[스터디후기] Apr. 4th

[TOM aka MOOK]

ATTENDANCE : Alice, Greg(feat. his bride), Koosy & Tom

1. A Positive Attitude

attitude: the opinions and feelings that you usually have about something <ex> Pete’s attitude towards women really scares me.

mindset: someone’s general attitude, and the way in which they think about things and make decisions <ex> The company seems to have a very old-fashioned mindset.

outlook: ① your general attitude to life and the world (≒ attitude, opinion, point of view, viewpoint) <ex> She still has an optimistic outlook for the future. ② what is expected to happen in the future (≒ prospect, expectation, prognosis) <ex> The outlook for the weekend is unsettled, with periods of heavy rain.

bear (sth) in mind: to remember a fact or piece of information that is important or could be useful in the future (= keep (sth) in mind) <ex> Bear in mind that some children will need help.

long face: a sad or disappointed expression‎ on someone’s face <ex> He came to me with a very long face.

grumpy: bad-tempered and easily annoyed (≒ grouchy) <ex> Tommy feels grumpy today because his friend stole his ball.

vibes: [INFORMAL] the good or bad feelings that a particular person, place, or situation seems to produce and that you react to (= vibrations) <ex> I have good vibes about this contract.

appointment: an arrangement for a meeting at an agreed time and place, for a particular purpose <ex> She has an appointment with a client at 10.30.

2. A Last-Minute Vacation

house-sit: to look after someone’s house while they are away <ex> I'm housesitting for my friends while they're on vacation in France.

babysit: to take care of children while their parents are away for a short time <ex> I promised to babysit for Mrs Plunkett.

scatterbrain: someone who does not think in a practical way, so that they cannot do things or they forget or lose things <ex> I'm working on way too many projects right now and turning into a scatterbrain.

scatter: if someone scatters a lot of things, or if they scatter, they are thrown or dropped over a wide area in an irregular way <ex> The flowers fell and scattered on the ground.

cheeky: [UK] rude or disrespectful, sometimes in a way that is amusing <ex> You did that on purpose, you cheeky little devil!

3. Dying with Dignity

over (and done) with: finished quickly, without procrastination, especially used about something unpleasant <ex> I hate getting shots, but it's best just to get it over with.

jargon: [often DISAPPROVAL] words and expressions used in a particular profession or by a particular group of people, which are difficult for other people to understand (≒ vernacular) <ex> Keep it simple and avoid the use of jargon.

foreseeable: foreseeable difficulties, events etc should be planned for because they are very likely to happen in the future (≒ predictable) <ex> It seems to me that this crime was foreseeable and this death preventable.

in the foreseeable future: fairly soon <ex> There is a possibility of water shortages in the foreseeable future.

predictable: [sometimes DISAPPROVAL] if something or someone is predictable, you know what will happen or what they will do (≠ unpredictable) <ex> The snow had a predictable effect on traffic.

quite: ① [especially US] very, but not extremely <ex> The food in the cafeteria is usually quite good. ② [especially UK][VAGUENESS] fairly, or to a small extent, but not very <ex> The film was quite good, but the book was much better. ③ [UK][EMPHASIS] completely (≒ absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly) <ex> I’m sorry. That’s quite impossible.

※ This is a non-descriptive qualifier, similar to fairly and rather and somewhat. Used where a plain adjective needs to be modified, but cannot be qualified. When spoken, the meaning can vary with the tone of voice and stress. He was quite big can mean anything from “not exactly small" to “almost huge”.

※ In British English, using quite suggests you are not very enthusiastic about something. In American English, quite is a stronger way of qualifying an adjective. In both British and American English, the way you say the word is important. In British English, if you say it was quite good and you put the emphasis on the quite, you mean it was good, but not very good. If you put the emphasis on good, you mean it was very good. In British English, when it is used with adjectives like impossible or unacceptable, it means completely, and you put the emphasis on it. In American English, the emphasis is always on the adjective that goes with quite.

will: a legal document that says who you want your money and property to be given to after you die <ex> My grandfather left me some money in his will.

living will: a document explaining what medical or legal decisions someone should make if you become so ill that you cannot make those decisions yourself <ex> This living will shall be honored by my family.

