decrement - 감소

[상당구]

decrement - 감소

increment - 증가

implement - 도구 , 기구

dissipation - 분산

expectorate - 뱉어내다

viscosity - 점질 , 점성

smack of ~ - ~ 의 기미가 있다 , ~ 의 맛이나다

contrariety - 반대 , 모순

rumbles - 우르르 소리내다 , 와글 와글거리다

a faint vibration - 어렴풋한 진동 , 미미한 흔들림

eavesdrop - 엿듣다 , 도청하다

come up with - 제안하다 , 찾아내다

appraisal - 평가

naughtiness - 외설 스러움

amnesia - 건망증

go off - 떠나 가버리다

a new breed of cattle - 새로운 품종의 가축

vegetation - 초목 , 식물

verdant - 초록의 , 푸른

buffer - 완충장치 , 완충제

fall apart - 산산 조각이 되다 , 와해되다

break down - 파괴하다 , 해체시키다

crust - 딱딱한 빵 껍질

ravenous for ~ - ~ 에 몹시 굶주린 , 탐욕의



#1 Property tax has become a hot potato for presidential
contenders and their parties ahead of the presidential
election in December.
올 12월 대선과 내년 총선을 앞두고 '종합부동산세'가 변수로
떠오르고 있습니다.

*hot potato
뜨거운 감자=다루기 어려운, 곤란한 입장
*If you describe a problem or issue as a hot potato, you
mean that it is very difficult and nobody wants to deal with it.


#2 US took steps aimed at releasing all of North Korea's
frozen funds at a Macau bank.
미국이 마카오의 방코델타아시아 은행에 동결돼 있는 북한
자금을 전액 반환할 것으로 알려졌습니다.

*aimed
노리다, ~~을 향하다
*The aim of something that you do is the purpose for
which you do it or the result that it is intended to achieve.


#3 Lee Bong-ju cruised to an unchallenged victory at the
Seoul International Marathon yesterday.
이봉주 선수가 어제, 서울국제마라톤 대회에서 막판 역전으로
우승을 차지했습니다.

*cruised
순항하다
*If a team or sports player cruises to victory, they win easily.

*win a come from behind victory
역전승 하다


#4 A deadly attack on an Islamic school in Thailand's
restive south that left three students dead and seven injured.
태국 남부지역의 이슬람 기숙학교에 괴한들이 폭탄을 던지고,
총을 난사해 학생 3명이 숨지고 7명이 부상당했습니다.

*restive
침착성이 없는, 들떠있는
=여기서는 bored -> 한적한 남부지역으로 해석

*If you are restive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.


#5 Francois Bayrou's surge in French opinion polls has made
the self-described centrist a threat to presidential
front-runners.
프랑스 대선에서 중도파인 프랑수아 바이루 후보가
급부상하면서 전통적인 좌우 양당 체제가 위협받고 있다고
전해졌습니다.

*self-described
desciribe: (특징등을) 묘사하다, 말로 설명하다
=describe: If you describe a person, object, event, or situation,
you say what they are like or what happened.



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U.S. military chief in Korea confirm‎s delay of troop relocation

In the midst of protests near the new U.S military base and disagreement on how the relocation will be paid for, the Korean media has recently been reporting expected delays for the
shift of U.S. troops from Yongsan garrison to Pyeongtaek. On Sunday these reports were confirmed in a U.S. military newspaper by General B.B. Bell, head of the U.S. military in South Korea.
The previous plan to move the troops to Pyeongtaek by 2008 has been pushed back to as far as 2012. Bell cites the the need for suitable facilities, headquarters, and housing on the base for service members and stressed that military units will begin moving to the expanded military base as soon as facilites become available.

Other elements of the plan include transfer of wartime control of Korean military back to Korea, and the reduction of U.S. troops from 28,000 to 25,000.

(1st) in the midst: If you are in the midst of doing something, you are doing it at the moment.

If someone or something is in the midst of a group of people or things, they are among them or surrounded by them.
~~의 가운데에

(2nd) push back: the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw
cause to move back by force or influence;
"repel the enemy"
뒤로밀어내다, 후퇴시키다




Services to resume at Bangkok's old airport in the wake of problems at new one

Thailand's Suvarnabhumi International project cost $3.8 billion and was intended to be a leading air hub for Southeast Asia. However, since it's opening last September, the new airport has been plagued with problems, including cracks in taxiways and design flaws. In order to
relieve the overwhelming congestion there, Bangkok's old Don Muang International Airport has been reactivated and will be ready to restart operation on March 25. Don Muang, which had been completely closed upon the opening of the new airport, will handle the domestic
flights of two Thai budget airlines, as well as 70% of the domestic flights of Thai Airways, Thailand's national carrier.
The reopening of Don Muang has raised objections that the shuffle
of flights could potentially confuse tourists.


(1st) in the wake of: If one thing follows in the wake of another, it happens after the other thing is over, often as a result of it.
=following

(2nd) plagued with: A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time.

If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
성가신, 귀찮은일, 골칫거리

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