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2013년 11월 2일 토요일

PE 11/1 Driving Lessons

Buying a house was your raison-d'etre for the last five years!
* raison d'etre [|reɪzoʊn |detrə]: one's reason for living or purpose in life
ex> Becoming an architect was Rolf's raison-d'etre ever since he got his first set of building blocks as a toddler. 
ex> If you want to be happy in life, you must first discover your raison-d'etre and then follow your dream. 

I guess it's high time you got a car. 
* high time: the best moment to do something
ex> It's high time I updated my resume. 

Don't get all worked up about it. Not to toot my own horn, but I'm sure I can teach you to be a good driver. 
* toot one's own horn: to brag about oneself
ex> Brad was always willing to toot his own horn when it came to his talent for cooking. 
cf> toot: 경적을 울리다  ex> Toot your horn to let them know we're here.

You'll be like a lump of clay that I'll mold into a good driver!

I'm scared. I'm probably an accident waiting to happen.
* an accident waiting to happen: someone or something that is likely to be involved in a mishap
ex> That rickety old staircase looks like an accident waiting to happen.

We're going to have to hop to it, because I move in six weeks.
* hop to it: to get started on something immediately
ex> If we want to get the house painted before winter, we had better hop to it



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