(918)＜2632＞ a chill down my spine/ 등골이 오싹함.

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                  *** a chill down my spine ***

                                 (등골이 오싹한)

         Tips=[1]= 오늘의 표현을 직역하면 "척추(spine)로 흐르는 오싹함" 정도로

                                우리 말에서 "등골이 오싹하다"라는 의미와 비슷하다.

                                그래서 문장으로 만들면 "That sent a chill down my spine"으로

                                "정말 오싹했어요"라는 뜻이된다.

           (918) (A) I'm so tired of working overtime.

                             What time did you leave the office last night?

                      (B) I took off at around ten.

                            On my way back home,

                            I was walking down an empty street

                               when suddenly a stranger in a back hoodle

                               came out of nowhere.

                            It was so creepy.

                      (A) Wow!  That sent a chill down my spine.

                             I hope that nothing happened.

                              

                                       = overtime ;  야근, 초과근무                     = take off ; 떠나다

                                                       = stranger ; 낯선사람                       = hoodle ; 모자 달린 옷

                                                       = creepy ; 오싹한

                                                           [본문  해석]

                              (A)  초과근무하는게 너무 지겨워요. 어제 밤에 사무실에서 몇 시에 나왔어요?

                                     (B) 한 10시쯤에 나왔어요, 집에 돌아가는 길에 아무도 없는 거리를 것고 있었는데,

                                           갑자기 모자달린 검은 옷을 입은 낯선 사람이 어디선가 나타났어요. 정말 오싹했어요.

                                     (A) 어머! 등골이 오싹하네요. 별일 없었으면 좋겟네요.

                  Tips=[2]= English Review

                      [ Let(someone) off the hook /~의 책임을 면해주다]

                           (A) Tim sent his report to me a week late.

                                         (팀이 일주일이나 늦게 보고서를 제출했어요)

                                 (B) Really? That's pretty late.

                                         (정말요? 꽤 늦었네요.)

                                 (A) I'll let him off the hook this time.

                                       He's been swamped with orojects lately.

                                        (이번에는 넘어 가겠어요. 그는 최근에 프로젝트로 일이 넘쳐 났으니까요.)

                     [Similar and related expressions]

                   ** I'll forgive him this time. He's been swamped with projects lately.**

                              (이번에는 넘어가겠어요. 그는 최근에 프로젝트로 일이 넘쳐 났으니까요.)