[Pachinko #1] # Chapter 5

 

 

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[Review previous expression]

To my husband's credit, I took a personal training class.

=> 이게 더 자연스럽대: I took a personal training class thanks to my husband's encouragement.

 

ChatGPT said: "to someone's credit" is used to highlight something commendable or praiseworthy that the person or group has done. 

1. To the teacher's credit, she was able to engage all the students, even those who were struggling.
2. To the company's credit, they offered full refunds to all affected customers without any hassle.

 

To my husband's credit, we could spend a perfect honeymoon in Tanzania, even though I rarely helped him since I was busy. 

=> To my husband's credit, we were able to have a perfect honeymoon in Tanzania, even though I could rarely help him because I was busy.

 

 

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[Summarize this chapter]

한수랑 순자는 아무도 몰래 밀회를 즐김. 바닷가에서 순자가 빨래하러 올때 같이 만나서 얘기함. 순자는 처음으로 자신의 마음을 터놓는 상대가 생겼음. 둘이 같이 버섯을 따러 갔다가 깊은 관계가 되어버림. 

근데.. 순자는 16살, 한수는 36살인데 그래도 돼?어? 

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[Quotes that I liked ]

(p. 34) More black than brown,
:  검정에 가깝지, 갈색보다는

 

(p. 35) “Thank you for your help the other day.” “It’s nothing.” “I should have said this earlier. Thank you.”

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1. At Least

• 일반적인 사용: "At least"는 최소한의 수량, 정도, 또는 기준을 나타낼 때 사용됩니다. 이 표현은 무언가의 최저 한계나 최소 기준을 설정할 때 사용되며, 보통 긍정적인 의미를 담고 있습니다.
• 예문:
  • "You should eat at least five servings of vegetables a day." (최소한 하루에 다섯 번은 채소를 먹어야 해.)
  • "At least we finished the project on time." (적어도 우리는 제때에 프로젝트를 마쳤어.)

2. At the Least

• 일반적인 사용: "At the least"는 덜 자주 사용되며, "at least"와 거의 동일한 의미로 사용될 수 있지만, 문어체에서 좀 더 공식적이거나 강한 의미를 가질 수 있습니다. 또한 "at the very least"처럼 강조의 의미를 포함하여 "가장 적게는" 혹은 "최소한으로"라는 의미를 나타낼 때도 사용됩니다.
• 예문:
  • "The project will take a week at the least." (그 프로젝트는 최소한 일주일은 걸릴 것이다.)
  • "At the least, we need to ensure everyone is informed." (최소한, 모두에게 정보가 전달되도록 해야 해.)

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[New Expression]

 

(p. 34) Sunja had the opportunity to observe him up close without distractions.
: 가까이서! 

https://redkiwiapp.com/ko/english-guide/questions/Dmh1BvLRjp3cH7P65ZNe

 

(p. 34) His tawny brow was creased lightly, and faded brown spots and freckles had settled on his sharp cheekbones.

:  그의 tawny 이마는 살짝 주름져있고, 옅은 검버선(?)이랑 주근께가 광대뼈에 자리잡고 있다. 

• tawny brow
  • brow가 이마가 main 뜻이구나! 눈썹은 eyebrows 혹은 문맥 상 brows라고 하면 눈썹을 뜻하고! 

https://www.lips2lox.com/products/micro-brow-pencil-tawny

• crease: 구그러트리다/ 구그러진곳 (= 구겨지다의 사투리라고 함) ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 난 사투린지도 모르고 쓰고있었는데 남편이 그게 무슨소리녜.... 
  • The seat belt has creased my blouse.
  • It's a nice dress, but it creases very easily.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/crease

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/12359414/easy-hack-creases-gone-no-ironing-fabric-conditioner/

 

(p. 34) As she walked to the ferry, he caught up with her.
: 선자가 배 타려고 할때, 한수가 그녀를 붙잡았다(물리적).

• caught up with의 다양한 표현을 알아봅시당~  아래 페이지로 고고띵! 
  • https://yellowdog-life.tistory.com/85
    
    

[이 단어 나만 몰랐어?] catch up 붙잡아? : 같이 사용하는 전치사 (on/with/in/to) 와 문맥에 따라 뜻이

 

(p. 35) She had never been afraid of them or awkward in their presence, but around him, she didn’t have the words she needed.
: 그녀는 남자앞에서 한번도 두렵거나 어색해진적이 없었는데, Hansu 앞에서만 서면 필요한 말도 못하쥬 못하쥬~?! 떨리쥬~ feel uncomfotable in her stomach 하쥬~?

오 단수/복수 차이로 완전 다른 표현! 

• have a word with: 대화하다
  • Can I have a word with you in private? (개인적으로 잠깐 이야기 좀 할 수 있을까요?)
  • The boss wants to have a word with you about the project. (상사가 프로젝트에 대해 잠깐 이야기하고 싶어 하셔.)
  • I'll have a word with her later about the meeting. (그녀와 회의에 대해 나중에 이야기할 거야.)
• have words with: 말다툼하다
  • They had words after the meeting because they disagreed on the budget. (그들은 예산 문제로 회의 후에 말다툼을 했어.)
  • I had words with my neighbor about the noise last night. (어젯밤 소음 때문에 이웃과 말다툼을 했어.)
  • She had words with her colleague over a misunderstanding. (그녀는 오해 때문에 동료와 말다툼을 했어.)

 

(p. 35) “Can you get away tomorrow morning?
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(p. 35) her voice trailing off.
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(p. 35) The corners of his newspaper fluttered with the breeze,
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(p. 35) but when he saw her approaching,
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(p. 36) You can be mine.”
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(p. 36) “That’s a great deal of laundry.
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(p. 37) barley gruel,
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(p. 37) the memory of the thrashing he got from his father.
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(p. 37) “A head like an empty gourd! A worthless idiot for a son!”
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(p. 37) it didn’t matter in a way.
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(p. 37) Sunja could not haggle well and didn’t try.
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(p. 38) “Every third day.”
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(p. 38) He crouched and felt about the enormous rocks
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(p. 38) It took nothing to convince the sisters to let her do the wash by herself.
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(p. 39) her mother ever being idle.
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(p. 40) When fall arrived,
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(p. 41) she felt giddy
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(p. 41) In her excitement, she blurted out her plans to pick mushrooms right after breakfast the next day,
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(p. 41) stared at her pensively.
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(p. 41) she couldn’t keep him from going.
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(p. 41) They walked along the outer perimeter of the island,
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(p. 41) The Japanese were not to be vilified,
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(p. 42) He believed that if the Koreans could stop quarreling with each other, they could probably take over Japan and do much worse things to the Japanese instead.
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(p. 42) his words astonished her
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(p. 42) Yet she crammed her mind the way she might have overfilled a pig intestine with blood sausage stuffing.
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(p. 43) he stopped to pluck a mushroom gently from the ground.
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(p. 43) it was carpeted with the brown mushrooms that her father had adored.
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(p. 44) When it grew full,
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(p. 44) Hansu slid his hands beneath her short traditional blouse,
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