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slip out
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There are two big questions a man has to ask in life. One, you plan out for months. The other just slips out when you’re half drunk at some bar.
O) I’m sorry I said that. It just slipped out.
when something slips out, you say it without really intending to
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fluff/flʌf/
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I do those dumb little fluff pieces at the end of the news.
- (informal, especially North American English) entertainment that is not serious and is not considered to have great value
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long shot
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T: Uh, I know this is a long shot, but how about tomorrow night?
R: Yeah, what the hell?
an attempt or a guess that is not likely to be successful but is worth trying
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bistro/ˈbiːstroʊ/
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The next night, I took her out to this little bistro in Brooklyn.
a small informal restaurant
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no dice
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I gotta get one of those blue French horns for over my fireplace. It’s gotta be blue, it’s gotta be French.
-No green clarinet? -No. -Come on. No purple tuba?
It’s a Smurf penis or no dice.
(informal) used to show that you refuse to do something, or that something cannot be done
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bat your eyes/eyelashes
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T: She didn’t even give me the signal.
B: What, is she gonna, she gonna bat her eyes at you in Morse code?
to open and close your eyes quickly, in a way that is supposed to be attractive
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the moment of truth
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T: Okay, moment of truth. Wish me luck.
B: Ted’s gonna get it on with a TV reporter.
a time when somebody/something is tested, or when important decisions are made
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get it on (with sb)
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T: Okay, moment of truth. Wish me luck.
B: Ted’s gonna get it on with a TV reporter.
(slang, especially North American English) to have sex with somebody
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reference/ˈrefrəns/N
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R: Everyone thinks they’re a good kisser.
T: Oh, I’ve got references.
M3. [COUNTABLE] a statement from someone who knows you or has worked with you that gives information about you. You often need to provide a reference when you apply for a new job
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excruciating/ɪkˈskruːʃieɪtɪŋ/
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T: Okay, where was I?
- You were telling us how you met Mom.
- In excruciating detail.
extremely painful or bad
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relapse/rɪˈlæps/V
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T: Damn it! I’m in love with her.
M: No! As your sponsor, I’m not gonna let you relapse. You blew it, it’s over, move on.
[intransitive]
relapse (into something)
to go back into a previous condition or into a worse state after making an improvement
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grab-a-prize machine
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…where four-year-old Leroy Ellenberg has climbed inside a grab-a-prize machine and gotten stuck.
뽑기 기계
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swing by (sth)
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We’re having a party next Friday, if you feel like swinging by.
(North American English, informal) to visit a place or person for a short time
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plan sth-out
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M: So, Gatsby, what are you gonna do when Robin shows up?
T: Okay, I got it all planned out.
to plan carefully and in detail something that you are going to do in the future
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shimmer/ˈʃɪmər/
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B: What’s so special about the roof?
L: Oh, the moon, the stars, the shimmering skyline. You can’t not fall in love on that roof.
[intransitive] to shine with a soft light that seems to move slightly
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smokin’
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B: Ted, look at her. She’s smoking!
super hot
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coaster/ˈkoʊstər/
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Where the hell is my book… oh! An Introduction to Contract Tort and Restitution Statutes from 1865-1923 is not a coaster!!
- a small flat object which you put under a glass to protect the top of a table
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insincere/ˌɪnsɪnˈsɪr/
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R: We could be friends. Look, I know it sounds insincere when people say that, but… we could.
(disapproving) saying or doing something that you do not really mean or believe
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knock sth-back
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M: I’m going to knock back this beer. I’m going to knock back one more beer. I’m going to go home. I’m going to write a 25-page paper. I’m going to go home. I’m going to write a 25-page paper.
(informal) to drink something quickly, especially an alcoholic drink
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rut/rʌt/
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B: You keep going to the same bar. You’re in a rut.
- [countable] a boring way of life that does not change
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sketchy/ˈsketʃi/
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B: Tuck in your shirt. You look sketchy.
not complete or detailed and therefore not very useful
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walk in on sb
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Tell your grandpa I’m sorry I walked in on him in the bathroom.
to enter a room when somebody in there is doing something private and does not expect you
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miss out (on sth)
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B: Ted, you’re missing out on a valuable life lesson here.
T: Look, I don’t need you to teach me how to live, okay?
to fail to benefit from something useful or enjoyable by not taking part in it
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cater to sb/sth
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but her husband did meets omeone on your website, and the site caters to married people who want to cheat.
