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373. Bumble - C2 Vocabulary - Bumble / Bumbling

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 10. 29.
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Bumble : (말할 때, 걸을 때) 갈팡질팡하다, 더듬거리다, 버벅거리다
Bumbling : 갈팡질팡하는, 더듬더듬거리는, 버벅거리는

 

1)
to bumble, means to be inept, to act in a clumsy way
to be very inexpert 
to not be very agile

to not be very skillful

to go clumsily
to be rather inept and unskillful
to move in a confused way
to proceed unsteadily 

For me, to bumble as a verb, talks about walking and speaking as well
to speak in a clumsy way
to walk in a clumsy way
to speak in a faltering way

to do things in a clumsy, muddled, inefficient way

to ramble, to babble, to shamble

to lurch, to stumble, to wobble
to babble, to jabber, to jibber, to gabble as well
to blunder, to bungle, to jumble, to fumble

 

2)

A spider is building its web and waiting for an insect to bumble into it
I hadn't prepared my class and I bumbled my way through the class

I was bumbling around the house all morning, moving in an awkward way
the speaker bumbled through his speech, he rambled, he babbled a bit

he was bumbling along the street
he was stumbling, he was walking without really knowing what he was doing

 

3)
bumbling as an adjective, refer to somebody who is always making mistakes
they are always making mistakes and they are usually not achieving anything
they do things in a very confused, very disorganized way
I am bumbling in the dark and I banged my leg against a chair
bumbling, confused, showing absolutely no skill

the government is always bumbling along without really knowing what they are doing

 

4)
you bumbling idiot, that is a good collocation 
a bumbling fool
a bumblling idiot
bumblling idiot who is always making mistakes, they are not very skillful

 

 

5)
to bumble as well, actually it can be to make a humming sound
you actually have a bumblebee, you know these great big bees , they don't seem to be very aeronautic or streamlined, they bumble about from flower to flower
bumbling around amongst the flowers I guess

Formality : 4

 

 

 

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