#13 Essential Vocabulary (121~130)

 

* bleach 표백하다, 탈색시키다, 표백재

= decolor = decolorize = take the color out

= bleaching agent 표백제

cf) bleaching 표백, 표백법, 표백하는, 표백성의

cf) bleached 표백한

 

ex) She srcubbed the counters down with bleach

ex) Mother soaked the sun-yellowed curtains in bleach

ex) Chlorine bleach can corrode stainless steel

ex) You can remove stains from you clothes with bleach

ex) He whitened his shirts by cleaning them with soap and bleach

ex) All morning I scrubbed the bathtub and disinfected it with chlorine bleach

 

 

* blow 바람에 날리다, 소리내다, (입으로)불다, (바람이)불다, 세게때리다, 강타, 충격, 꽃을 피우다, 전하다, 누설하다

= breathe 호흡하다, 숨을쉬다, 냄새를 풍기다, 연기를 내뿜다

= whistle 휘파람을 불다, 휫파람 소리를 내다

= come clean = confess 자백하다, 털어놓다

= hit = knock = damage 타격, 강타

cf) blow - blew - blown/blowed

cf) blowing 분출하는 소리, 재즈연주

cf) breezy 산들바람이 부는, 경쾌한

cf) breeze = gentle wind = zephyr 산들바람, 미풍, 식은 죽 먹기

cf) gust 몰아치다, 돌풍, 세찬바람

 

ex) He was knocked senseless by the blow

ex) A brisk walk should blow the cobwebs away (blow the cobwebs away 머리를 맑게하다, 기분전환 하다)

ex) His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow 

ex) The policeman asked me to blow into the breathalyser

ex) Who struck the first blow?

ex) Fasten the gates securely so that they do not blow open

ex) Give your nose a good blow

 

 

* blunt 무딘, 굵은 바늘, 뭉툭한, 직설적인, 둔화시키다, 약화시키다, (끝을)무디게 만들다, 뭉툭하게 만들다

<-> sharp

= stubby = stumpy = dull

cf) bluntly = flankly = plainly 직설적으로

cf) bluntly = curtly = brusquely 무뚝뚝하게, 퉁명스럽게

cf) to put it bluntly 솔직히 말하면, 돌직구를 날리자면

cf) state bluntly 직설적으로 말하다, 있는 그대로 말하다, 솔직히 말하다

cf) blunt instrument 둔기

 

ex) To be blunt, your work is appalling 

ex) She has a reputation for blunt speaking

ex) The police said he had been hit with a blunt instrument

ex) To put it bluntly, I want a divorce

ex) The human heart is a hollow, bluntly conical, muscular organ

ex) She answered me bluntly[coldly]

 

 

* boast 자랑하다, 뽐내다, 뽐냄, 자랑, 큰소리로 말하다, 잘난체하며 말하다

= show off = brag = be boastful = blow one's own trumpet[horn] = talk big = flaunt 

cf) boastful 뽑내는, 자랑하는

cf) boasting 자랑, 과시, 자랑하는

cf) boastingly 자랑스럽게

cf) a proud boast 큰자랑

cf) a loud boast 장담

 

ex) It was her proud boast that she had never missed a day's work because of illness

ex) He likes to boast ablut how rich he was

ex) The family that used to boast the mighty power has fallen

ex) Finally, these movies boast star-studded casts and dream directors

ex) all over the world dog owners will boast about how smart their canine companions are

 

 

* bonanza 대성공, 행운, 노다지, 아주 수지에 맞는일, 신나는 일이 많이 일어나는 것

= windfall 우발적인 소득, 뜻밖의 횡재, 바람에 떨어지는 낙과, 낙과(특히 사과)

cf) strike a bonanza = get a windfall = get a bonanza 노다지를 만나다, 크게 한몫 보다, 횡재를 만나다

