PE 5/13 The Usual Signals

1. tear through: ~을 뜯다, 해치우다 (to go through sth at breakneck speed)
ex> He must like those candies a lot. He tore through them really fast!
ex> I tear through two or three novels every weekend. I love to read!

2. in polite company: 정중한 자리에서, 점잟은 자리에서
ex> You should not talk like that in polite company.

3. keep one's distance (from) : ~와 거리를 두다
ex> You'd better keep your distance from the boss today.

* consumption: 소비, 섭취

* ruffle feathers: to annoy somebody by doing sth that upsets and disturbs them, 화나게 하다, 심기를 건드리다  ex> Dicks report card ruffled his mother's feathers.