I’ll be there shortly

Continual - many individual interruptions Continuous - continuing cycle

``` Imaginative = creative Imaginary = fictional ```

Permission - abstract | Permit - physical document

Raise - 목적어 필요 | Rise - 목적어 불필요

To sow seeds in a field | (씨)를 뿌리다

``` Stationary = not moving Stationery = school supplies ```

Go stark raving bonkers Stark raving 아주 완전히 go Bonkers 돌아버리다 (완전히 제정신 아닌)

Rows 롸 Usually with sb very familiar =arguments

Empathise = 공감하다 Empathise with sb Sympathise with sb 동정하다 = understand and share the feelings

Eloquence 웅변 Eloquent 말을 잘하는 Inarticulate 말이 어눌한

Banter 정감 어린 농담 밴터ㄹ

N. Unease 불안 =discomfort Uncomfortable - physical, mental I feel uneasy - only mental

Haunted house 귀신이 나오는 집

Comfortable = to be at ease relieved (relaxed) -> mental

Sporadic randomly

On a diet of football | To do say what was a huge part/influence on your childhood

To come to terms with sth | =to accept an undesirable/negative situation

Grieving period | Grief (n) 비탄

Join in - dont need a object Take part in STH Participate in STH

To play by the rules | Sport

Take heart “dont worry”

Regime 정권

Uncontrolled out of control | Uncontrollable - not to control sth

Able | Enrich enable empower

Intrusion Intrude Intruder

Curable | Cure (n, v)

``` Have a chat Have a conversation Make conversation (no article) =to start Have a debate (informal) = hold a debate (formal) Hold a discussion (formal) Have a discussion ``` Have a gossip to gossip about sb/sth Give a presentation Make=give a speech Give a statement (목격자가) 진술하다 to officially report sth to the authorities/media Make a statement =to communicate what you support/believe in

Referendum | 국민투표/총선거

To give a talk(workshop, educational presentation for professionals) =have a talk

To keep STH going

STH is a matter for debate | =sth is very complex

To put your trust in sb Trustworthy (adj) Dependable reliable honest Trusty (adj) + STH : sth that old, but very high quality and reliable

Adj. trusting (adj) Sb who trusts people too easily Be mistrustful of sb/sth =dont trust sb/sth only with mis (Un)trustworthy

Naive -adult , innocent -neutral

``` Gravelly -negative of husky 걸걸한 Phlegm 가래 Croaky 꺽꺽거리는 목소리 Lively Mellow =chill,relaxed 그윽한 목소리 Monotonous=flat Soothing -진정시키는 목소리 To soothe sth makes it feel comfortable Squeaky 끼익거리는 The table is wobbly 워블리 불안정한 Wobbly voice - when you give a speech in front of the public ```

Hinge 문뚜껑의 경첩 | WD-40

Nostril 콧구멍

Drowsy (adj) 졸리는 나른하게 만드는 | Drowssiness

Speak IN a high-pitched way/voice | To do sth in anger

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