※ Advance directives are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. A living will is the oldest form of advance directive, leaving instructions for treatment. It was first proposed by an Illinois attorney, Louis Kutner, in a law journal in 1969. Kutner drew from existing estate law, by which an individual can control property affairs after death (i.e., when no longer available to speak for themselves) and devised a way for an individual to speak to his or her health care desires when no longer able to express current health care wishes. Because this form of “will” was to be used while an individual was still alive (but no longer able to make decisions) it was dubbed the “living will.” A living will usually provides specific directives about the course of treatment that is to be followed by health care providers and caregivers. In some cases a living will may forbid the use of various kinds of burdensome medical treatment. It may also be used to express wishes about the use or foregoing of food and water, if supplied via tubes or other medical devices. The living will is only used if the individual has become unable to give informed consent or refusal (i.e., “individual health care instruction”) due to incapacity. A living will can be very specific or very general. An example of a statement sometimes found in a living will is: “If I suffer an incurable, irreversible illness, disease, or condition and my attending physician determines that my condition is terminal, I direct that life-sustaining measures that would serve only to prolong my dying be withheld or discontinued.”

palliative: [MEDICAL] a palliative care, treatment etc is a medical care that will not cure an illness but will reduce the pain <ex> The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliative care.

anaesthetic, anesthetic[US]: a drug that stops you feeling pain <ex> The operation will have to be done under anaesthetic.

paralysis: the loss of the ability to move all or part of your body or feel things in it <ex> He suffered a stroke and partial paralysis.

coma: someone who is in a coma has been unconscious for a long time, usually because of a serious illness or injury <ex> He went into a coma and died soon afterwards.

comatose: [MEDICAL] in a coma <ex> she had visited a comatose friend in a hospital.

※ Post-prandial somnolence, sometimes referred to colloquially as food coma or – mistakenly – turkey coma, is a state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Post-prandial somnolence has two components – a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to nutrients in the gastrointestinal tract, and a specific state of sleepiness caused by hormonal and neurochemical changes related to the rate at which glucose enters the bloodstream and its downstream effects on amino acid transport in the central nervous system.

※ Spring Fever is a term applied to several sets of physical and psychological symptoms associated with the arrival of spring. In general it refers to an increase in energy, vitality and particularly sexual appetite, often particularly strong in those suffering from Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and thus experiencing lows during the winter months. It is this sense that inspires the use of the term as a title for several works of literature and entertainment. In some uses however it refers to the opposite, an unexpected loss of energy with the onset of spring.

4. Predictable Choices

make amends (to sb/for sth): to do something to show you are sorry for hurting or upsetting someone, especially something that makes it better for them <ex> He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.

compensate: to pay someone money because they have suffered injury, loss, or damage <ex> The firm will compensate workers for their loss of earnings.

so to speak: used when you are saying something in words that do not have their usual meaning (≒ as it were) <ex> We have to pull down the barriers, so to speak, of poverty.

take sth with a pinch/grain of salt: [INFORMAL] to not completely believe what someone tells you, because you know that they do not always tell the truth <ex> Most of what he says should be taken with a pinch of salt.

sterilize, sterilise[UK]: to make something completely clean by killing any bacteria in it <ex> Sterilize the bottles with boiling water.

[Alice in Wonderland]

good job as usual :)

[그렉(Greg)]

Thank you~~

[TOM aka MOOK]

이번 주말에 중차대한 모임이 계획되어 있어 스터디 참석이 지난할 것으로 사료됩니다. 널리 혜량하시기 바랍니다.

[Sophia Kim]

무슨 말이야. 왜 사람들이 안쓰는 말 쓰고 그래요.

[TOM aka MOOK]

누구냐넌 ⊙..⊙