O. to provide the things that a particular type or person wants, especially things that you do not approve of
C. to provide something that satisfies what a particular type of person wants
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reprehensible/ˌreprɪˈhensəbl/
A jury might disagree.They might find your site reprehensible.
(formal) morally wrong and deserving criticism
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be in sb's shoes
| put yourself in sb's shoes
So, i ask you, put yourself in mr.Fernandez' shoes. You are found innocent after 10 years, and the state offers $15,000 as compensation. That works out to $4 a day for each day he was incarcerated.
to be in, or imagine that you are in, another person's situation, especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult one
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work out at/to £10/$500 etc
| work out expensive/cheap etc (=be expensive or cheap)
So, i ask you, put yourself in mr.Fernandez' shoes. You are found innocent after 10 years, and the state offers $15,000 as compensation. That works out to $4 a day for each day he was incarcerated.
L. if a cost or amount works out at a particular figure, it is found to be that much when you calculate it
M4. [INTRANSITIVE] to add up to a particular amount
M4a. used for saying what the actual cost or value of something is when you calculate it
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commensurate/kəˈmenʃərət/
Mr.Fernandez was wrongfully convicted, he was wrongfully incarcerated. He didn't rob anyone. In fact, he was robbed. So i ask you to reconsider and offer an amount commensurate to this man's pain and suffering.
M. intended to be suitable for the quality, status, or value of someone or something
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pep talk
Start the pep talk, please.
- Jane, don't be so hard on yourself.
(informal) a short speech intended to encourage somebody to work harder, try to win, have more confidence, etc
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be hard on sb/sth
Start the pep talk, please.
- Jane, don't be so hard on yourself.
1. to treat or criticize somebody in a very severe or strict way
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ticklish/ˈtɪklɪʃ/
Jane: Oh my god, I can't believe this. I'm ticklish.
1. (of a person) sensitive to being tickled
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billable/ˈbɪləbl/
Get back to billable hours and leave it alone.
| of work done by professional people
that a client or customer can be charged for
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go through sth
- and you discovered the affair was arranged through the tiffany lexington website?
- Yeah. He had been spending a lot of time on the computer. I put two and two together and went through his laptop and found the membership.
1. to look at or examine something carefully, especially in order to find something
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insurmountable/ˌɪnsərˈmaʊntəbl/
- You're saying your marriage was solid at that point even though you hadn't had sex in four months.
- We had issues like ever couple, but they were not insurmountable.
(formal) (of difficulties, problems, etc.)
that cannot be dealt with successfully
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pin sth on sb
- Well, he wasn't a suspect 10 years ago.
- Exactly. They pinned it on Michael and didn't look any further.
to make somebody be blamed for something, especially for something they did not do
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pay sth-off
But, look at me now. I'm still paying off my car; buying a house isn't affordable; and getting married is not such an easy thing to do.
to finish paying money owed for something
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servant/ˈsɜːrvənt/
But at least I'm not in the position of many of my friends, who are still studying at university to pass the public servant exam.
2. a person who works for a company or an organization
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get to sb
The weather is starting to get to me. Why does it have to be so damn cold?
(informal) to annoy or affect somebody
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tempt/tempt/
2. 김대리) My friend Jaeyoung started chatting with me out of the blue and said he had someone for a blind date. He said he has a nice girl in his office or something. Apparently, this weekend the weather will be warmer, and he said that it's the perfect time for a date. He kept tempting me, but I said I was busy and I had to go.
2. to persuade or try to persuade somebody to do something that you want them to do, for example by offering them something
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evaluate/ɪˈvæljueɪt/
It's true one of my new year's resolutions is to get a girlfriend. But for now, I think I am just going to focus on the girl in our office. I was evaluating my chances with her in the office the other day and realized that there are more guys that seem to be into her.
to form an opinion of the amount, value or quality of something after thinking about it carefully
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call sb-in
I had been planning to sleep all day, but my boss called me in.
to ask for the services of somebody
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gloom
He’s almost fifty and even the other day, I saw him staying up all night writing reports. I started to feel a little bit of gloom when I thought about myself in his shoes, 20 years from now.
[uncountable, singular] a feeling of being sad and without hope
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in sb's shoes
He’s almost fifty and even the other day, I saw him staying up all night writing reports. I started to feel a little bit of gloom when I thought about myself in his shoes, 20 years from now.
in the situation that someone else is in
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the hardest hit
All the latest news seems to say the global economy won’t be recovering this year either, and it’s obvious that our overseas sales division will be the hardest hit.
