[TIL] 2022.02.02 (Wed)

넷플릭스 <별나도 괜찮아> 4-5화 

 

beating up (on)	to criticize someone unfairly: ex) "Stop beating up on yourself." 자책하지마 ex) 5 Ways to Stop Beating Yourself Up  If someone beats a person up, they hit or kick the person many times. ex) "Then they actually beat her up as well."  ex) "The government supporters are beating up anyone they suspect of favouring the demonstrators." If you beat yourself up about something, you worry about it a lot or blame yourself for it. [informal] ex) "Tell them you don't want to do it any more. Don't beat yourself up about it." ex) "I don't beat myself up. I don't deal with things I can't handle."
hideout	a hiding place, especially one used by someone who has broken the law. ex) "the kidnappers did not want their hideout discovered" ex) "Sorry, I wasn't expecting to see anyone. This is my neighborhood hideout spot."  은신처
smoke	(informal) defeat overwhelmingly in a fight or contest. ex) "I saw you your impressive win on Saturday. You smoked the competition."
keep tabs on	(informal) monitor the activities or development of; keep under observation. ex) "they liked to keep tabs on their former employees" ex) "Actually, I've been keeping tabs on you for a while now.
tip the scales	(of a circumstance or event) be the deciding factor; make the critical difference. ex) "her current form tips the scales in her favor" ex) "The way you anchored that relay tipped the scales for your team."  ex) TSMC's $40 Billion Spree May Tip the Scales on Taiwan GDP tip the balance/scales If something tips the balance or tips the scales, it is the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible: ex) The teams were evenly matched until two quick goals from Rooney tipped the balance in favour of England. ex) She was a good candidate, but her lack of computer skills tipped the scales against her.
chagrin	distress or embarrassment at having failed or been humiliated. ex) "Jeff, much to his chagrin, wasn't invited" ex) "I’m not a huge sports guy. Sure, I played tee-ball, basketball and soccer growing up – I scored one goal in my entire career, prompting me to re-up for another season, much to my parents’ chagrin – but I never really cared for sport." ex) "As I gleefully delved into various silos of interest, I began to recognize a pattern. Much to my chagrin, I was greeted with a consistent level of mediocrity in almost every discipline I had chosen."  (격식) 분함, 원통함  주로 'much to the/one's chagrin' 형태로 많이 쓰이는듯
resourcefulness	the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. ex) "his films show remarkable technical resourcefulness" resourceful: having the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties. ex) "he maintained her reputation for being a resourceful problem-solver"
knuckle	a part of a finger at a joint where the bone is near the surface, especially where the finger joins the hand. ex) "Charlotte rapped on the window with her knuckles" 손가락 관절(마디)
dum-dun	(informal) a stupid person. ex) "the dum-dum at the back of the class"
snoop	relating to or engaged in a furtive attempt to find out information about someone's private affairs. ex) "there had been a surge in complaints about snooping neighbors" 기웃거리다, 염탐하다