 

ex) a bonanza year for the computer industry

ex) He got a bonanza when he married a girl like her

ex) The dividend was an unexpected bonanza

ex) According to this trend report, 2010 will bring a bonanza of opportunities for everyone

ex) Demography will no longer be Inda's curse, but its bonanza

ex) President Obama also lashed out at AIG's "recklessness", saying he would try to block the bonanza

ex) Their oil and gas bonanza will be frittered away on military expansion to try and regain the 'old empire'

ex) That was just a one off thing a bonanza that I just happened to run into

 

 

* bond 합의, 계약, 유대, 끈, 접착시키다, 접합시키다, 결합시키다, 유대감을 형성하다, 노예, 공채, 사채, 채권, 보석금

= link = tie 유대

= debenture 채무증서

= cohesion = solidarity = unity 연대, 결속, 결합, 화합, 결속력

cf) bonding 유대, 결합

cf) bond rates 채권금리, 담보대출금리

cf) bandage = slavery 구속된 상태, 신체결박, 노예상태, 노예제도

 

ex) A special bond unites our two countries

ex) A bond of friendship had been forged between them

ex) The bond market normally revives after the summer doldrums

ex) We entered into a solemn bond

ex) It cannot be used to bond wood to metal

ex) We had to take out a second bond on the property

ex) Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with thier children

ex) She was released after posting $100 cash bond and her driver's license

ex) parallelly, the interst rate on a bond has fallen 

 

 

* boom 쿵하고 울리다, 벼락경기, (사업/경제)호황, 붐, 갑작스런 인기, 갑작스런 대유행, 쿵[탕]하는 소리를 내다

= bang = thud = thump = thunder = rumble = slam = slap 쿵쿵 소리를 내다, 우르릉거리다, 우르릉대다

cf) booming 벼락경기의, 급속히 발전하는, 굉장한, 멋진, 뛰어난, 꽝하고 울리는

cf) booming economic cycle 경기호황기

cf) be rattling and booming 쿵쾅거리다

cf) be popping and booming 쿵쾅거리다

 

ex) The technology boom sent share prices into the stratosphere 

ex) the distant boom of the guns

ex) Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom

ex) Record profits in the retail market indicate a boom in the economy

ex) The only way to satisfy the golf boom was to build more courses

ex) There has been considerable skepticism about his forecast of a booming economy

 

 

* detergent 세탁(세탁, 식기)

= cleanser = cleaning product (그릇, 화장실 등을 닦는 세제)

cf) detergency = detergence 세정력, 정화력

cf) detergent pac 캡슐세제

cf) detergent action 개면활정작용

cf) detergent effect 세척효과, 정화효과

 

ex) This detergent is good for getting strains out

ex) The detergent come in powder or liquid form

ex) Grease marks can be removed with liquid detergent

ex) This detergent can easily dissolve in water

 

 

* branch 나무가지, 지사, 분점, 갈라지다, 나뉘다

= sprig = bough= limb = twig 가지, 큰가지, 잔가지

= chapter = branch office = department = subcommitte 지국, 지사, 지부, 분과

cf) branch off 갈라지다, 나뉘다, 다른길로 접어들다

cf) branch out 시작하다, 가지가 나오다, 기로에 들어서다

cf) trunk 나무의 몸통

cf) stem (식물의)줄기, 대, 꽃가지, 손잡이 부분, (흐름을)막다, 저지하다

cf) shoot (새로 돋아난)싹, 순, (총을)쏘다

cf) olive branch 올리브가지(평화를 상징), 화해의 말, 화해의 행위

 

ex) Deposits can be made at any branch

ex) The branch was tantalizingly out of reach

ex) Management is holding out an olive branch to the strikers

ex) Our New York branch is dealing with the matter

ex) I decided to branch out on my own

ex) The storm split a branch off from the main trunk 

 

 

* chic 우아한, 세련된, 멋진

= stylish = smart = nice = splendid = lovelly = wonderful = fabulous = fashionable 

 

ex) She is always so chic, so elegant 

ex) Looking chic in that dress!

ex) This place has chic vibe. No wonder it's so popular 

ex) Comfortable and chic, these armchairs are perfect for office and home

ex) This is smal and chic and has many easy functions to handle

ex) A man wearing makeup and decked out in slick chic outfit wasn't something that Koreans were used to seeing even a few years ago

 

 

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