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[영어표현] 손해 / 이득 1. It cost me a lot. (of time / money / manpower..) 제가 (시간 / 금전적 / 인력) 손해를 많이 봤어요. 2. cause + damage It caused a lot of damage. 많은 피해를 입었다. 3. suffer loss / sustain + loss We suffered a huge (great) loss. The company sustained a huge loss / setback last quarter. 지난 분기에 그 회사는 적자를 봤다. (=It cost the company a lot of money.) 4. setback (구동사) The pandemic set us bak quite a lot. 5. It's my loss. / It.. 더보기
[영어표현] 해결되다, 해내다, 통하다, 성공하다 does the trick A : It feels like my phone has gotten really slow lately. B : 껏다 켜봤어? 그러면 해결이 될 때도 있는데.. Have you tried turning it off and on? (Have you turned it off and on? 보다 그 행위를 시도했다는 면에서 더 좋은 표현) Sometimes that does the trick. A : Yeah, I tried that earlier but it didn't work. We (finally) did it! (made it 보다는 상대적으로 표면적인 느낌) We (finally) made it! It took some time but we made it there safe.. 더보기
[영어표현] 시기를 노리다, 고민해보다, 몸을 사리다 1. bide (one's) time : 침착하게 적절한 타이밍을 노리다. ex) He played it really smart. He didn't rush into it. ex) He bided his time and just when the timing was right, he made his move. 2. sleep on it : 지금 당장 결정해야 하는 것은 아니야. 일단 오늘은 고민을 좀 해보고 내일 알려줘. ex) You don't have to decide anything now. ex) Why don't you just sleep on it tonight and tell me what you think in the morning. 3. strike while the iron is hot .. 더보기
[영어표현] One thing led to another 1. One thing led to another : 하다보니 그렇게 됐다. 어느 날 보니 그러고 있더라. 2. the next thing I knew 3. before I knew it : 상황이 빨리 바뀌었다. (계획했던 일이 아니어서 어째서 그렇게 됐는지는 모른다.) A : How did you guys (two) meet? B : Well, we werer attending a Spanish class together and the teacher would pair us up to practice. So, we naturally got to talking. And, before I knew it, we werer texting each other and spending more time outsi.. 더보기
[영어표현] 혼나다 / 꾸중을 듣다 1. get in trouble 문제가 생기다, 문제에 휘말리다. I got in a lot of trouble today at work. 저 오늘 직장에서 엄청 혼났어요. 2. yell at / get yall at yell at (someone) : 누구를 야단치다. get yell at : 야단 맞다. ex) I got yelled at at work today. ex) My boss yelled at me today at work. 오늘 상사한테 혼났어. ex) My girlfriend yelled at me today. 오늘 여자친구한테 혼났어. ex) I got yelled at by my girlfriend today. 오늘 여자친구한테 야단 맞았어. 3. I mad someone mad. .. 더보기
[영어표현] Know 1. You never know. 그건 모르는 거야. 모르는 일이야. 사람일은 모르는거야. =You never know for sure. =You can never know for sure. You never know when you might need them again. You never know what someone is really thinking. You can never know for sure what someone is (really) thinking. 2. You know better (than to) 그러면 안되는거 너도 잘 알잖아 / 무엇을 하면 안된다는 것을 잘 알 나이가 됐거나, 충분한 경험이 있다는 의미 Come on, you know better than to believe .. 더보기
[영어표현] Keep / Catch Keep track of Keep up with Catch up on The meetings are fairly fast-paced. 회의가 꽤 빨리 진행 되거든요. So until you get used to it, don't worry too much about keeping track of every little detail. 그래서 익숙해 질 때까지는 모든 내용을 일일이 다 기억할 필요는 없고요, Just try to keep up with the overall flow. 전체적인 내용(흐름)만 따라간다고 생각하세요. And the meetings are entirely recorded, so you can catch up on anything you might've missed, afterwar.. 더보기