[스터디후기] Jun. 28th

[TOM aka MOOK]

ATTENDANCE: Alice, Charlie, Elin, Grace, Hogan, Kelly, Koosy, Ted and Tom

(2008년 최다 기록)

1. Clean Up after Yourself.

cup of Joe: [mainly US] a cup of coffee <ex> Pike Place is Starbucks' attempt to address complaints that its regular cup of joe is bitter, overroasted and "burnt."

※ Josephus Daniels, the Secretary of the Navy banned alcohol from United States Navy ships in General Order 99 of 1 June 1914. This led to the folk etymology that "cup of joe" (referring to a cup of coffee) derives from Daniels' name. But the phrase "cup of Joe" goes back to the mid-1840s.

java: ① a blend of coffee imported from the island of Java ② [US][SPOKEN] coffee in general

※ Java coffee is a coffee produced on the island of Java. In the United States, the term "Java" by itself is slang for coffee generally. The Indonesian phrase “Kopi Jawa” refers not only to the origin of the coffee, but is used to distinguish the strong, black, very sweet coffee, with powdered grains in the drink, from other forms of the drink.

nuke: [INFORMAL] ① to use a nuclear weapon on a target. <ex> First they nuked Hiroshima, then Nagasaki. ② to cook food or beverages in a microwave oven. <ex> I'll nuke some pizza for dinner. ③ to completely destroy. <ex> To try to hide his posting history on Usenet, he had his posts nuked from the Google archives.

pigsty[pigpen]: ① a place where pigs are kept, usually with a building and an outdoor area ② [INFORMAL] a very dirty or untidy place <ex> Clean up your room. It’s a pigsty!

bullpen: ① an enclosed area used to hold bulls <ex> Magnus and Big Buck are over in the bullspen, ready for tonight's rodeo. ② [BASEBALL] an enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game <ex> After that hit, there is activity in the bullpen.

※ In baseball, the bullpen (sometimes referred to as just "the pen") is the area where relief pitchers warm-up before entering a game. Depending on the ballpark, it may be situated in foul territory along the baselines or just beyond the outfield fence.

dugout: ① a small boat made by cutting out a hollow space in a tree trunk <ex> a dugout canoe ② a shelter dug into the ground for soldiers to use ③ a low  shelter at the side of a baseball or football(soccer) field where players and team officials sit

※ In baseball, the dugout is a team's bench area and is located in foul territory between home plate and either first or third base. There are two dugouts, one for the home team and one for the visiting team. In general, the dugout is occupied by all players not prescribed to be on the field at that particular time, as well as coaches and other personnel authorized by the league. The players' equipment (gloves, bats, batting helmets, catcher's equipment, etc.) is usually stored in the dugout.

The term dugout refers to the area being slightly depressed below field level, as is common in professional baseball. The prevailing theory of the origin of locating the dugouts below field level is that it allowed spectators seated behind the dugouts to see the field, specifically the home plate area. Unlike most other sports, the primary action in baseball is centered around one area – home plate – and obstructing this area from fans' view, even if by players on the bench, would not be popular with fans.

molehill: a small pile of earth made by a mole

mole: ① a small furry almost blind animal that usually lives under the ground ② a small dark brown mark on the skin that is slightly higher than the skin around it ③ someone who works for an organization while secretly giving information to its enemies

  

pet peeve: something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike <ex> Ending questions with a period is one of my pet peeves.

※ A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual. The term originated from the word 'peeve'. Its first usage was in 1919. The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered. Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general dissatisfaction. Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close, such as a spouse or significant other. These behaviors may involve disrespect, manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues. An example of a pet peeve involving disrespect is someone not using their turn signal while driving. Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example, a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and react angrily, be annoyed when others interrupt when speaking, or by messy desks of their subordinates.

kick in the pants: a forceful reminder to start or get going <ex> That kid needs a kick in the pants to get his homework done today.

swear: ① to use offensive language, especially because you are angry <ex> Rich tripped over the dog and swore at it. ② to make a very serious promise <ex> Mona swore never to return home. ③ to make a public official promise, especially in a court of law <ex> Witnesses have to swear on the Bible. ④ [INFORMAL] to say that what you have said is the truth <ex> I never touched her I swear to God.

2. Baking Your Own Bread

hit or[and] miss: done in a way that is not planned or organized; sometimes successful and sometimes not; inconsistent; unpredictable; erratic <ex> Farming can be very much a hit-and-miss affair.

sink or swim: to fail or succeed, no matter what; to have to succeed through their own efforts, or fail. <ex> The government doesn't want to force inefficient firms to sink or swim too quickly.

stale: bread or cake that is stale is no longer fresh or good to eat. stale food is still edible but has lost its deliciousness. (≠ fresh) <ex> This loaf has gone stale.

