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  • culminate in, tune out, lexicon, unfathomable, asinine
    미묘한 영어 2022. 8. 17. 22:43

    rudder

    배의 키, 항공기의 방향타

    moral rudder 

     

    graduated

    눈금이 매겨진, 등급이 나뉘어진

     

    problem-solving

    <명사> 문제해결

     

    culminate in(to)

    ~로 끝이나다

    culminate in tragedy 비극으로 끝나다

    culminate in suicidal thought 자살하고 싶은 생각으로 끝나다

    culminate into your business solution

     

    "Action before answers" means starting now - before you're ready.

     

    abyss

    a very deep or unfathomable gorge or chasm

    abyss

    unfathomable

    incapable of being fully explored or understood

    (of water or natural features) impossible to measure the extent of

    Her grey eyes were dark with some unfathomable emotion

     

    One week of real market engagement is more valuable than one month of market research and analysis.

    poke

      She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.

     

    finicky

    음식이나 옷에 지나치게 까다로운, 까탈스러운 (fussy)

    세심한 주의를 요하는

    It is real finicky to get the whole thing aligned perfectly.

     

    cower

    to bend low and/or move backwards because you are frightened

      The dog whimpered and cowered at his feet.

      They just cower and are not willing to try.

     

    asinine (ridiculous)

      To me, asinine is not a swear word.

      I thought that was asinine.

     

    assimilate

    become similar, try to fit in

      My ancestors came to the US and tried to assimilate into the general American culture.

     

    quarterback

    <동사>to lead or direct the operations of

     

     

    Each step in the build process I learned by solving only the problem that stood in front of me.
    The only real problem is the one in front of you.

    cumbersome

    large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use (bulky)

    slow or complicated and therefore inefficient

      cumbersome diving suits

     

    hellacious 

    very great, bad, or overwhelming

      Scientists ultimately concluded that they died in a hellacious hailstorm.

      How do I manage hellacious employee payroll and the regulations surrounding it?

     

    gregarious

    sociable; fond of company

    (of animal) living in flocks 

      Some are born gregarious.

      My father was the one everyone loved because he was so gregarious.

     

    turd 

    a lump of excrement

    a person regarded as obnoxious

     

    You can't polish a turd

    You can't make something that's not naturally good even with the hardest attempts.

      After years, he's just never going to change his selfish ways

      Well, you can't polish a turd!

     

    tune out

    to become unresponsive to, ignore

    to dissociate oneself from what is happening or one's surroundings

      Anytime you drive by that new restaurant, uninspired by its signage and exterior decor, you react by tuning it out as an option.

     

    lexicon

    the vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge

     

    figment

    a mere product of the mental invention

    an imagined story, theory, etc

      I'm not a figment of your imagination

      The past is done; the future is just a figment of your imagination.

     

     

     

     

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