My Word Map

  • pretence

    • under the false pretences of
    • on[under] the pretext[plea, pretence] …을 빙자하여
    • pretence ( pretense ) …인 체[척]함, 가식
    • laced with
    • lace 레이스/ 끈으로 묶다[묶이다]/ (마실 것에 술·약물·독극물 등을 약간) 타다[섞다]
    • forage

  • holler

    • clutch
    • holler 소리지르다, 고함치다 (=yell)
    • dodge

  • swear by

    • cling to a shred of hope
    • nimble (동작이) 빠른, 날렵한 (=agile)/ 민첩한, 영리한
    • come in handy
    • ophthalmologist = Oph (eye) + Thalmo (related to the eye in Greek) + Logist (specialist)
    • swear by …을 깊이 신뢰하다. / ~의 이름으로 맹세하다/ ~의 효능을 확신하다[~을 확실히 믿다]
    • fling
    • matador 투우사
    • bask in imaginary cheers
    • he carmped up
    • cramp up 쥐가 나다
    • a fork in the road 길이 두 갈래로 나뉘는 곳.
    • play house 소꿉놀이를 하다
    • feel the bottleneck in his heart breaking open

  • shrivel

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  • balloon to

    • Balloon to means to suddenly increase or grow rapidly, especially in size, amount, or number.
    • attainment 성과/ 성취, 달성
    • formative
    • permeate
    • augment

  • power of persuasion

    • Crowds in the thousands = Thousands of people
    • china begs to differ
    • competing narratives
    • Compete narratives means two or more different versions of a story or explanation that are in conflict with each other.
    • power of persuasion 설득력
    • be not yet assured = The outcome is still up in the air.

  • sail into the sunset

    • tame 길들여진 (↔wild)/ 재미없는/ 길들이다, 다스리다
    • protégé (사회생활·재능 계발 등을 위한 도움을 받는) 후배[제자]
    • A protégé (pronounced pro-tuh-zhay) is someone who is guided, trained, or supported by a more experienced person (like a mentor).
    • From French — means “protected one”
    • Think: A protégé is protected by a mentor
    • go[ride, sail] off into the sunset 해피엔드로 끝나다/ 잘 마무리 되다
    • “Sail into the sunset” is an idiom that means to leave peacefully, often at the end of something, like retiring or ending a journey or story.

  • haggard

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  • crawl with

    • crawl with ~으로 가득하다
    • “Crawl with” means to be filled or covered with something unpleasant or numerous—often insects, people, or activity. (Often negative or overwhelming)
    • leave passengers in the lurch

  • her hand in marriage

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