• scaffolding

  • shatter
  • canopy
  • premier 최고의, 제1의/ (특히 신문에서) 수상(prime minister)/ (캐나다에서) 주지사
  • luster
  • scaffolding (건축 공사장의) 비계/ 발판
  • pane (한 장의) 판유리
  • retain

• irresistible

  • vault
  • irresistible 억누를[저항할] 수 없는 (↔resistible)/ (너무 매력적이어서) 거부할 수가 없는, 너무 유혹적인
  • scratch the surface

• standstill

  • festivity
  • scatter
  • bring something to a standstill …을 정지시키다.
  • come to a standstill 꼼짝도 못 하다/ 멈추다, 정지하다, 막다르다
  • “Stand still” = a complete stop in movement or progress.
  • “Stand still” = don’t move → Standstill = nothing is happening

• against judgement

  • rip it into shreds
  • against his better judgement 나의 생각과 다르게/ 나을 것 같다는 판단이 들었는데도 불구하고
  • rack up
  • condone

• callous

  • hyperventilate
  • callous 냉담한 (=cruel, unfeeling)
  • Like a callus on skin — hard and tough. A callous person has a “hard” heart.
  • Calloused = physically tough skin.
  • Callous = emotionally tough or unfeeling.
  • atrocious

• holdover

  • live entertainment 라이브 공연
  • outside lease
  • dread
  • laugh out loud
  • hold over 재직[유임]하다[시키다], 연기하다, 연장하다/ (일의 처리를) 미루다 (=postpone)
  • holdover
  • refer
  • provision
  • unconscionable
  • unilateral
  • clause
  • conversely

• plethora

  • pushback (계획·변화 등에 대한) 반발
  • give somebody the runaround (진실을 알려 주지 않거나 필요한 도움·정보를 주지 않고) ~를 곯리다 [고생시키다]
  • a plethora of ~넘치는, 과다한
  • bulge
  • cricket
  • stall on …를 지연시키다
  • stand one’s ground 견지하다, 고수하다

• scurry

  • plague
  • by estimate
  • scurry 종종걸음을 치다, 총총[허둥지둥] 가다 (=scuttle)
  • live through something (살면서) ~을 겪다
  • mitigation
  • rat proof
  • rotproof 방부성(防腐性)의
  • rodent proof

• unsubstantiated

  • in squalor
  • horrifying
  • box spring
  • in place of ~을 대신해서
  • unsubstantiated 근거 없는, 입증되지 않은 (=unsupported)

• conspicuous

  • conceal from
  • fruit flavor
  • conspicuous 눈에 잘 띄는, 튀는; 뚜렷한 (↔inconspicuous)
  • “Can See You” → Conspicuous (It sounds like “can see you,” meaning it’s easy to notice or spot.)
  • be on the lookout