(860)＜2582＞: sink in / 충분히 이해하다

[williamahn]

                                                  ***** sink  in *****

                                  (충분히 이해하다)

         Tips=[1]= 흥미로운 분야에 푹 빠지면 그 분야에 대한 이해와 지식도 넓어진다.

                                    이런 맥락에서 오늘의 표현은 "충분히 이해되다"라는 의미를 지닌다.

                                    이 표현이 충분히 이해되였다면 여러번 읽어 기역해 둡시다.

             (860)(A) How's Andera doing?

                            I heard that she was laid off.

                       (B) She seems fine,

                             but I think it's because

                             the news hasn't really sunk in yet.

                        (A) Yeah, she might be more upset

                              when she realizes just

                              how competitive the job market is.

                    

                                                * lay off/해고 시키다

                                                                           *competitive/ 경쟁적인

                                                                           *job market/취업 시장

                                                                  

                                                                  [본문  해석]

                                   (A) 앤드라는 어덯게 지내요? 해고 당했다고 들었는데요.

                                           (B) 잘 지내는듯해요. 근데 아직 그 소식이 정말 충분히 이해되지 못해서 그런 것 같아요.

                                           (A) 네,취업시ㅏㅇ에서 경쟁이 얼마나 심한지 알게 되면 아마 더 화날지도 모르겠어요.

                   Tips=[2]= English Review

                           [Give(someone) a hard time / ~을 애먹이다, ~를 못 살게 굴다]

                                 (A) (sighs) It's taking too long for Tim to finish the file.

                                              (한숨 쉬며) Tim이 이 서류를 끝내는 데 시간이 너무 걸리네요.)

                                                  (B) Don't give him such a hard time about it.

                                               You know he's still in training.

                                              ( 너무 애먹이지 마세요. 아직 수습기간이라는 것을 알 잔아요.)

                                                  (A) Y ou know, but he should be much faster by now.

                                               ( 알아요. 하지만 자근쯤이면 일 처리가 훨씬 빨라야 돼요.)

                                   [Similar and related expressions]

                          **Don't be so hard on him. You know he's still in training.**

                                        (너무 심하게 대하지 마세요. 아직 수습기간 이란 것을 알잖아요.)