The Basic Idioms 4-1

The Basic Idioms 4-1

 

원어민들이 자주 사용하는 idiom을 모았습니다.

학습에 부담 없도록 하루 분량을 정리하였습니다.

매일 조금씩 꾸준히 익히시고 많은 도움이 되시기 바랍니다.

 

 

 

• meet with ~ [~에게 우연히 만나다.], [~을 경험하다=experience]
• meet with an old friend [옛 친구를 우연히 만나다]
• 1 to have a meeting with someone
• - Representatives of EU countries will meet with senior American politicians to discuss the trade crisis.
• 2 (also be met with something) to get a particular reaction or result
• meet with opposition/disapproval etc
• - His comments have met with widespread opposition.
• meet with support/approval etc
• - Her ideas have met with support from doctors and health professionals.
• meet with success/failure (=succeed or fail)
• - Our attempts at negotiation finally met with some success.
• 3 meet with an accident formal to be injured or killed in an accident

 

• more or less [얼마간, 다소간에=somewhat]
• almost
• a place where the ground was more or less flat
• They’ve settled here more or less permanently.
• He more or less accused me of lying.

 

• most of all [특히, 그중에서도]

 

• near by [가까이에]
• There were no tree near by. [가까이에는 나무가 한 그루도 없었다.]

 

• no longer [이미 ~아니다]
• He is no longer a baby. [그는 이미 갓난아이가 아니다.]
• used when something used to happen or be true in the past but does not happen or is not true now
• The extra workers won’t be needed any longer.
• It’s no longer a secret.

 

• not a little [적지 않은=a great deal]

 

• not only A but (also) B [A 뿐만 아니라 B도] B동사 일치
• cf. A as well as B [B 뿐만 아니라 A도]
• - Not only I but also he is happy. [나뿐만 아니라 그도 행복하다.]
• - Tom as well as I is fool.[나 뿐만 아니라 탐도 바보다.] A 동사 일치
• in addition to being or doing something
• not only ... (but) also ...
• - Shakespeare was not only a writer but also an actor.
• not only do/will/can etc
• - Not only do the nurses want a pay increase, they want reduced hours as well.

 

• now and then [again] [때때로=from time to time, every now and then]

 

• of course [물론]
• a) used to show that what you are saying is expected or already known and so not surprising
• - You can pay by cheque, assuming of course you have a valid cheque card.
• b) (also course informal) spoken used to say yes or to give permission politely
• - ‘Can I have a word with you?’ ‘Of course.’
• c) (also course informal) spoken used to emphasize that what you are saying is true or correct
• - Of course he’ll come!
• well/but of course
• - Well of course I love you.

 

• of importance [중요한=important]

 

• of late [최근, 요즈음=recently]
• - Birth rates have gone down of late.

 

• of (little) value [가치가 있는(거의 없는)]
• a) worth a lot of money
• - The thieves took nothing of value.
• b) useful
• - I hope this book will be of value to both teachers and students.

 

• of (no) use [유용한, 쓸모있는(쓸모 없는)]

 

• on account of ~ [~때문에, ~의 이유로]
• - on account of illness [병으로]
• - if you buy goods on account, you take them away with you and pay for them later

 

• on all sides [사방팔방에, 도처에]

 

• on business [볼일이 있어, 상용으로]

 

• on fire [불타는(중에)]
• - The house was on fire. [집이 불타고 있었다.]

 

• on foot [걸어서]
• - if you go somewhere on foot, you walk there
• - It takes about 30 minutes on foot, or 10 minutes by car.

 

• on one’s way [도중에(의)]
• - He is on his way to [from] Seoul. [그는 서울로 돌아오는 도중이다.]

 

• on the east of ~ [~의 동쪽 끝에]
• cf. in the east of; [~의 동부에, ~의 동쪽에 인접하여]
• cf. to the east of; [~의 동쪽에]
• - The river flows on the east of the city. [그 강은 그 도시의 동쪽 끝을 흐르고 있다.]
• - We are in the east of the island. [우리는 섬의 동쪽에 있다.]
• - I put the bag to the east of the table. [난 테이블의 동쪽에다 가방을 놓았다.]

 

• on the instant [즉각, 즉시=at once]

 

• on the other side [맞은편에, 반대쪽의]

 

• on the whole [전체로 보아서, 대체로]
• used to say that something is generally true
• - On the whole, I thought the film was pretty good.