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2015년 6월 9일 화요일

PE 6/5 A Little Privacy, Please


* barge in: to enter a room or join a conversation quickly without being invited
ex> The tourists barged in during the service and started taking pictures of the church.
ex> Timothy always barges in with his opinion before he’s heard the whole story.

* lithe: slim; supple; graceful
ex> The lithe young dances moved across the stage as if they were a single organism.

* six-pack (abs): developed, define d abdominal muscles
ex> He removed off his shirt to show us his six-pack, but all we could see was his weird tattoo.
Note> A “six-pack” is a pack of six cans of beer or soft drinks typically held together with a plastic fastener.

* magnanimous: generous; unselfish
ex> The magnanimous business owner provided the funds to renovate the public pool.
ex> Jill was a magnanimous hostess, and we were treated like royalty whenever we visited her.

* catch one’s drift: to understand what one is implying
ex> Brad might not be as innocent as he’d like you to believe, if you catch my drift.

* (something) to chew on: something to think about
ex> The math teacher left her students with a trigonometry problem to chew on.

* decent: The word “decent” by itself has a few usages in English, all related to its basic definition of “being appropriate.” If your son spent a decent amount of time studying, it was probably enough. Even the term “half decent” indicates that something is good enough.
ex> Yes! Tommy and his friend came into my room when I wasn’t decent. I’m so furious with him!


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