[단어짱] "no ifs, ands or buts " 무슨 뜻일까? _ 8월 마지막주 단어노트

Preface

어망의 고기가 얼마나 걸렸는지 확인하는 어부의 마음으로 이번 주 단어 노트를 정리해본다. 

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Source _ Everywhere

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■ Bestowed upon : 에게 주어진, 하사한

-The rights bestowed upon EU citizens by GDPR

- Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system

■Polish up : 다듬다, 개선하다, 손질하다

- Polishing up policies

 

■Spring into : 갑자기 -를 하다 

- Spring into action 

 

■Rapporteur : (공식적으로 선정된)조사위원

- The UN special rapporteur on human rights

 

■uptake : 활용

-The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a sharp uptake in the
 use of video teleconferencing software.

 

■Ubiquitous : 도처에 있다, 편재하다 

 Smartphone ownership is ubiquitous.

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Dear Abby 

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■ Blindsided :  기습하다. 상대방이 못 보는 쪽에서 공격하다.

- My boyfriend of four years recently admitted that he cheated on me six months ago. I was blindsided.

■ Hollowness : 허망함, 허전함 

- The hollowness and betrayal I feel is sometimes overwhelming.

 

■ Worsen : 악화시키다( aggravate, exacerbate, deteriorate 동의어 하지만 용법 체크 필요) 
- Substance issues and depression have worsened in recent months. 

■ Blind : 못보다, 깨닫지 못하는

 - How could I have been so blind? 

 

■ no ifs, ands or buts : 왈가왈부하다. 틀림없다, 의심의 여지가 없다.

- I was taught to believe that cheating is the end of a relationship, no
ifs, ands or buts.

 

■ confide in : 비밀을 털어놓다, 속마음을 털어놓다. 

- When I confide in friends and they tell me to dump him.

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Gilmore Girls

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■Relinquish : 포기하다 

- She relinquished possession of the house to her sister. 

■ Gone. Ancient history!

- 이제 그런 건 없어, 완전 옛날이야기가 되어버렸다고!

 

■ Twisted mind : 꼬인 심사 

- (별개의 예문) Her mind is Tiffany-Twisted : 돈이라면 사죽을 못쓴다/ 물질만능 주의적이다.

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Friends 

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■ You are always saying that : 타령하다

- You are always saying that you need a new mailbox
 
■ One day job, max!
- 많이 걸려도 하루 면 되는 일이야

■Snug : 옷이 보기 좋게 꼭 맞는다
- The pants are snug!
- The elastic at the waist gives a nice snug fit. 

 

■ Dingy : 칙칙하다 
- The bathroom floor tiles are old and dingy.
- Gouge a hole in my dingy floor

■ Glue : 붙이다.
- They are glued down.
- He spends every evening glued to the TV. 

■ Pry up : 들어 올리다 
- It will take forever to pry these up. 
- I’m sick of you prying into my personal life! 

 

■Not that I even care :내가 신경 쓴다는 건 아닌데
- Not That I care... but,
why were you talking to that stupid woman?

■ Bummer! 실망스럽군! 짜증 나는군!
- Waiting all day at the airport is a real bummer.

■ Unyielding 꿋꿋하다, 단호하다
- Her unyielding faith 그녀의 꿋꿋한 신념 

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You've got mail

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■with no decision-making ability to do : 결정장애가 있는/ the purpose of sth is for(문장 구조 특별)
Joe Fox: The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee.

* 결정장애(indicisive/ tentative/ weighing the pros and cons of / have conflicting feelings about )
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* 명백한 의견이 있는 사람 black-and-white thinkers

■ Assume that :- 했을 것이다 가정 , 추측
Kathleen Kelly: Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdales to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are.

■ wait impatiently : 참을성 없이 기다리다. 
Kathleen Kelly: What will NY152 say today I wonder. I turn on my computer. I wait impatiently as it connects. I go
online, and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: You've got mail. I hear nothing. Not even a
sound on the streets of New York, just the beating of my own heart. I have mail. From you.