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[Power English] fill in for someone, step up, leave someone high and dry파워 잉글리쉬 2022. 8. 20. 07:18
fill in for someone
substitute when someone is gone (eg. for a vacation)
(doesn't have to be the whole day, could be a couple of hours)
You did a great job filling in for me with him.
나 대신 그와 일을 아주 잘해냈어요.
If you want to take tomorrow off work, you need to find someone to fill in for you.
내일 휴가를 내려면 대신 일할 사람을 찾아야 해요.
step up
taking on additional responsibility
try to be mature, proactive, and professional
Thanks for stepping up.
You really need to step up.
좀 성숙하고 책임감을 가져라.
He really stepped up last week.
지난주에 정말 책임감있게 잘했어요.
My husband started to step it up.
남편이 달라졌어요.
When the head chef got sick, his assistant stepped up and ran the kitchen
수석 주방장이 아팠을때 보조 요리나가 나서서 주방을 관리했다.
leave someone high and dry
(you don't help someone )
let someone solve their problem on their own
abandon someone
You can't leave me high and dry on such a big project.
이렇게 큰 프로젝트를 나한테 다 남겨두면 안돼지.
I don't know what I would've done without you.
(주로 감사를 표현할때) 너가 없었으면 내가 어떻게 했을지 모르겠어.
I don't know what I would've done if you hadn't come home last night.
네가 어재밤에 집에 안왔으면 어떻게 했을지 모르겠어 (고마워)
well-informed
know a lot on a particular area
have all that information just in case
high praise
(often used phrase) give a lot of compliments
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