A가 가장 큰 타격을 받는다. A is hit the hardest.로 표현해도 됨.
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kill the atmosphere
All the latest news seems to say the global economy won’t be recovering this year either, and it’s obvious that our overseas sales division will be the hardest hit. It’s really been killing the atmosphere in my division.
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capable/ˈkeɪpəbl/
I thought such a capable man deserves moving on to bigger and better things. Even while working full time, he put so much effort into improving himself, like getting a couple of more certificates to his name.
2. having the ability to do things well
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pump sth-up
Even while working full time, he put so much effort into improving himself, like getting a couple of more certificates to his name. He pumped up his resume, so to speak.
(informal) to increase the amount, value or volume of something
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overtime
He worked overtime just like I did and went home late every day.
time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours
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sluggish/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
Since growth was sluggish, PayPal adopted an aggressive marketing campaign, depositing $10 in new users' PayPal accounts and another $10 for each new user they recruited.
moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy
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go so/as far as to…
Gabe has said he wants to marry me, and even went so far as to look at engagement rings and ask my input as to what my dream wedding would be like.
to be willing to go to extreme or surprising limits in dealing with something
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as to sth
| as regards sth
Gabe has said he wants to marry me, and even went so far as to look at engagement rings and ask my input as to what my dream wedding would be like.
used when you are referring to something
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go from sth to sth
Ask Gabe why he has suddenly gone from finding a location, a ring, and setting a wedding date to dragging his feet.
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drag your feet/heels
Ask Gabe why he has suddenly gone from finding a location, a ring, and setting a wedding date to dragging his feet.
to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision
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astounded
If you put 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice into that thing, you'll be astounded at how good you are.
very surprised or shocked by something, because it seems very unlikely
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corporate sellout
(When Marshall writes a letter to your 30-year-old self with a list of goals he hoped to achieve.)
If you became some lame, corporate sellout, just throw yourself off a cliff because you suck.
corporate sellout = someone who gives up what they believe in to make money by serving a corporation
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fire sth-up
So, I fired up the PowerPoint… (양복 못 입는 바니가 마샬 바니 냄새 맡으면서 말 끊음)
(informal) to start a machine, piece of equipment, computer program, etc
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tighten your belt
Since the economy is slow, it's time to tighten the belt, and not drinking is a great way to save money./
to spend less money because there is less available
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health conscious
I have to be more health conscious and self-disciplined./
건강을 더 생각하는
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self-disciplined
I have to be more health conscious and self-disciplined./
N. [uncountable] the ability to control your behaviour so that you do what you should do
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embrace/ɪmˈbreɪs/
For some, high school can be a hard place to be widely embraced. But not for Fryberg, according to students there. The scene at halftime of Marysville-Pilchuck High School's October 17 football game with Arlington High School is testament. (총기 사건 일으킨 학생이 인기 많은 애여서 embraced 된 놈이라고 쓴 듯.)/
(formal) to accept an idea, a proposal, a set of beliefs, etc, especially when it is done with enthusiasm
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testament/ˈtestəmənt/
For some, high school can be a hard place to be widely embraced. But not for Fryberg, according to students there. The scene at halftime of Marysville-Pilchuck High School's October 17 football game with Arlington High School is testament./
(formal) [countable, usually singular, uncountable]
testament (to something)
a thing that shows that something else exists or is true
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dapper/ˈdæpər/
There stood Fryberg, looking dapper in a tie, vest and sneakers, with his long hair tied up tightly./
(of a man)
small with a neat appearance and nice clothes
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for good measure
A schoolmate noted Fryberg played football and planned to try out soon for wrestling; then people in the stands applauded him, with enthusiastic whistles and yells of admiration thrown in for good measure./
as a way of making something complete or better
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avid/ˈævɪd/
Fryberg was an avid outdoorsman who liked to go hunting and had guns./
[usually before noun] very enthusiastic about something (often a hobby)
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altercation/ˌɔːltərˈkeɪʃn/
Heckendorf elaborated "there was bullying involved and a couple words said towards him that he obviously didn't like," noting that Fryberg got suspended after the fight. A federal law enforcement source also said he'd been suspended. That's not to say, as Heckendorf and others stressed, that this altercation necessarily had anything to do with what happened Friday. Police have not formally identified the attacker./
[countable, uncountable] (formal) a noisy argument or disagreement
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hint/V
Other potential clues might lie in Fryberg's Twitter feed, which hints at a breakup with a girlfriend in recent months./
