영어 필수보카 251007

by Ian W


41. tuck somebody in/up ~에게 이불을 잘 덮어 주다 I tucked the children in and said goodnight.

나는 아이들에게 이불을 잘 덮어 주고 잘 자라는 인사를 했다.


42. tuck somebody in/up; to cover somebody, especially a child, comfortably in bed by pulling the covers around them; Will you come and tuck me in, Mummy? The children were all tucked up in bed by eight o'clock.


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43. settle for the present[status quo; way things are] 현실에 안주하다 I love the way things are now. 난 지금 이런 생활이 좋아. I don’t know how we’re going to manage, the way things are.

사정이 현 상황과 같다면 우리가 어떻게 헤쳐 나갈 수 있을 것인지 모르겠다.

The way things are going the company will be bankrupt by the end of the year.

형편이 지금같이 되어 간다면 연말쯤에는 회사가 도산할 것이다.


44. cry one's eyes out; 펑펑 울다, 눈이 퉁퉁 붓도록 울다; weep bitterly and at length; I cried my eyes out when he fired me cf. cry one's heart out 가슴이 찢어지도록 울다

bawl one's eyes out; to cry loudly especially for a long time. It's the saddest book I've ever read. I bawled my eyes out at the end. bawl (시끄럽게) 울어대다


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45. in the hope that …이기를 희망하면서; in (the) hope of/that; with the hope that something will happen or could happen He returned to the crime scene in (the) hope of finding further evidence. He waited in hopes that she would show up.


46. big on ~ 를 좋아하다. I'm not big on sleeping pills.나는 수면제를 좋아하지 않는다.


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47. acquire[develop, form, pick up] a habit 버릇[습관]을 들이다 Develop a habit of getting up early in the morning. 아침에 일찍 일어나는 습관을 길러라. You should develop a reading habit. 너는 독서하는 습관을 붙여야 한다. Once you develop a bad speech habit, it is difficult to break[fix] it.

나쁜 말버릇은 한번 굳어지면 여간해서 고치기 어렵다


48. a/the fly in the ointment 옥에 티 Everything was fine, but her make-up was a fly in the ointment. 모든 게 좋았는데 그녀의 화장이 옥에 티였어.


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49. soldier on (특히 힘든 일을) 계속해 나가다; to continue with something you are doing although it is difficult or unpleasant She soldiered on with the course in spite of her personal problems. I'm having to soldier on alone since Bill left.

soldier on; If you soldier on at something, you continue to do it although it is difficult or unpleasant. The government has soldiered on as if nothing were wrong.


50. fly off the handle 버럭 화를 내다; lose one's temper; flare up in anger Calm down. There's no need to fly off the handle. 진정해. 그렇게 발끈할 필요는 없잖아. To fly off the handle is an idiom that means to lose one's temper. To fly off the handle은 화를 내다라는 뜻의 숙어이다.


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