Oxford House College Review_03

Stash / (안전한 곳에) 넣어두다, 숨기다

ex) Three roommates who bought a used couch for $20 found $40,000 in cash stashed inside and returned the money to the 91-year-old widow who had hidden it there.

 

Beat-up / 낡아빠진, 닳아빠진 / 때려눕히다

ex) Cally Guasti said that she and her friends had bought the beat-up couch and a chair for $55 at a Salvatioin Army thrift store.

 

Lumpy / 혹투성이의, 울퉁불퉁한

ex) They noticed the are cushions were weirdly lumpy.

 

Gust / 돌풍

ex) He was saving the life of a nine-month-old boy who has blown into the path of an oncoming subway train by a gust of high wind.

 

Allege / (증거 없이) 혐의를 제기, 주장하다

Allegedly / 주장한 바에 의하면, 이른바

ex) Twenty-seven-year-old Anne McQuinn was allegedly seen at the St George Bank in King William Street.

 

Collocations / 연어(생선 연어 말고, 어떤 언어 내에서 특정한 뜻을 나타낼 때 흔히 함께 쓰이는 단어들의 결합 / '함께'라는 뜻의 Co(l)와 '위치'를 의미하는 Location(s)이 합쳐져서 '함께 위치하는 말'을 의미하는 듯 싶다.)

ex) ‘Resounding success’ and ‘crying shame’ are English collocations. / resounding success (대성공)와 crying shame (엄청난 수치)는 영어의 연어들이다.

 

Postpone, Put off + a decision - delay deciding / 결정을 연기하다

Reach, Arrive at + a decision - choose to do one thing or another / 결정에 이르다

 

Follow, Stick to + one's principles - be faithful to what you believe is right / 원칙을 고수하다, 지키다

Go against, Betray + one's principles - do something that you don't believe is right / 원칙을 저버리다, 거스르다

 

Explore, Look into + a situation - look at a situation in detail / 상황을 살펴보다

Evaluate, Assess + a situation - judge a situation / 상황을 평가하다