- at[with] lightning speed
- in disarray
- dead heat (시합 등에서의) 접전[호각]
- Dead heat means a tie in a race or competition
- Think of “dead” as meaning complete or exact, and “heat” as a race.
So a dead heat = an exactly even race. - burn[execute, hang] a person in effigy 남의 상[인형]을 만들어서 불태우다[교수형에 처하다]
- effigy (어떤 사람의 모습을 일부러 보기 흉하게 만든) 모형[인형]
- ex- / ef- = out, from
- fig- / figura = shape, form, figure
- -y = noun ending (a thing)
- So, effigy literally means “a figure made out (to represent someone).”