[스터디후기] Oct. 25th

[TOM aka MOOK]

ATTENDANCE: Alice(40 minutes late), Daniel, Koosy & Tom

1. Lost in Translation

chuckle: a quiet laugh chortle (≒ chortle, giggle, snigger, titter) <ex> He gave a little chuckle.

amusing: funny and entertaining <ex> I don’t find his jokes at all amusing.

hilarious: extremely funny <ex> a hilarious story

nitpicky: someone who is nitpicky argues about small unimportant details or tries to find small mistakes in something (≒ fastidious, exacting, picky, anal-retentive, finicky, pedantic) <ex> Soames was getting impatient with his nitpicky daughter.

※ Nitpicking is the act of removing nits (the eggs of lice) from the host's hair. As the nits are cemented to individual hairs with louse saliva, they cannot be removed with lice combs and, before modern chemical methods were invented, the only options were to shave all the host's hair or to pick them free one by one. This is a slow and laborious process, as the root of each individual hair must be examined for infestation.

As nitpicking inherently requires fastidious, meticulous attention to detail, the term has become appropriated to describe the practice of meticulously searching for minor, even trivial errors in detail (often referred to as "nits" as well), and then criticising them.

picky: someone who is picky only likes particular things and not others, and so is not easy to please <ex> He’s a very picky eater.

micromanage: to organize and control all the details of another person’s work in a way that they think is annoying <ex> The employees complained that their boss was micromanaging too much when she insisted that they account for their time in fifteen minute intervals.

for yourself: ① for the benefit of you <ex> Why not start working for yourself? ② without help from anyone <ex> It sounds as if you've done quite well for yourself. Congratulations.

(all) by yourself: ① alone <ex> You can’t go home by yourself in the dark. ② without help from anyone (= for yourself) <ex> Do you think you can move the sofa by yourself?

overlook: to not notice something, or not see how important it is (= miss) <ex> It is easy to overlook a small detail like that.

look over: to examine something quickly, without paying much attention to detail <ex> Do you have a few minutes to look these samples over?

pitch: ① to throw something with a lot of force, often aiming carefully <ex> She crumpled up the page and pitched it into the fire. ② to aim and throw a ball in baseball <ex> Stanton pitched to two batters in the ninth inning. ③ [INFORMAL] to try to persuade someone to do business with you, buy something etc <ex> Booksellers are keen to pitch for school business.

end up: to be in a particular situation, state, or place after a series of events, especially when you did not plan it (≒ conclude, turn out, finish up) <ex> Most slimmers end up putting weight back on.

2. Back in Time

reminisce: [FORMAL] to talk or think about pleasant events in your past <ex> a group of former students reminiscing about their college days

help yourself (to sth): to take some of what you want, without asking permission – used especially when offering food to someone <ex> Please help yourself to some cake.

behave: ① to do things that are good, bad, sensible etc (= act) <ex> She behaved in a very responsible way. ② also behave yourself: to not do things that annoy or offend people (≠ misbehave) <ex> Will you children please behave! ③ if something behaves in a particular way, it does those things <ex> Quantum mechanics is the study of the way atoms behave.

back seat: a seat at the back of a car, behind where the driver sits <ex> There are all those boxes in the backseat.

back seat driver: [INFORMAL][DISAPPROVAL] ① a passenger in the back of a car who gives unwanted advice to the driver about how to drive <ex> A backseat driver may make the driver nervous, and this could cause a traffic accident. ② someone in business or politics who tries to control things that they are not really responsible for

trigger: the part of a gun that you pull with your finger to fire it <ex> He took aim and squeezed the trigger

be the trigger (point) (for sth): to be the thing that quickly causes a serious problem <ex> The hijacking became a trigger for military action.

blue: [INFORMAL] sad and without hope (= depressed, down) <ex> I’ve been feeling kind of blue.

green with envy: wishing very much that you had something that someone else has <ex> I feel green with envy whenever I see you in your new car.

black: full of feelings of anger or hate <ex> Denise gave me a black look.

3. And the Winner Is...

Olympic ⓐ: relating to the Olympic Games <ex> an Olympic gold medal

the Olympic Games/the Olympics ⓝ: an international sports event held every four years in different countries <ex> the 1976 Olympic Games

underdog: a person, team etc that is weaker than the others, is always expected to be unsuccessful, and that is often treated badly <ex> Crowds often feel sympathy for the underdog.

top dog: [INFORMAL] the person who has the most power in a group, especially after a struggle (≒ big cheese, big enchilada, big kahuna, bigwig, big wheel, grand poobah, head honcho, kingpin, muckety muck, top banana) <ex> He always wanted to be the one in control, the top dog.

consider: to think of someone or something in a particular way or to have a particular opinion <ex> They consider themselves to be Europeans.

※ consider A as B는 엄밀히 보면 문법적으로 맞지 않는 표현이라는 것이 (검색 결과) 다수 의견입니다. 제 사전에도 consider A as B라는 표현은 일절 없습니다. 하지만, 많은 사람들이 구어적으로 쓰는 표현이기 때문에 사용에 무리는 없을 듯합니다. 그리고, 위 예문의 to be는 당연히 생략 가능합니다. ^^;

view: to think about something or someone in a particular way (= see) <ex> The law should be viewed as a way of meeting certain social goals.

statistics: ① a set of numbers which represent facts or measurements <ex> the official crime statistics ② the science of collecting and examining such numbers <ex> Statistics is a branch of mathematics.

statistic: a single number which represents a fact or measurement <ex> The statistic comes from a study recently conducted by the British government.

stats: [INFORMAL] statistics <ex> Stats is one of her favourite subjects at school.

be worth sth: If something is worth a particular amount of money, it can be sold for that amount or is considered to have that value. <ex> The contract was worth £25 million a year.

hands down: easily <ex> Nigel always won hands down in any argument.