[intransitive, transitive] to suggest something in an indirect way
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content (with sth) /kənˈtent/
He looked pretty content with life./
happy and satisfied with what you have
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up to sb
If it was up to me, grade levels would be based on height, not age./
if something is up to you, you are the person who makes a decision about it
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wait around
Today is the first day of school, and right now we're just waiting around for the teacher to hurry up and finish the seating chart./
to stay in a place, with nothing particular to do, for example because you are expecting something to happen or somebody to arrive
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plunk
You walk into the classroom and just plunk your stuff down on any old desk and the next thing you know the teacher is saying - "I hope you all like where you're sitting, because these are your permanent seats."/
plonk something + adverb/preposition
to put something down on something, especially noisily or carelessly
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stink/V
The thing that really stinks is that I have always been into girls, but kids like Bryce have only come around in the last couple of years./
[intransitive] stink (of something)
to seem very bad, unpleasant or dishonest
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come around (to sth)
The thing that really stinks is that I have always been into girls, but kids like Bryce have only come around in the last couple of years./
to change your mood or your opinion
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stick with sb/sth
But of course now I don't get any credit for sticking with the girls all this time./
[no passive] (informal)
1. to stay close to somebody so that they can help you
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scramble
Like I said, Bryce is the most popular kid in our grade, so that leaves all the rest of us guys scrambling for the other spots./
[intransitive] to push, fight or compete with others in order to get or to reach something
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hover/ˈhʌvər/
I try to explain all this popularity stuff to my friend Rowley ( who is probably hovering right around the 150 mark, by the way), but I think it just goes in one ear and out the other with him./
M4. to be at or near a particular level without changing much@M) Their total world sales hover around the 50,000,000 mark.
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sneak/sniːk/
Today we had Phys Ed, so the first thing I did when I got outside was sneak off to the basketball court to see if the Cheese was still there. And sure enough, it was./
[intransitive]+ adverb/preposition@to go somewhere secretly, trying to avoid being seen
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blacktop
That piece of Cheese has been sitting on the blacktop since last spring./
[uncountable] a thick black substance used for covering road surfaces
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nasty/ˈnæsti/
After a couple of days, the Cheese started getting all moldy and nasty./
very unpleasant to taste, smell, see, or feel
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stuck with sb/sth
If you get the Cheese Touch, you're stuck with it until you pass it on to someone else./
(informal) unable to get rid of somebody/something that you do not want
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fall for sth
You might think I was pretty dumb for falling for that one, but Rodrick was dressed up in his school clothes and he set my alarm clock ahead to make it look like it was the morning./
[no passive] (informal) to be tricked into believing something that is not true
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set the clocks ahead/back
You might think I was pretty dumb for falling for that one, but Rodrick was dressed up in his school clothes and he set my alarm clock ahead to make it look like it was the morning. /
to change the time shown by clocks, usually by one hour, when the time changes officially, for example at the beginning and end of summer@(여기서는 그냥 시계를 아침으로 맞춰놨다는 거)
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racket/ˈrækɪt/
But I guess I must have made a pretty big racket because the next thing I knew, Dad was downstairs, yelling at me for eating Cheerios at 3:00 in the morning. /
[singular] (informal) a loud unpleasant noise
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chew sb out
Dad walked down to the basement to chew Rodrick out, and I tagged along. I couldn't wait to see Rodrick get what was coming to him./
(North American English, informal) to tell somebody angrily that you do not approve of their actions
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cover your tracks
But Rodrick covered up his tracks pretty good, looking like he was sound asleep. And to this day, I'm sure Dad thinks I've got a screw loose or something./
to try and hide what you have done, because you do not want other people to find out about it
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have a screw loose
But Rodrick covered up his tracks pretty good, looking like he was sound asleep. And to this day, I'm sure Dad thinks I've got a screw loose or something./
to be slightly strange in your behavior
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exclusive
With that goal in mind, Astro Teller, who headed Google X and the Glass team, asked Wong and Liang to recommend a distribution strategy for Glass. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included (1) having Google continue to sell Glass directly through online channels, (2) creating an open platform to allow any eyewear manufacturer to create frames that were compatible with the Glass device, and (3) negotiating a partnership with one or more leading eyewear manufacturers to jointly develop and market Glass products./
not able to exist or be a true statement at the same time as something else
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jointly
