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  • far-reaching: 광범위한
  • bar none: with no exceptions; 예외없이 (e.g. the greest American poet bar none)
  • mollify: 달래다, appease the anger/anxiety of
  • protean: tending or able to change frequently/easily; 변화무쌍한
  • rankle: cause annoyance or resentment that persists
  • "catch-22": paradoxical situation or no-win scenario; 진퇴양나 (Joseph Heller 동명소설 (1961) 에서 유래)
  • involuted: complicated, abstruse, 꼬여있는, 복잡한
  • depose: remove from office suddenly or forcefully, (law) testify or give (evidence) on oath, typically in a written statement (n. deposition: 선서증언)
  • ominous: describes something that suggests/portends evil or harm; it implies a feeling of impending danger/disaster
  • queasy: feaing nauseous/uneasy/uncomfortable

상용어구

  • His bark is worse than his byte: 겉보기보다 순한 사람이다. 말은 세지만 그렇지 않다.
  • crack the whip: 엄하게 다루다, 규율을 강화하다, 강압적으로 일을 시키다
  • chew the fat: 수다를 떨다, 담소를 나누다
  • FYI: 참고바람, 알려주자면
  • banner year: a particularly good/successful period of time (e.g. 2004 was a banner year for astronomy)
  • do an about-face: 태도를 180도 바꾸다; 행동을 완전히 바꾸다, 의견을 뒤집다
  • get your act together: 태도를 바로잡다, 정신차리고 제대로 하다; 더 효율적으로 일하다
  • goody two shoes: 지나치게 착한 사람 (부정적인 의미)
  • hit a nerve: 아픈데를 찌르다, 감정을 자극하다
  • force to be reckoned with: 무시할수 없는 (significant, influential, not-to-be-underestimated, not-to-be-ignored) 힘

시사

  • antisemitism: 반유대주의
  • oligarchy: 과두정치; a small group of people having control of a country/organization

생활용품

  • skillet: 무쇠로 만든 프라이팬 (cast iron pan; e.g. 르쿠루제)
  • ladle: 국자
  • tray: 쟁반
  • plate: 접시
  • bowl: 공기/사발 -- salad bowl, soup bowl, rice bowl
  • spatula: 주걱, 헤라

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