Re:10월12일(화) 자료 : Dear Annie

[james123]

Hello. I'm James Jung.

just. i would like to write something i didn't reconize new words.

Have a good time,

1. down payment

(down payments)   also downpayment

N-COUNT If you make a down payment on something, you pay only a percentage of the total cost when you buy it. You then finish paying for it later, usually by paying a certain amount every month. deposit

2.drop off

2	PHRASAL VERB If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep. I must have dropped off to sleep... Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind.
3	PHRASAL VERB If the level of something drops off, it becomes less. Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off... Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind. fall

	3.pawn		/p n/   (pawns, pawning, pawned)

1.	VERB If you pawn something that you own, you leave it with a pawnbroker, who gives you money for it and who can sell it if you do not pay back the money before a certain time.He is contemplating pawning his watch.
2.	N-COUNT In chess, a pawn is the smallest and least valuable playing piece. Each player has eight pawns at the start of the game.
3.	N-COUNT : usu with supp, oft N in n If you say that someone is using you as a pawn, you mean that they are using you for their own advantage. It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President...

4.custody	/k st di/

1.	N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced. I'm going to go to court to get custody of the children... Child custody is normally granted to the mother.
2.	PHRASE : PHR after v Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court. Three people appeared in court and two of them were remanded in custody... She was taken into custody later that day.
3.	N-UNCOUNT : usu with supp If someone is being held in a particular type of custody, they are being kept in a place that is similar to a prison. Barrett was taken into protective custody.

4.

.alimony	/ l m ni, AM -mo ni/

N-UNCOUNT Alimony is money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced. Compare palimony.

	Thesaurus (유의어사전)
custody
noun care charge protection supervision safekeeping keeping noun imprisonment detention confinement incarceration ...

5. earshot	/ r t/

PHRASE : PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR of n If you are within earshot of someone or something, you are close enough to be able to hear them. If you are out of earshot, you are too far away to hear them. It is within earshot of a main road... Mark was out of earshot, walking ahead of them.

6.veneer 

 /v n ^r/   (veneers)

1.	N-SING : usu with supp, oft N of n, adj N If you refer to the pleasant way that someone or something appears as a veneer, you are critical of them because you believe that their true, hidden nature is not good. His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.
2.	N-VAR Veneer is a thin layer of wood or plastic which is used to improve the appearance of something. The wood was cut into large sheets of veneer...

7. put aside

1	PHRASAL VERB If you put something aside, you keep it to be dealt with or used at a later time. She took up a slice of bread, broke it nervously, then put it aside... Encourage children to put aside some of their pocket-money to buy Christmas presents.
2	PHRASAL VERB If you put a feeling or disagreement aside, you forget about it or ignore it in order to solve a problem or argument. We should put aside our differences and discuss the things we have in common... We admitted that the attraction was there, but decided that we would put the feelings aside. forget about

8.

string

string	/str /   (strings, stringing, strung)

1.	N-VAR String is thin rope made of twisted threads, used for tying things together or tying up parcels. He held out a small bag tied with string. ...a shiny metallic coin on a string.
2.	N-COUNT : usu N of n A string of things is a number of them on a piece of string, thread, or wire. She wore a string of pearls around her neck. ...a string of fairy lights.
3.	N-COUNT : usu sing, usu N of n A string of places or objects is a number of them that form a line. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages... A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank.
4.	N-COUNT : usu sing, usu N of n A string of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other. The incident was the latest in a string of attacks...
5.	N-COUNT The strings on a musical instrument such as a violin or guitar are the thin pieces of wire or nylon stretched across it that make sounds when the instrument is played. He went off to change a guitar string. ...a twenty-one-string harp.
6.	N-PLURAL : oft N n The strings are the section of an orchestra which consists of stringed instruments played with a bow. The strings provided a melodic background to the passages played by the soloist... There was a 20-member string section.
7.	N-COUNT In computing, a string is a particular series of letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces, for example a word or phrase that you want to search for in a document.
8.	VERB If you string something somewhere, you hang it up between two or more objects. He had strung a banner across the wall.
	String up means the same as string. PHRASAL VERB People were stringing up decorations on the fronts of their homes.
9.	see also  highly strung, purse strings, second string, strung out
10.	PHRASE If something is offered to you with no strings attached or with no strings, it is offered without any special conditions. Aid should be given to developing countries with no strings attached. ...no-strings grants that last for five years.
11.	PHRASE : V inflects If you pull strings, you use your influence with other people in order to get something done, often unfairly.

string along
	PHRASAL VERB If you string someone along, you deceive them by letting them believe you have the same desires, beliefs, or hopes as them.[ INFORMAL ] She took advantage of him, stringing him along even after they were divorced.

string together
	PHRASAL VERB If you string things together, you form something from them by adding them to each other, one at a time. As speech develops, the child starts to string more words together... The speaker strung together a series of jokes.

string up
	PHRASAL VERB To string someone up means to kill them by hanging them.[ INFORMAL ] Guards rushed into his cell and strung him up.

[Maximus]

Good! It's very nice of you.