What’s all the thumping and scraping up
there? It sounds like you’re trying to hide a body!
* thump: 쿵쿵거리다
* scrape: 긁다
I can’t believe it’s almost wintertime
again. It feels like only yesterday
when we were on the beach making sandcastles.
* it
feels like just/only yesterday: to comment that time is moving quickly
ex> It feels like only yesterday
when Bill was just a baby, and now he’s going to college!
Uh, Victor. I hate to break the news to you, but those are the sweaters my mother gave us two years ago. And you
told her you loved them!
* I hate to break the news to you, but…:
a way of prefacing bad news or a restating of something someone already knows
ex> As Sean was looking for his car,
a kid walked up and said, “I hate to break the news to you, but your car
was towed away.”
Oops. I guess I let the cat out of the bag! You must have known I only said that to
make her feel good.
* let
the cat out of the bag: the secret has been told
ex> We tried to keep the party a
secret, but Tom let the cat out of the bag.
Yeah, I knew. And to tell you the truth, I hate them too. But we can’t let her know
that.
* to
tell you the truth: to make an admission of one’s opinion or about one’s
experience
ex> To tell you the truth, I
prefer Mexican food over Italian food.
It’s a deal. Now let me go get my shorts
and summer shirts while you throw those clothes in the dryer with something to
get that god-awful smell out of
them!
* god-awful:
horrible
ex> Did you see the god-awful
dress that famous actress wore at the awards show last night?
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