미드나 영화에서 자주 보는 표현으로 원어민이 강조할 때 정말 많이 쓰는 'Couldn't 비교급', 그렇지만 은근 쉽게 쓰기도 어렵고 대화 중 나오면 바로 해석하기도 어렵습니다. 구슬쌤께서 'Couldn't 비교급' 쉽게 쓰는 법 5가지를 알려주고 계세요. Things couldn't be better, I couldn't agree more, They couldn't have been more helpful, The choice couldn't be clearer, I couldn't ask for more, 원어민이 평소 일상이나 회사에서 정말 자주 쓰는 강조표현, 확실히 배워봅니다.
<couldn't + 비교급 쉽게 쓰는 법 5개!> 1: Things couldn't be better. 2: I couldn't agree more. 3: They couldn't have been more helpful. 4: The choice couldn't be clearer. 5: I couldn't ask for more.
-How are you?의 답변 I'm good. 좋아요. Can't complain. 불평할 것 딱히 없이 좋아요. Same old, same old. 늘 똑같죠, 뭐.
<How are you?의 답변 진짜 좋다는 걸 강조하고 싶을 때> Couldn't be better./ I couldn't be better.
- How are you? - I'm good. I couldn't be better. I'm with you. 당신과 함께 있는데 당연히 좋지요.
The timing couldn't be better. 타이밍이 이보다 더 좋을 수 없어요. 타이밍 좋아요.
<타이밍이 정말 안 좋음> Sadly, the timing couldn't be worse. I feel like the timing couldn't be better for this conversation.
이 대화를 나누는데 있어서 타이밍이 끝내주는 것 같이 느껴요.
You couldn't be more wrong. 너가 크게 틀렸다.
2. I couldn't agree more.
적극적으로 상대방의 말에 동의할 때
It's the extra little things that set you apart in bushiness, Jason. *set apart 구별하다, 눈에 띄다
옥스포드 사전make someone seem distinctive or superior. - I couldn't agree more. 저도 정말 동의합니다. *macmillan 사전: used for emphasizing that you agree with something that someone has said.
I couldn't agree more.
3. They couldn't have been more helpful.
강조해서 칭찬
They couldn't have been more helpful.
He couldn't have been nicer. Caleb couldn't have been nicer.
4. The choice couldn't be clearer.
그 선택은 정말 쉬운 결정이다.
The choice couldn't have been clearer.
그 선택은 정말 내리기 쉬운 결정이였어. 정말 선택하기 쉽다.
Our message couldn't have been clearer. The message couldn't have been any clearer. 그 메시지 분명히 전달되었어. *Collins 사전 clear: - easy to understand, see or hear - obvious and impossible to be mistaken about.
<정말 알아듣기 쉽게, 분명히 말씀 드린 것 같은데요> I don't think I could have been any clearer.
I couldn't have been clearer about it.
내가 그 점에 있어서는 분명히 얘기했잖아.
This assignment couldn't have been clearer.
5. I couldn't ask for more.
찡하게 하는 감동의 표현 (이대로 정말 만족스러울 때) 더 이상 바랄게 없어요. *Freedictionary.com: Is very happy or content; doesn't have any further requests to improve something because it is exactly as desired.
I couldn't ask for more. I couldn't ask for a better job. 정말 만족스러운 직장, 직업 만족도가 높다. I couldn't ask for a better place to be. 지금 있는 곳이 정말 만족스러워요.
Oh, that's lovely. Grayer couldn't ask for a better gift.
I couldn't ask for a better team.
I couldn't ask for a better son. AJ.
I'm so proud of you. 정말 대단한데. I couldn't be more proud (of you). 이보다 더 네가 자랑스러울 수 없어. 정말 자랑스러워. 정말 대견하다.
I'm proud of myself. 뿌듯하다.
I couldn't be happier. 정말 행복해
<Job offer를 받아들이자> - Would you like that, Chris? - Yes, sir. - Good. We couldn't be happier.