Confidential은 3급·Top Secret은 1급 비밀이랍니다

Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a p...

2021.03.22 09:01

유대인을 Jew라고 하면 결례…a Jewish person이 적절

Sunday, 14 June, 1942On Friday, June 12th, I woke up at six o’clock and no wonder; it was my birthday. But of course I was not allowed to get up...

2021.03.08 09:01

직업을 바라보는 관점…job, career, calling

I heard that family descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch, but it was my grandfather’s brother who started my family’s business. He starte...

2021.03.01 09:01

long face는 '긴 얼굴' 아닌 '우울한 얼굴'입니다

The long lower hall had not been lighted, and as she came downstairs, a last Trustee stood, on the point of departure, in the open door that led to th...

2021.02.08 09:00

pre · fore는 앞·예상이란 뜻 내포하고 있어

My sister sliced the bread in her usual way, applied a scraping of butter, cut the bread in two and gave Joe and I each a half. I was very hungry, but...

2021.02.01 09:01

팔색조 처럼 다양한 의미 지닌 단어 'home'

My name is Remi. Until I was eight years of age, I had lived with my mother. Mother used to take my feet between her hands and warm them, while she sa...

2021.01.25 09:00

shoot는 '쏘다' '새싹'…단어 의미, 문장으로 배워야

Once there was a tree and she loved a little boy. And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play k...

2021.01.18 09:00

즐겁고 행복한 성탄절 보내세요~~^^

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Every day, when she went to the shops, she spent very little money. She bought the cheapest meat, the cheapest vegetables. And when she was tired, she ...

2020.12.21 09:00

'to 부정사'의 다양한 용법을 익혀보세요

For a minute or two she stood looking at the house, and wondering what to do next, when suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood- (sh...

2020.11.16 09:00

생략된 목적격 관계대명사를 눈여겨보세요

The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck. The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its re...

2020.10.19 09:00

뒤에 오는 문장이 완벽하면 'that'을 선택하세요

King George has many strange subjects. Mr. Kelada was short and of a sturdy build, clean-shaven and dark-skinned, with a fleshy, hooked nose and very ...

2020.09.28 09:00

'society'는 다양한 의미로 쓰이죠

To my favorite teacher who told me never give up절대로 포기하지 말라고 말씀하셨던 내가 제일 좋아하던 선생님To my 5th grade crush Who I thought I really loved정말로 좋아한다고 생각했던 초등학교...

2020.07.13 09:00

You are not alone

Another day has gone I’m still all alone또 하루가 지나가버렸고, 난 아직도 혼자야.How could this be you’re not here with me네가 내 곁에 없다니, 어떻게 이럴 수 있어?You neve...

2020.07.06 09:00

noble gas는 '비활성 기체'라는 뜻입니다

Look at me, look into my eyes나를 봐요. 내 눈을 들여다봐요.Tell me do you see that I am always by your side?말해주세요. 내가 항상 당신 옆에 있다는 걸 당신이 아는지?Or has the world got ...

2020.06.01 09:00

영어 속의 스페인어들

영어 곳곳에서 스페인어의 흔적들을 많이 발견할 수 있습니다. Los Angeles나 San Diego 같은 도시 이름에서부터 '광장'을 뜻하는 plaza들도 다 스페인어에서 온 단어들이랍니다.Que sera, seraWhen I was just a little girl, I asked my mother.What will I be?내가 아주 어...

2018.07.02 09:00

축구와 미식축구의 영어표현

football은 '미식축구'를 뜻하는 단어입니다. 미국에서는 '축구'를 soccer라고 하거든요. 이와는 반대로 영국에서는 '축구'를 football이라고 하고, '미식축구'는 American football이...

2018.06.25 09:00

시간의 소중함을 말하는 영어 표현들

small hours는 무슨 뜻일까요? 바로 '한밤중, 새벽'이란 뜻이랍니다. small에 '아주 이른'이란 뜻도 있거든요. wee 역시 '아주 이른'이란 뜻이 있어 wee hours라고도 합니다.Seasons of LoveFive hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minut...

2018.06.18 09:00

Day와 연관된 영어 표현들

영어에는 많은 Day가 있습니다. Independence Day(독립기념일)이라든지, Thanksgiving Day(추수감사절)처럼 말이지요. a high day라는 표현은 ‘축제일’이란 뜻이랍니다.TomorrowThe Sun will come out tomorrow,Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow t...

2018.06.11 09:01

나무(tree)와 관련된 영어 표현들

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree라는 영어 속담이 있습니다. 직역하면 '사과는 나무에서 멀리 떨어지지 않는다'라는 뜻인데, '부전자전' 즉 '아이는 부모를 닮는다'는 뜻입니다.We...

2018.06.04 09:00