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seduction

- Casanova was a famous 18th century seducer, whose name has become a synonym of seduction.

- The seduction from plastic surgery clinics are luring many students and parents to knock on their doors like never before.

 

discontentedly 불평을 품고 

= in a way that shows someone feels unhappy because they are not satisfied with something:

 

proprietor

=a person who owns a particular type of business, especially a hotel, a shop, or a company that makes newspapers:

 

 

fiddle with …을 만지작거리다.

= Hey, don't fiddle with the thermostat—it needs to stay at 68 degrees.

 

triathlon  철인 3종 경기, 트라이애슬론

= An athletic contest in which participants compete without stopping in three successive events, usually long-distance swimming, bicycling, and running.

 

smugly 자부심 강하게; 잘난 체하며.

ex) He smiled smugly as he watched the kids run off the next night without eating any of his melons

다음날 밤 그는 아이들이 수박을 먹지 않고 달아나는 것을 흡족하게 바라보았다.

 

 

perverse (사고방식·태도가) 비뚤어진[삐딱한]

ex) She finds a perverse pleasure in upsetting her parents

ex) Do you really mean that or are you just being deliberately perverse?

너 그거 진짜 진심인 거니 아니면 그냥 일부러 삐딱하게 굴고 있는 거니?

 

tame (동물새 등이)길들여진; 재미없는 ; 시키는대로하는 

You’ll find life here pretty tame after New York

뉴욕 생활을 맛 본 후에는 이곳의 삶이 상당히 재미가 없을 것이다.

I have a tame doctor who’ll always give me a sick note when I want a day off.

내게는 내가 하루 쉬고 싶으면 언제든지 진단서를 끊어줄 말 잘 듣는 의사가 있다.

 

perennials

1. lasting throughout the year or through many years

2. everlasting; perpetual

 

hedgerow

1. A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees forming a hedge.

 

 

squabble

1. To engage in a bad-tempered argument, often over a trivial matter; bicker.

 

 

lean over

- The girl had to lean over the fence to see the dog on the other side.

cf) bend over

- The girl had to bend over to pick up the piece of trash on the floor.

 

deceptive 기만적인, 현혹하는

ex) An advertisement that presents untrue facts about the product is an example of an ad that would be described as deceptive

 

drone

v. to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz.

to speak in a monotonous tone.

 

shag 추적하다, 뒤쫓다; 쫓아가 되찾다

 

alimony 이혼[별거] 수당

 

jolly 행복한, 쾌활한, 즐거운

ex) A cheerful Santa Clause figure is an example of someone who would be described as jolly.

ex) When you use a good-natured and cheerful voice to prod guests at a party to move from one room to another, this is an example of a time when you jolly them along.

 

sucker

ex) I’ve always been a sucker for men with green eyes. 

 

ulcer 궤양

ex) Why get an ulcer over things that don't really matter? 

왜 그렇게 중요하지도 않은 일 때문에 궤양에 걸려야 하지?

 

debiliate

 

relentless

 

pulse

 

flannel

 

flicker

 

leach

 

mortally

 

offend

 

subversive

 

theatrical

 

flannel

 

mirth

 

prematurely

 

telltale

 

peculiar

 

 

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bounce up

- 펄쩍 뛰다 

ex) They were usually bouncing up the hill to the castle, clutching small Bodeon-clad children.

 

jolt

- Push or shake (someone or something) abruptly and roughly.

 

shealing 

-(양치기·등산자·어부 등을 위한) 오두막, (야간용) 가축 우리, (산악 지대의) 여름 방목장

gilet

- (가볍고 두툼한) 조끼

 

fleeting

- 순식간의, 잠깐동안의 

ex) I felt a fleeting gratitude that it wasn't just me he looked at like that. 

 

stoke the fire

-  불을 지피다 

ex) I busied myself by the log burner, stoking the fire and sorting through the basket for logs of the right size.

 

prod

- 쿡 찌르다 

ex) I opened the door of the wood burner, prodding at the glowing logs with the poker. 

 

stoop

- Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

ex) Alicia stooped a little to inspect this one. 

 

tail off

- 차츰 감소하다[시키다], (목소리가) 가늘어지다[지게 하다]

ex)I must look into it. One of those things you mean to do and then … ’ she tailed off.

 

joviality

- 즐거움, 유쾌, 명랑

ex) The man’s voice held a kind of forced joviality to it.

 

drip with sarcasm

- 빈정댐이 뚝뚝 떨어지다 

ex) ‘I don’t think I’ll be skiing any time soon, Rupert,’ Will said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

 

hearth

- 난로 

ex) I began brushing ash from the hearth.

