The Basic Idioms 3-5

The Basic Idioms 3-5

 

원어민들이 자주 사용하는 idiom을 모았습니다.

학습에 부담 없도록 하루 분량을 정리하였습니다.

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• in the world [도대체=on earth], [(부정사 강조) 전혀]
• - Why in the world are you here? [도대체 왜 여기에 있느냐?]
• - He has no one to depend on in the world. [그는 의지할 사람이 전혀 없다.]
• used to emphasize what you are saying
• the happiest/most exciting etc ... in the world
• - I’m the luckiest man in the world!
• - Bali is my favourite place in the whole world.
• - Off he went, without a care in the world (=not worried about anything at all).
• Nothing in the world (=nothing at all) can save them now.
• - Don’t worry, we’ve got all the time in the world (=plenty of time so you do not need to hurry).
• what/who/where/how etc in the world ...? (=used when you are very surprised or annoyed)
• - What in the world are you doing here at seven in the morning?

 

• in these [thoses] days [요즈음(그 무렵)은]

 

• in truth [참으로, 실제로, 사실은]
• in fact = really
• - Early independence leaders were in truth little better than rebels.

 

• in use [쓰이고, 행해지고] ↔ out of use; [사라지다], [쓰이지 않게 되다]

 

• in vain [결국 헛되이=to no purpose]
• a) without success in spite of your efforts
• - Police searched in vain for the missing gunman.
• b) without purpose or without positive results
• - Altman swore that his son’s death would not be in vain.

 

• in wonder [놀라=in surprise]

 

• instead of ~ [~의 대신으로, ~하지 않고]
• - I’ll go instead of you. [네 대신에 가겠다.]
• - Instead of playing cards. [카드놀이를 하지 말고]
• used to say what is not used, does not happen etc, when something else is used, happens etc
• - You probably picked up my keys instead of yours.

 

• it is not long before ~ [멀지 않아~하다]
• - It will not be long before we try it again. [멀지 않아 다시금 그것을 해볼 것이다.]

 

• it is not until A that B [A 하여 비로소 B 하다]
• - It was not until yesterday that I received his letter. [어제야 비로소 그의 편지를 받았다.]

 

• it is said that ~ [~라고 한다=they say that ~]

 

• keep early [good] hours [일찍 자고 일찍 일어난다]

 

• keep one’s promise [word] [약속을 지키다] ↔ break one’s promise [word]; [약속을 깨다]

 

• keep silence [silent] [침묵을 지키다]

 

• know about [of] ~ [~에 대하여 알고 있다]

 

• later on [좀 더 뒤(나중)에, 후에=afterwards]

 

• lay [spread] the table [밥상을 차리다]

 

• learn ~ by heart [~을 외다=memorize]

 

• leave [let]~alone [그대로 두다, 간섭하지 않다]
• a) to stop annoying or upsetting someone
• - Oh, just leave me alone, will you?
• b) to go away from someone so that they are on their own
• - Six-year-old Gemma had been left alone in the house.
• c) to stop touching something
• - Leave that alone. You’ll break it.
• d) (also leave well (enough) alone) to stop being involved in or trying to change a situation
• - Why can’t they just leave well alone and let us concentrate on teaching?

 

 

• leave behind [뒤에 남기다, 앞지르다]
• 1 to not take someone or something with you when you leave a place
• - He departed for Washington, leaving the children behind with their mother.
• 2 if a person, country, or organization is left behind, they do not develop as quickly or make as much progress as other people, countries etc
• - In class, a child with poor eyesight can soon get left behind.
• 3 (also leave somebody/something behind you) to permanently stop being involved with a person, place, or situation
• - Although Armstrong overcame the circumstances of his birth, he never really left New Orleans behind.
• 4 (also leave somebody/something behind you) to move away from someone or something
• - Sarah, with her long legs, soon left the rest of us far behind.
• 5 (also leave something behind you) to produce a thing or situation that remains after you have gone
• - He drove off, leaving behind him a trail of blue smoke.

 

• let in [안에 들이다]

 

• lie down [눕다]
• 1 to put yourself in a position in which your body is flat on the floor or on a bed
• - Just lie down on the bed.
• 2 take something lying down informal to accept bad treatment without complaining
• - I’m not going to take this lying down!