* don’t judge a book by its cover: don’t
let appearances affect your opinion of someone or something
ex>
Marlene might not seem clever, but don’t judge a book by its cover.
* taxing: physically or mentally
demanding
ex>
Studying for my driving test was very taxing, so I’m very glad I passed.
* get about: to go from place to place
ex>
My grandmother now uses a walker to get about, but she’s doing okay.
* indigenous: originating or occurring
naturally in a specific place
ex>
Mona plans to replace our entire garden next year with only indigenous
plants.
* off the grid: not dependent on public
utilities
ex>
I used to think that only crazy hermits lived off the grid, but now I
realize it’s a viable option.
Note>
Grid is a shortened form of gridiron, which was an iron griddle for
cooking food over a fire. The term grid became applied to any network of
intersecting lines, like those found on a map.
* hustle and bustle: busy and noisy
activity
ex>
Tired of the hustle and bustle of the capital, the couple moved to the
countryside.
Note>
This expression is almost redundant, although the two parts of it came to English
from different sources. Hustle is
from a Dutch word meaning “to shake,” and bustle
is from an old Icelandic word meaning “to thrash about.”
* full-bore:
최대한으로, 최고 속도로 (움직이는)
This
expression is sometimes spelled without the hyphen. both spellings are correct.
In time, the hyphen might vanish from this expression completely, as it has
from others.
ex>
When I saw him, he was going full-bore towards the grocery store, so
maybe he forgot to get something.
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