오늘도 새로운 표현으로 나의 생활영어 실력을 쑥쑥 키워볼까요?
2024-03-06
- 1오늘의 학습 주제
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A: The boss roped me into working this weekend!
B: I thought you already had something lined up?
A: I did, but I’ll have to 나중으로 미뤄야지.
B: Well, hopefully this will keep you in his good graces.
해설강의 : John Valentine(Twitter ID : @JohnValentine2), 홍주희
- 2오디오 강의 듣고, 정답 확인
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- 3해석 및 해설
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A: 직장 상사 때문에 이번 주말에 일해야 해.
B: 너 할 일이 있는 걸로 아는데?
A: 그랬지, 하지만 put it on the back burner.
B: 이번 일로 상사한테 잘 보일 수 있길 바란다.
[Additional expressions]
*The boss
– My boss / My supervisor at work / The person I work for
*roped me into working this weekend
– pushed me into agreeing to go into work over the coming weekend
*I thought you already had something lined up.
– I was under the assumption that you already had plans.
*I did
– That’s right / That’s very true / There was something I had been wanting to do
*I’ll have to put it on the back burner.
– I have to delay. / I must postpone it until a later date.
*hopefully
– I hope / if all goes well / with any luck / think optimistically and
*this will keep you in his good graces
– doing this will make sure he likes and appreciates you more