※ Staling is a chemical and physical process in bread that reduces its palatability. Stale bread is dry and leathery. Staling is not, as is commonly believed, simply a drying out process. Bread will stale even in a moist environment, and stales most rapidly at temperatures just above freezing. Although the precise mechanism of staling is still unknown, one important mechanism appears to be migration of moisture from the starch granules into the interstitial spaces, degelatinizing the starch. This results in stale bread's leathery texture.

spoil: to start to decay <ex> Food will spoil if the temperature in your freezer rises above 8℃

plain: without anything added or without decoration; simple <ex> plain food

bland: food that is bland has very little taste <ex> a rather bland potato soup

blend: a product such as tea, tobacco, or whisky that is a mixture of several different types

hit a home run: to achieve the best possible result

strike out: [INFORMAL][mainly US] to be unsuccessful at something <ex> “Did she say she’d go out with you?” “No, I struck out.”

debate: discussion or argument on a subject that people have different opinions about

discussion: the act of talking about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something

3. Free Trade Agreement

touchy (subject/question etc): a subject etc that needs to be dealt with very carefully <ex> Asking about a reporter’s sources can be a touchy business.

sensitive: a situation or subject that is sensitive need to be dealt with very carefully because it may offend people or make them angry <ex> Sorry I didn’t realize it was such a sensitive issue.

hot potato: [INFORMAL] an awkward problem with which nobody wants to be associated <ex> The politician hastened to distance himself from that political hot potato.

hot button issue: [mainly US][JOURNALISM] a controversial subject or problem that people have very strong feelings about. <ex> Abortion is still one of the hot button issues of US life.

touching: making you feel pity, sympathy, sadness etc <ex> a touching reunion of father and son

lost in the shuffle: lacking attention when you deserve it

outstanding: extremely good <ex> an outstanding performance

stand out: to be clearly better or the best <ex> Among mystery writers, P D James stands out as a superior storyteller.

stick out: to be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive <ex> The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones.

flatter: to praise someone in an insincere way in order to please them or get something from them <ex> He flattered her, saying how beautiful her eyes were.

flutter: if a bird or insect flutters its wings flutter, its wings move quickly and lightly up and down <ex> butterflies fluttering from flower to flower

flirt: to behave towards and talk to someone as though you are sexually attracted to them, but not in a very serious way <ex> Tony flirted with every woman at the party.

4. Confusion about Sugar

placebo: a substance given to a patient instead of medicine, without telling them it is not real, so that they get better because they think they are taking medicine (≠ nocebo)

※ A placebo is a substance or procedure which a patient accepts as a medicine or therapy but which has no specific therapeutic activity for the condition. Any effect is thought to be based on the power of suggestion.

A placebo effect or placebo response is a therapeutic and healing effect of an inert medicine or ineffective therapy, or more generally is the psychosocial aspect of every medical treatment. Sometimes known as a non-specific effect or subject-expectancy effect, a placebo effect (or its counterpart, the nocebo effect), occurs when a patient's symptoms are altered in some way (i.e., alleviated or exacerbated) by a treatment, due to the individual expecting or believing that it will work. The placebo effect occurs when a patient is treated in conjunction with the suggestion from an authority figure or from acquired information that the treatment will aid in healing and the patient’s condition improves. This effect has been known since the early 20th century.

The word placebo is Latin for “I will please.” Whenever a placebo is requested in a medical prescription it may imply a statement by the prescribing doctor that "this patient has come to me pleading for a treatment which does not exist or which I cannot or will not supply; I will please him by giving him something ineffectual and claiming that it is effectual." It could also indicate a belief that the effect was due to a subconscious desire of the patient to please the doctor. Since the placebo effect is in the patient not the doctor this may be more self-consistent.

(at) fitst hand: if you hear or experience something at first hand, you hear etc it directly, not through other people <ex> The school had to deal first hand with the social problems of the area.

(at) second hand: if you experience something at second hand, you are told about it by other people rather than experiencing it yourself <ex> Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.

hear sth on the grapevine: to hear about something because the information has been passed from one person to another in conversation <ex> I heard about his resignation on the grapevine.

have a sweet tooth: to like things that taste of sugar <ex> He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.

film/sugar etc freak: [INFORMAL] someone who is so interested in sugar etc that other people think they are strange or unusual <ex> Cake is a favourite with sugar freaks.

deserve: to have earned something by good or bad actions or behaviour <ex> You’ve been working all morning – I think you deserve a rest.

[Alice in Wonderland]

역시 형님 쵝오^^b

[TOM aka MOOK]

I KNOW THAT TOO ⊙ .. ⊙

[☆Elin☆]

wow Thanks =)

[TOM aka MOOK]

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[Ever Grace]

위에 두더지 귀여버 ^^;;;

[TOM aka MOOK]

............잉?? ⊙ .. ⊙;;;

[hogan]

형 항상 존경합니다.

[TOM aka MOOK]

I KNOW THAT TOO ⊙ .. ⊙

[TED!]

형님! 수고하셨습니다^^

[TOM aka MOOK]

I KNOW THAT TOO ⊙ .. ⊙

[Charlie Chai]

오빠 수고했어!! 멋져 !

[TOM aka MOOK]

픇 ⊙ .. ⊙