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2009년 2월 4일 생활영어

niceguyTM 2009. 2. 4. 08:22

     "오늘 내로 끝마칠게요."

     => I'll get it done before the day is over.

     예) A : Have the presentation matarials for tomorrow's meeting been printed out?
          B :  Sorry, Rob, I received a lot of calls this morning and couldn't get around to printing them.
          A : Please just get it done by today.
          B : I'll get it done before the day is over.

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     "일장일단(一長一短)" 을 영어로...

     => merits and demerits, strength and weakness, advantages and disadvantages 등 다양한 표현이 있다.

       '일장일단이 있다'  -> have  both merits and demerits라고 한다.


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     "이게 모두 주차 때문이야."

      => It all comes down to parking.

     " 나를 화나게 만들다."
       => driving me through the roof.

* driving me through the roof – making me angry / pushing me over the edge
* the cause of the rift – the big problem / the reason you are having trouble
* It all comes down to – The number one problem is / The biggest issue is
* limited parking – a lack of adequate parking / inadequate parking space
* they abuse it – they misuse it / they don’t use it fairly
* had a heart-to-heart with them – had a sincere conversation with them / sat down with them
* work it out – figure out how to solve the problem / get past this


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