▶ CONTENTS American Airlines say it has reached *tentative *agreements with its *mechanics and *flight attendants. They helped the *air carrier avoid *bankruptcy. The company said it needed close to 2 *billion dollars in labor *concessions to *avert *Chapter 11.
▶ KEY EXPRESSIONS
* tentative a. 시험적인, 시험 삼아 하는, 임시의 (of a plan or idea) not certain or agreed, or (of a suggestion or action) said or done in a careful but uncertain way because you do not know if you are right ex) a ~ plan 시안(試案) / a ~ theory 가설(假說) 발음듣기
* reach an agreement 합의에 이르다
* mechanic -n. 기계공, 수리공, 정비사 someone whose job is repairing the engines of vehicles and other machines 발음듣기
* flight attendant n. 승무원 someone who serves passengers on an aircraft; fleet-service worker ▷ attendant -n. ① 시중드는 사람; 수행원 (someone whose job is to travel or live with an important person and help them) 점원; 안내원 (someone whose job is to be in a place and help visitors or customers) ② 참석자, 출석자 발음듣기
▷ attend -vt. ① 시중들다, 섬기다 provide a service to someone, especially as part of your job; to care for or deal with someone or something ② 출석하다 발음듣기
* air carrier n. ① 항공(운송) 회사 airline company ② 항공모함 a large ship that carries military aircraft and has a long, flat surface where they take off and land; aircraft carrier
▷ bankrupt -a. 파산한; 지급 능력이 없는 unable to pay what you owe, and having control of your financial matters given, by a court of law, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts; having no money -n. 파산자; 지급불능자 ex) go[become] ~ 파산하다 발음듣기
cf> thousand 1000, million 1,000,000, trillion 1,000,000,000,000
* concession -n. 양보; 용인; 허가, 면허 something which is allowed or given up, often in order to end a disagreement, or the act of allowing or giving this ex) make a ∼ to ~에게 양보하다 발음듣기
▷ concede -vt. 양보하다; 인정하다 admit, often unwillingly, that something is true; 양여하다 allow someone to have something, even though you do not want to 발음듣기
* avert -vt. ① <타격위험을> 피하다, 막다 prevent something bad from happening; avoid ② <눈;생각 등을> (···에서) 돌리다, 비키다, 돌이키다 turn away your eyes or thoughts 발음듣기
* Chapter 11 Chapter XI 《미》 【법】 (연방) 파산법 제 11장, 미국 회사 갱생법(Reorganization) (연방 파산법(Bankruptcy Act) 중의 한 절차를 규정한 부분)