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up the creek: in trouble You'll be up the creek.

I snapped at you. snap at somebody : to speak or say something in an impatient, usually angry voiceI was tempted to snap back angrily at him. 나는 그에게 화를 내며 되쏘아주고 싶었다.(source: Oxford)

Don't bank on it. bank on someone/something : to depend on someone doing something or something happeningChrissie might arrive on time, but I wouldn't bank on it.(source: Cambridge Dictionary)

couldn't care less

have no qualms about sth

영작을 하다보면 search와 find 를 '찾다' 란 의미로 같이 혼용해서 쓰고 있는 나를 발견.틀려틀려 ㅡㅡ;;; mmm... 맞게 써야지... search : to try to find somethingfind : to discover, especially where a thing or person is, either unexpectedly or by searching, or to discover where to get or how to achieve something Philosophers have searched for millennia but they haven't found the meaning of life.철학자들은 수천 년 동안 인생의 의미를 찾았지만, 발견하지 못했습니다.(source..

한국어로 "어처구니가 없네" 를 영어로는 어떻게 표현할까???놀라서 할 말이 없다는 뉘앙스로...dumbfounded를 쓰면 되겠다 dumbfounded 단어를 사전에 찾아보면 "너무 놀라 말을 못하는" so shocked that you cannot speak:He was dumbfounded by the allegations. (source: Cambridge dictionary)

be well off 충분하다 be better off 더 있다 be badly off 넉넉하지 못하다 I am better off than my siblings and better able to support my mother. be off for something(informal) to have a particular amount of somethingHow are we off for coffee (= how much do we have)?see also badly off be well/better/badly, etc. off used to say how much money somebody hasFamilies will be better off under the new law (= will have ..

twice as many men as women 는 여자보다 남자가 두배.그러니까 남자가 여자보다 두배 많다는 얘기다.오늘 글을 읽다 본 구절. Called sleep apnoea, the condition affects about twice as many men as women.수면 무호흡증이라 불리는 이 상태는 여자보다 약 2배 많은 남성에게 영향을 줍니다. There are twice as many apples as pears. 배보다 사과가 두배나 더 많습니다.There are two times as many apples as pears. 그러면 열배 많은건.There are ten times as many apples as pears. 이렇게 ㅋㅋㅋ 하면 되겠다!

아무 생각없이 쓰던 know 와 know about ㅋㅋㅋ 이젠 구분지어 사용해 보아야...I know him.I know about him.두 문장의 차이를 아시나요... ;) I know him. 은 내가 직접적으로 그를 안다는 것이고,I know about him. 은 전해 들은 이야기로 그를 안다는 것이다. 오늘 쌤이 갑자기 물어봐 네네넵??? ㅎㅎㅎ이젠 Know 와 Know about 을 적절하게 사용해야지... ㅋㅋㅋ