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2015년 4월 22일 수요일

PE 4/21 Jeff Bezos Speech – Part 3

MacKenzie (also a Princeton grad and sitting here in the second row) told me I should go for it.
* go for it: to attempt to gain or achieve something
ex> Even though there were many applicants for the scholarship, I decided to go for it.
Note> The phrasal verb, “go for,” means to choose or decide on.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired.
* brilliant: exceptionally smart or talented
ex> Ms. Park always comes up with brilliant solutions to organizational problems.

That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.
* make sense: to be reasonable, logical, or understandable
ex> Brad was so happy that the instruction for his new camera actually made sense.

Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing.
* give it a shot: to attempt to do something
= give it a try; try it; try my hand at it
ex> I don’t know if I’ll be any good at diving, but I’m willing to give it a shot.

And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
* haunted by something: saddened or troubled by something from the past
ex> Muriel was haunted by the realization that she’d missed an important opportunity.
ex> It’s much better to accept and learn from mistakes than to be haunted by them.


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