※ The origin of this colloquialism seem to have its roots in mid-19th century horseracing. When a horse jockey is nearing the finish line far ahead of the competition, “with victory certain”, he could drop his hands, and relaxing his hold on the reins and still win the race.

hand down: to give or leave something to people who will live after you (≒ pass on) <ex> The ring was handed down to her from her grandmother.

inherit: to receive money, property etc from someone after they have died <ex> He inherited a fortune from his grandmother.

at times: sometimes <ex> Life is hard at times.

should: ① used to say what is the right or sensible thing to do <ex> He shouldn’t be so selfish. ② used to say what would have been right or sensible, but was not done <ex> They should have called the police.

be supposed to do/be sth: ① used to say what someone should or should not do, especially because of rules or what someone in authority has said <ex> We’re supposed to check out of the hotel by 11 o’clock. ② used to say what was or is expected or intended to happen, especially when it did not happen <ex> No one was supposed to know about it.

be willing to do sth: to be prepared to do something, or having no reason to not want to do it <ex> How much are they willing to pay?

anthem: a formal or religious song <ex> The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.

national anthem: the official song of a nation that is sung or played on public occasions <ex> The band played the Czech anthem.

stumble: to stop or make a mistake when you are reading to people or speaking <ex> I hope I don’t stumble over any of the long words.

cut/give sb some slack: [SPOKEN] to allow someone to do something without criticizing them or making it more difficult <ex> Hey, cut me some slack, man,  I’m only a few bucks short.

give sb a break: [SPOKEN] to stop being strict with someone so that a situation becomes easier for them <ex> Give the kid a break. It’s only his second day on the job.

4. All Aboard

cruise: a holiday on a large ship <ex> a Mediterranean cruise

cruise ship: a large ship with restaurants, bars etc that people have holidays on <ex> The luxury cruise ship will carry more than two thousand passengers, and is expected to enter service in 2010.

married: having a husband or a wife <ex> We’re getting married (= marrying) next month.

※ Do not say ‘be/get married with’ someone. Say be/get married to someone.

marry: ① if you marry someone, you become their husband or wife <ex> He married Bea in 1925. ② to perform the ceremony at which two people get married <ex> The priest who married us was really nice.

※ In spoken English, get married is more common than marry.

jurisdiction: [FORMAL] the right to use an official power to make legal decisions, or the area where this right exists (≒ authority) <ex> The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures.

sovereignty: the power that an independent country has to govern itself (≒ autonomy) <ex> the defence of our national sovereignty

clerk: ① someone who keeps records or accounts in an office <ex> a clerk in a commercial firm ② [US] someone whose job is to help people in a shop <ex> A clerk is attending to customers. ③ [US] someone whose job is to help people when they arrive at and leave a hotel <ex> Leave the keys with the desk clerk. ④ an official in charge of the records of a court, town council etc <ex> a clerk of a law court

dinghy: a small open boat used for pleasure, or for taking people between a ship and the shore <ex> Four militants made their way in a rubber dinghy from Lebanon to Israel's northern shore.

LOI: a letter of intent

※ LOI is a document outlining an agreement between two or more parties before the agreement is finalized. Such agreements may be Asset Purchase Agreements, Share Purchase Agreements, Joint-Venture Agreements and overall all Agreements which aim at closing a financially large deal. LOIs resemble written contracts, but are usually not binding on the parties in their entirety. Many LOIs, however, contain provisions that are binding, such as non-disclosure agreements, a covenant to negotiate in good faith, or “no-shop” provision promising exclusive rights to negotiate. The purposes of an LOI may be: ① to clarify the key points of a complex transaction for the convenience of the parties ② to declare officially that the parties are currently negotiating, as in a merger or joint venture proposal ③ to provide safeguards in case a deal collapses during negotiation. A LOI may also be referred to as a memorandum of understanding (MOU), term sheet or discussion sheet. Although the terms refer to different documents, the differences are often formal in nature, reflecting different drafting styles or business customs, not a substantive difference in what these various documents accomplish.

MOU: a memorandum of understanding

※ A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action. It most often is used in cases where parties either do not imply a legal commitment or in situations where the parties cannot create a legally enforcement agreement. In some cases, depending on the exact wording, MOUs can have the binding power of a contract; as a matter of law, contracts do not need to be labeled as such to be legally binding. In private U.S. law, MOU is a common synonym for a letter of intent (LOI).

sickness: the feeling that you are about to bring up food from your stomach, or the act of bringing food up (= nausea) <ex> Liam had suffered violent sickness and diarrhoea.

motion/car/sea/air etc sickness: sickness that some people get while travelling <ex> He was very prone to seasickness and already felt queasy.

declare: to state officially and publicly that a particular situation exists or that something is true <ex> A state of emergency has been declared.

announce: to officially tell people about something, especially about a plan or a decision <ex> They announced their engagement in ‘The Times’.

proclaim: [FORMAL] to say publicly or officially that something important is true or exists <ex> The President proclaimed the republic’s independence.

[Sophia Kim]

Tom's return. Thanks It is very helpful~

[TOM aka MOOK]

[한영자동번역] 톰의 수익률. 고마워요. 그것은 매우 도움적입니다.

[Alice in Wonderland]

--;; 그래서 소피아 같은 통역사가 필요한겨,

[Alice in Wonderland]

근데 탐의 리뷰에 사진이 없어서 썰렁하다.ㅋ

[TOM aka MOOK]

사진 넣을 만한 내용이 그닥... ㅎ (--> 경직적 사고)