4/24(Wed) 106-110p Flashcards
(10 cards)
Tonight was the big school production of “The Wizard of Oz.”
The first sign that things were not going to go well happened before the play even started.
*production : 생산, 생산량, 생성, (영화·연극 등의) 제작 a new production of ‘King Lear’ 새로 제작된 ‘리어왕’
I was peeking through the curtain to check out how many people showed up to see the play, and guess who was standing right up front?
*peek : 훔쳐보다, 살짝 보이다
*peek through ~을 통해 훔쳐보다
He must have found out I was singing, and he couldn’t resist the chance to see me embarrass myself.
*resist : 저항하다, 참다, 굴하지 않다
*embarrass : 당황스럽게 만들다, 곤란하게 만들다
The play was supposed to start at 8:00, but it got delayed because Rodney James had stage fright.
*fright : 놀람, 섬뜩한 일
*stage fright : 무대 공포증
You’d figure that someone whose job it was to sit on the stage and do nothing could just suck it up for one performance.
*suck : 빨아 먹다, 빨다
*suck it up : (좋지 않은 일을 감정을 다스리며) 잘 받아들이다
Nobody could remember their lines, just like I predicted, but Mrs. Norton kept things moving along with her piano.
*keep things moving along : 상황을 계속 진행시키다
move the event along 행사를 진행시키다
I have been able to keep that nickname quiet for five years, and now all of the sudden the whole town knew it.
I could feel about 300 pairs of eyeballs pointed my way.
*keep quiet : 비밀로 해두다, 조용히 하다
*all of a sudden :갑자기, 불쑥
*eyeball : 안구, 눈을 동그랗게 뜨고 쳐다보다
*point : 의견, 가리키다, 겨누다
I did some quick ad-libbing and I was able to deflect the embarrassment over to Archie Kelly.
*deflect : 방향을 바꾸다, 피하다,~를 막다
*I was able to deflect~ 과거
I could deflect~ 현재나 미래에 일어날 가능성
I knew that if I sang the song and Rodrick recorded it, he would keep the tape forever and use it to humiliate me for the rest of my life.
*humiliate : 굴욕감을 주다
I didn’t want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. 나는 그녀에게 동료들 앞에서 굴욕감을 주고 싶지는 않았다.
I figured that if I didn’t technically sing the song, then Rodrick wouldn’t have anything to hold over my head.
*hold over one’s head : 계속 놀리다, 골려대다
