English Flashcards
나는 겨우 먹고 산다. I have a hard time ____ ____ ____.
I have a hard time making ends meet.
인플레이션때문에 쇼핑할때 가격을 못본 척 한다.
Due to the inflation, I keep a close eye (on sth) when I shop.
the economy reels
휘청거리다
derelict
in a poor condition (The cities were derelict and dying)
dilapidated
Run down, shabby, ramshackle (The city has tons of old, dilapidated buildings.)
reel off
recite easily (He can reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents)
We’re _____ same boat
in the
in/on a boat 차이
in - 앉아서 못움직임 꽉차서. on 돌아다닐 수 있음
비행기 안에 있어
on a plane
sit on/in a couch 차이
on: 일반적 / in: 소파가 고장나서 푹 꺼질 때 등 특수한 경우
rampant
prevail, flourish (political violence was rampant)
be outraged
수동태로 쓰임
keep up with
to go or make progress at the same rate as others 쫓아가다 (The company can barely keep up with demand.)
sweeten the pill
말그대로임
dub
give an unofficial name or nickname
Wheeze
high-pitched whistling sound during breathing
knock it off
아오 그만 좀 해! ( tell someone to stop doing something that one finds annoying or foolish.)
Follow suit
to do the same thing (When one airline reduces its ticket prices, the rest usually follow suit.)
vet
investigate thoroughly
defy
resist, withstand
Debunk
to show that something is not true (The article debunks the notion that life exists on Mars.)
plaintiff
원고 (법)
prognosis
예후 (병)
Palliative care
고통완화치료 (말기질환 등에 마약 쓴다든가)
palliate
고통만 완화시키다
life-sustaining treatment
연명치료
start to take shape
말그대로
Outpost
a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force / 초소 느낌
fort
smaller than a fortress, fortification
stagger
lurch, reel 휘청거리며 걷다, 깜짝 놀래키다
lurch
휘청하다 (갑자기 한번 휭!)
staggering
astonishing, surprising
havoc
widespread destruction, devastation (havoc ON ___)
swath
a long broad strip of land
enclave/exclave
enclave = 다른 국가에 둘러싸여서 단절된 곳 (소수민족 거주지로도쓰임)
exclave = 국가의 다른 부분이 다른나라때문에 절단되어있음
아..집 일찍 갈 수 있었는데 아쉽다 ㅠ
So much for going home early today. (I had so much luck for에서 온듯)
퇴근하다
get off work
blanch
데치다/make white or pale by extracting color.
flinch
움찔! 쫄다
음주운전
drink and drive / drunk driving
졸음운전
Drowsy driving
Succumb
fail to resist pressure / 굴복하다 (succumb to leukemia)
antipathy
반감
Gust
a brief, strong rush of wind
lush
(of vegetation) growing luxuriantly.
fuddle
confuse or stupefy (someone), especially with alcohol
for good
forever, permanantly (The local college closed for good)
impending
(of an event regarded as threatening or significant) about to happen, forthcoming (nothing could prevent the impending disaster)
gamy
비린내 나는
taint
(verb) contaminate or pollute / 상한=tainted
blurt
to say something suddenly without thinking of the results (생각없이 내뱉다)
gullible
귀가 얇은 easily persuaded to believe something; credulous.
credulous
잘 속는, 남의 말을 잘 믿는
off the shelf medicine
처방전 필요 ㄴㄴ = over the counter
chipped
이가 나간 (컵, 도자기 등)
wring
(걸레짜내기) squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it
clasp
grasp tightly with one’s hand
wring one’s hands
깍지 끼다 (긴장되거나, 무력감 느낄 때)
brick and mortar
오프라인 거래의, 오프라인 소매점의
smell blood in the water
약점을 눈치채고 공격할 준비를 하다 (상어가 물속에서 피냄새 맡듯)
be slated to
be supposed/expeced to
fraught
full of
bifurcation
분기/분기점 the division of something into two branches or parts. (We have reached another bifurcation point in history.)
accreditation
(교육기관) 인가