Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet (단어정리)

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Don't Eat the Marshmallow Yet (단어정리)

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Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet

단어정리

<Chapter 1>/ Collins Cobuild.

 * serene: serene means calm and quiet

* shopworn : (= shop soiled) dirty or not in perfect condition because they have been in   a shop for a long time

* chauffeur : A chauffeur is a person whose job is to drive and look after another person's car

* intriguing :  If you describe someone or something as intriguing, you mean that they  interest you and you are curious about them

* mogul : a very rich, improtant and powerful person

* turn out  : If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way or has the result or degree of success indicated

* estate : estate is a large area of land in the country

<Chapter 2>

Seems in business all you hear about is people lying and reneging on deals.

revege: don't do what they have promised or agreed to do.

It was a cherry-red Corvette convertible, a guaranteed babe magnet.

babe: (slang) an attractive young woman

...and start probing to find out other needs they have.

probe: to examine of look for sth

<Chapter 3> / 'Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary'.

P25  *convert: ⓥto (cause something or someone to) change in form, character or opinion

        *revert: ⓥto return to doing, using, being or referring to something, usually

                     something  bad  or less satisfactory

P26 *modest: adj. tending not to talk about or make obvious your own abilities

                       and achievements

       *prepubescent: adj. relating to the period before children start to develop

                                 adult sexual characteristics

P27 *engrossed in: giving all your attention to something; absorbed

P28 *ground: ⓥto forbid a child or young person from going out as a punishment

P29 *meditate on: to think seriously about something for a long time

        *uncharacteristically: adv. not typically

P30 *gratify: ⓥto please someone, or to satisfy a wish or need

        *vent: ⓥto express a negative emotion in a forceful and often unfair way

         *whack: ⓥto hit something noisily

         *poignant: adj. causing or having a particularly sharp feeling of sadness

P32 *jot down: ⓥto write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it

 I found I didn't know many words. I hope this will be helpful for all of you.

<Chapter 4>

1)     Preamble(p33)

Arthur started without preambles soon as Jonathan was seated in …..

è     an introduction to a speech or piece of writing

è     talk or activity not connected with the most import!ant matter.

2)     Elaborate(p34)

… so he could perform an elaborate ritual.

-> containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts.

3)     Deviate(P34)

He would never lose control of the ball by bouncing it in a spot on the court that might deviate it.

è     * to do something which is different from the usual or common way of behaving.

è     * to go in a different direction

4)     plead(p36)

Jorge pleaded with his father to let him play second base, but father refused.

è     * to make an urgent, emotional statement or request for something.

5)     doom(p38)

…are we doomed to eat every marshmallow put in front of us for the rest of our lives?

-> to make someone or something certain to do or experience something unpleasant, or to make something bad certain to happen.

6)     Ambidextrous(p38)

If you were born ambidextrous than if you were born right-or left-handed.

è     able to use both hands equally well.

<Chapter 5>

7)     land(p 49)

And when he couldn’t land a job at a newspaper in the U.S., he opted to change careers.

-> to get or achieve something good, especially in a way which seems easy or unexpected.

    6) gobble (p50)

       …. the marshmallow - gobbling up small clients- but……

è     * to use a lot of your supply of something, usually money.

è     * to eat food too fast

8)     label (p 52)

…. while one who doesn’t like you might label you as weak.

-> a word or a phrase which is used to describe the characteristics or qualities of people, activities of things, often in a way that is unfair

9)     glamorous(p54)

not a glamorous or high-paying position.

è     attractive in an exciting and special way.

10) Conglomerate(p54)

a Spanish conglomerate for hundreds of millions of dollars

-> a company that owns several smaller businesses whose products or services are usually very different.

<Chapter 6>

<page 59> This new paradigm proved illuminating, as Arthur found his former....

 ▶. VERB To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and

 more visible 

 <page 60> which Arthur had long considered a form of insanitiy.

 ▶. N-UNCOUNT Insanity is the state of being insane.

 The defence pleaded insanity, but the defendant was found guilty and sentenced. madness

 <page 60> Nicholas seemed lucky, loved for more than two years by a smart, funny, gorgeous....

 ▶. If you say that something is gorgeous , you mean that it gives you a lot of pleasure or is very attractive.

<page 63> .... he'd need an edge competing against all those school senior with impressive GPAs.

  ▶. GPA grade point average

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올킬,올다이,이벤트중입니다. 단/폴(50)~모/바/일/가/능
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회,원,가,입,시 3000원,지,급, 매.일 첫.충.전5%추/가/지/급.
올킬,올다이,이벤트중입니다. 단/폴(50)~모/바/일/가/능
365일 연/중/무/휴 24시간(해/외운/영) 온라인 고/객서/비스!
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회,원,가,입,시 3000원,지,급, 매.일 첫.충.전5%추/가/지/급.
올킬,올다이,이벤트중입니다. 단/폴(50)~모/바/일/가/능
365일 연/중/무/휴 24시간(해/외운/영) 온라인 고/객서/비스!
믿/음과 신/뢰는 MUSIC의 전/부입니다.