The Basic Idioms 4-3

원어민들이 자주 사용하는 idiom을 모았습니다.

학습에 부담 없도록 하루 분량을 정리하였습니다.

매일 조금씩 꾸준히 익히시고 많은 도움이 되시기 바랍니다.

run after ~ [~을 뒤쫓다, ~을 추구하다=chase]
1 to chase someone or something
- He ran after her, calling her name.
2 informal to try to start a sexual relationship with someone
- He’s always running after younger women.
3 spoken to do a lot of things for someone else as though you were their servant
- I can’t keep running after you all day!

run away [off] [도망치다=escape]
1 to leave a place, especially secretly, in order to escape from someone or something
from
- Toby ran away from home at the age of 14.
2 to try to avoid dealing with a problem or difficult situation
from
- You can’t just run away from your responsibilities.
3 to secretly go away with someone in order to marry them or live with them
- They ran away together to get married.

run down [(시계가) 서다]
1 run somebody/something down to drive into a person or animal and kill or injure them
- Their daughter was run down by a car.
2 run somebody/something down to criticize someone or something in a way that is unfair
- There’s a lot of good things about homeopathic treatment. I’m certainly not running it down.
3 if a clock, machine, battery etc runs down, it has no more power and stops working
4 to make a company, organization etc gradually reduce in size, especially in order to close it in the future, or to gradually reduce in size
run something down
- Many smaller local hospitals are being run down.The business had been running down for a long time.
5 if a supply of something runs down, or if you run it down, there gradually becomes less of it
- Crude oil reserves are running down.
run something down
- Electricity generating companies are running down stocks and cutting purchases.
6 run down something to read a list of people or things
- Let me just run down the list of people who’ve been invited.
7 run somebody/something down to find someone or something after searching for a long time
- I finally ran him down at his new office in Glendale.

send for ~ [~을 부르러(가지러) 보내다]
1 to ask or order that something be brought or sent to you, especially by writing a letter or by telephone
- Send for your free sample today!
2 old fashioned to ask or tell someone to come to you by sending them a message
- Charlie said he’d find a place to live and then send for me.

set in [시작되다]
- The rainy season has set in. [장마철(우기)이 시작되었다.]
if something sets in, especially something unpleasant, it begins and seems likely to continue for a long time
- Winter seems to be setting in early this year.

set off [돋보이게 하다], [출발하다=start]
- This frame sets off the painting. [이 액자는 그림을 아주 돋보이게 하고 있다.]
1 to start to go somewhere
- I’ll set off early to avoid the traffic.
for
- Jerry and I set off on foot for the beach.
2 set something off to make something start happening, especially when you do not intend to do so
- Hong Kong’s stock market fell, setting off a global financial crisis.

set out [출발하다=for], [착수하다]
1 to start a journey, especially a long journey
for
- Kate set out for the house on the other side of the bay.
set out on a journey/drive/voyage etc
- The band are setting out on a European tour in March.
2 to start doing something or making plans to do something in order to achieve a particular result
set out to do something
- salesmen who deliberately set out to defraud customers
set out with the idea/purpose/intention etc of doing something
- They set out with the aim of becoming the number one team in the league.
3 set something out to explain ideas, facts, or opinions in a clearly organized way, in writing or in a speech
- He set out the reasons for his decision in his report.
4 set something out to put a group of things down and arrange them
- The market traders began setting out their displays.
5 set out on something to start doing something, especially something new, difficult, or important
- My nephew is just setting out on a career in journalism.

settle down [정주하다], [가라앉다]
1 settle (somebody) down to become quiet and calm, or to make someone quiet and calm
- Shh! Settle down, please! Now turn to page 57.
2 to start living a quiet and calm life in one place, especially when you get married
- They’d like to see their daughter settle down, get married, and have kids.
3 to start giving all of your attention to a job or activity
to
- I sorted out my mail, then settled down to some serious work.
4 if a situation settles down, it becomes calmer and you are less busy or less worried
- It’s been really hectic here. When things settle down, I’ll give you a call.

sit down [앉다] ↔ stand up [서 있다]
1 to be in a sitting position or get into a sitting position
- It was good to be sitting down eating dinner with my family.
sit yourself down
- Sit yourself down and have a drink.
2 sit somebody down to make someone sit down or help them to sit down
sit somebody down in/on
- I helped her into the room and sat her down in an armchair.
3 sit down and do something to try to solve a problem or deal with something that needs to be done, by giving it all your attention
- Sit down and work out just what you spend.

so to speak [말하자면=as it were]
- He is, so to speak, a grown-up baby. [그는 말하자면 성숙한 어린애이다.]
used when you are saying something in words that do not have their usual meaning
- We have to pull down the barriers, so to speak, of poverty.

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