Teller had also asked Liang and Wong to determine which eyewear company would be Google's best partner, and what deal terms Google should seek if it pursued the partnership path./
joint/adj: [only before noun] involving two or more people together
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pursue/pərˈsuː/
Teller had also asked Liang and Wong to determine which eyewear company would be Google's best partner, and what deal terms Google should seek if it pursued the partnership path./
(formal) pursue something to do something or try to achieve something over a period of time
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secretive/ˈsiːkrətɪv/
Glass was developed in Google's secretive Google X research laboratory, which explored high-impact, futuristic technologies beyond the company's core search business./
secretive (about something)
tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc. from other people
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futuristic/ˌfjuːtʃəˈrɪstɪk/
Glass was developed in Google's secretive Google X research laboratory, which explored high-impact, futuristic technologies beyond the company's core search business./
extremely modern and unusual in appearance, as if belonging to a future time
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million-to-one
Google X was created in 2010 to serve as a "factory for moonshots, those million-to-one scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital, massive leaps of faith, and a willingness to break things."/
확률이 더럽게 작은
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a leap of faith
Google X was created in 2010 to serve as a "factory for moonshots, those million-to-one scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital, massive leaps of faith, and a willingness to break things."/
M. a decision to believe that something is true or will happen although you have no proof @-take a leap of faith 라고 쓰임.
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compelling
Some of the most compelling use cases for Glass are outdoors, so it would have been hard to test the product only through Google employees in our own offices./
1. that makes you pay attention to it because it is so interesting and exciting
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slip/V
And unlike a new phone, which you can slip into your pocket, you can't hide Glass./
4. [transitive] to put something somewhere quickly, quietly or secretly @-slip something + adverb/preposition
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discourse/ˈdɪskɔːrs/
Most importantly, we knew that Glass would be unfamiliar and would raise questions about social acceptance, so we wanted to start a public discourse early. In doing so, we hoped to better shape the way the product's story would be told over time./
1. [countable, uncountable] (formal) a long and serious treatment or discussion of a subject in speech or writing
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shape/V
Most importantly, we knew that Glass would be unfamiliar and would raise questions about social acceptance, so we wanted to start a public discourse early. In doing so, we hoped to better shape the way the product's story would be told over time./
M1. to influence the way that a person, idea, or situation develops
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bifocals/ˌbaɪˈfoʊklz/
One reporter commented, "It works like bifocals in that you look up to see the display, so that your normal vision below is never blocked."/
이중초점렌즈. [plural] a pair of glasses with each lens made in two parts. The upper part is for looking at things at a distance, and the lower part is for looking at things that are close to you
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house/V
The frame's right side housed a touchpad, a battery, and other electronic components./
house something to be the place where something is kept or where something operates from
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facilitate/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/
Glass included Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; the latter facilitated connection to MyGlass, a companion application for Android and iOS phones that allowed the user to configure the Glass device./
facilitate something (formal) to make an action or a process possible or easier
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configure
Glass included Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; the latter facilitated connection to MyGlass, a companion application for Android and iOS phones that allowed the user to configure the Glass device./
[usually passive] configure something (technical) to arrange something in a particular way, especially computer equipment; to make equipment or software work in the way that the user prefers
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noted
Google hired noted industrial designer Isabelle Olsson and charged her with transforming early iterations of Glass "from a science project into something comfortable and beautiful"./
well known because of a special skill or feature
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charge sb with (doing) sth
Google hired noted industrial designer Isabelle Olsson and charged her with transforming early iterations of Glass "from a science project into something comfortable and beautiful"./
8. [transitive] (usually passive) (formal) to give somebody a responsibility or task
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iteration/ˌɪtəˈreɪʃn/
Google hired noted industrial designer Isabelle Olsson and charged her with transforming early iterations of Glass "from a science project into something comfortable and beautiful"./
[countable] a new version of a piece of computer software
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envision/ɪnˈvɪʒn/
Among other applications, Google envisioned Glass being used for capturing photos and videos; communicating via phone, text, and email; real-time navigation; and Web search./
M. to have something as a plan or an intention
O1. envision something (formal) to imagine what a situation will be like in the future, especially a situation you intend to work towards
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spur/spɜːr/V
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