The Intermediate Idioms 1-5

The Intermediate Idioms 1-5

 

지적 탐구를 위한 idiom을 모았습니다.

학습량에 부담 없도록 하루 분량을 정리하였습니다.

매일 꾸준히 익히시고 많은 도움이 되시기 바랍니다.

The idioms for intellectual inquiry are gathered here.

They are organized as much as the amount of daily learning so that there is no burden.

Please get a lot of help, learn steadily every day.

 

 

• at the [a] rate of ~ [~의 비율로]
• 1 NUMBER the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a certain period
• - Asylum seekers were entering Britain at a rate of 1,600 per day.
• 2 MONEY a charge or payment that is set according to a standard scale
• - They only pay tax at a rate of 5%.
• 3 SPEED the speed at which something happens over a period of time
• - Iceland is getting wider at a rate of about 0.5 cm per year.

 

• at the risk of ~ [~을 걸고]
• - at the risk of one’s life [목숨을 걸고]
• at the risk of doing something
• used when you think that what you are going to say or do may have a bad result, may offend or annoy people etc
• - At the risk of sounding stupid, can I ask a question?

 

• at the sacrifice of ~ [~을 희생하여]

 

• at the thought of ~ [~을 생각하면]

 

• at the utmost [기껏해야=at most]

 

• at (the) worst [아무리 나빠도, 최악의 경우에도]
• - At worst, our lives are safe. [최악의 경우라도, 우리의 생명은 안전하다]

 

• be a good [poor] hand at ~ [~을 잘한다(서투르다)]
• - She is a good hand at painting. [그녀는 그림을 잘 그린다]

 

• be absorbed in ~ [~에 열중하다].
• - Judith lay on the settee, absorbed in her book

 

• be acquainted with ~ [~와 아는 사이이다], [~에 정통하고 있다]
• formal to know about something, because you have seen it, read it, used it etc
• - She was well acquainted with classical literature.

 

• be badly off [생계가 궁색하다=poor] ↔ be well off [유복하게 지내다]
• especially 영국식 (also bad-off 미국식) not having much money

 

• be bent on ~ [~에 결심하고 있다]
• bent on something
• completely determined to do something, especially something bad
• - a crowd of hooligans bent on violence
• be bent on doing something
• - They seemed bent on destroying his career.

 

• be born to ~ [~하게 태어나다]
• be born to do/be something
• to be very suitable for a particular job, activity etc
• - He was born to be a politician.

 

• be bound to do [~을 할 의무가 있다], [반드시~하다]
• - We are bound to keep our word. [우리는 약속을 지킬 의무가 있다.]
• - He is bound to fail. [그는 반드시 실패하겠지]

 

• be buried in ~ [~에 몰두하다, ~에 잠기다=be lost in ~]
• - be buried in thought [생각에 잠기다]

 

• be charged with ~ [~의 비난을 받고 있다, (죄를) 쓰고 있다.], [~의 책임을 지고 있다]

 

• be clear of ~ [~이 없다=be free from ~]
• - You are now clear of suspicion. [자네는 이제 혐의를 벗었네]
• to not be touching something, or to be past someone or something
• - Wait to cross until the street is clear of cars.
• - The curtains should be a couple of inches clear of the floor.

 

• be common to ~ [~에 공통하다]
• - This point is common to them all. [이점은 그들 모두 공통되고 있다]
• SAME/SIMILAR common aims, beliefs, ideas etc are shared by several people or groups
• - a theme that is common to all her novels

 

 

• be concerned about ~ [~을 걱정하다]
• - I am concerned about him. [그가 걱정이다]
• WORRIED worried about something
• - She is concerned about how little food I eat.
• LOVE/CARE caring about someone and whether they are happy and healthy
• concerned for/about
• - He was genuinely concerned for the children.

 

• be concerned with ~ [~와 관계가 있다]
• - He is concerned with the plan. [그는 그 계획에 관계하고 있다.]
• INVOLVED involved in something or affected by it
• - all the people concerned with children’s education
• THINK SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT believing that something is important
• - Many politicians are more concerned with power and control than with the good of the people.

 

• be content(ed) with ~ [~에 만족하다] ↔ be not content(ed) with ~ [시쁘다, 마음에 차지 않아서 시들하다]
• - be contented with honest poverty [청빈에 만족하다]
• happy and satisfied
• - We’ll be content with a respectable result in tomorrow’s match.

 

• be convinced of ~ [~을 확신하다]
• feeling certain that something is true
• - Researchers are convinced of a genetic cause for the disease.