 

manic

- 정신없는, 미친듯한 

ex) Things have been pretty manic at Lewins

 

smutty 

- 외설적인, 지저분한

ex) You know the old Yank work ethic – no more long lunches, no smutty jokes – Will, I tell you.

 

daren't (=dare not)

- dare - ~할 용기가 있다. 

ex) Sometimes I feel like I daren’t leave my chair

 

frostbite

- 동상

ex) I was trying to calculate whether it was preferable to lose the odd finger to frostbite rather than put myself
back into that room.

 

dread

- 몹시 무서워하다, 두려워하다 

ex) This is so awful. I have absolutely dreaded telling you

 

kettle

- 주전자 

ex) I stood there and boiled the kettle even though I didn’t want a cup of tea

 

flick through

- …을 휙휙 넘겨보다(=go through quickly).

ex) I flicked through a magazine that I had already read.

 

splinter

- (나무금속유리 등의) 조각[가시] ; 쪼개지다,꺠지다 

ex) I ran out into the corridor just in time to hear another, followed by the sound of splintering glass.

 

jut

- 돌출하다, 튀어나오다, 돌출시키다 

ex)Will was in the middle of the room, upright in his chair, a walking stick balanced across the
armrests, so that it jutted eighteen inches to his left – a jousting stick. 

 

stud with

ex)There was not a single photograph left on the long shelves; the expensive frames lay in pieces all over the floor, the carpet
studded with glittering shards of glass.

 

crunch

- 저벅저벅[드르륵 등]거리며 가다(무엇을 으스러뜨리는 소리를 내며 그 위를 지나감을 나타냄)

ex) His chair turned, crunching slightly on the glass.

 

 

 

 

 

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eke out

- 보충하다, 메우다; 겨우 (생계를) 이어나가다

ex) She managed to eke out her student loan till the end of the year.

 

forkful

- n. 포크로 한 번 집은 양 

ex) You can refer to an amount of food on a fork as a forkful of food.

 

dismissively

- 오만하게, 경멸스럽게

downlight

- (부정적이거나 불쾌한 것을 강조하여) 순전한[완전한]

rudeness

- 버릇없음, 무례함, 조잡함.

ex) He would almost always answer dismissively, if not with downright rudeness. 

 

 

litany 

- 장황한 설명

ex) A never-ending litany of dignities and health problems. 

 

morgue

- 시체 안치소, 영안실

ex) This house, beautiful and expensive as it was, was as still and silent as a morgue. 

 

 

 

 

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annexe

- a building joined to or associated with a main building, providing additional space or accommodations.

 

 

briskly

- in an active, quick, or energetic way

ex) She walked briskly into the building. 

 

clack on

- make or cause to make a sharp sound or series of such sounds 

 

hoist

- to lift something heavy, sometimes using ropes or a machine

ex) A helicopter hoisted the final section of the bridge into place 

 

crouch over

- ~위로 몸을 구부리다

ex) He crouched over the papers on his desk. 

그는 책상위에 놓인 서류들 위로 몸을 구부리고 있었다. 

 

shaggy

- 덥수룩한

ex) 

 

waistcoat

- 조끼 

 

limply

- 유연하게; 흐느적거리면서.

ex) ... which I shook limply. 

 

exude

- (특정한 느낌 등을) 물씬 풍기다 

ex) She exuded confidence. 그녀에게서는 자신감이 줄줄 흘렀다. 

 

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tousle

= to make someone's hair untidy, for example by rubbing it, or, of the wind, by blowing it. 

- She is wearing one of his T-shirts, and her long hair is tousled in a way that prompts reflexive thoughts of the previous night.

- He tousled her hair in passing. 

 

pouts

= 뾰로통한 표정

- She looks up from a brochure and pouts.

 

trek up

= to walk somewhere slowly and with no enthusiasm, for example because you are tired 

 

ravines 

= 계곡

- Do we really have to do something that involves trekking up mountains, or hanging over ravines? 

 

pamper

= 하고 싶은 대로 하게 하다

= to give someone special treatment, making that person as comfortable as possible and giving them whatever they want.

- She pampers her dog with the finest steak and salmon. 

 

wince

= to show pain or embarrassment suddenly and for a short time in the face, often moving the head back at the same time. 

 

inflatable

= 팽창하는

- Not unless you've got an inflatable attachment

 

lorry

= 사륜짐마차

 

 

screech 

= to utter or make a harsh, shrill cry or sound

- The child screeched hysterically. The brakes screeched.