NPR 팟캐스트 영어회화 리스닝 스피킹 DAY 3

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

Jimmy O. Yang can't take a compliment

 

*unlikely 예상 밖의, 믿기 힘든

Jimmy O. Yang finds his own success unlikely.

*sneak into ~에 살며시(은밀히) 들어가다

*sacred[ˈseɪkrɪd] 성스러운, 신성시되는

*saccharine 지나치게 달콤한(감상적인)

*subversive 체제 전복적인

Maybe even subversive performance I'd ever seen in a holiday rom-com.

*to lock oneself in ~에 틀어박히다

It's my little personal tradition to lock myself in my downstairs guest room.

*so-bad-they're-good 너무 안 좋아서 오히려 좋은(B급 감성의 영화를 의미)

Watching the so-bad-they're-good genre of holiday movies.

+) I love watching so-bad-they're-good Christmas movies. 

It wasn't adults-only fare. 

*make a name 유명해지다, 이름을 떨치다

*recur 되풀이하여 발생하다

He had already made a name for himself as a recurring character on the HBO show "Silicon Valley."

*come up 언급되다, 나타나다

Being underestimated also comes up in his stand-up comedy.

This is how this game goes.

*at one’s disposal …가 원하는대로 쓸 수 있는,...이 마음대로 사용할 수 있는, …의 처분에

There are two tools at your disposal.

If you get a question and you're not into it, you can skip it.

You can flip it on me, so I will answer the question before you do.

*break up into ~로 분산되다, 분산시키다

We're breaking it up into three rounds, a few questions in each round.

She would let me go downstairs and buy certain things myself.

It made me feel like I belonged.

Let me get down on that.

That's not your natural default.

*othered 소외된, 이질적인

I didn't feel bad about myself, although I was quite othered and foreign.

Just take it in and say thank you.

*brush off 무시하다, 거절하다, 해고하다, (빗자루로)쓸어내다, 간단히 해치우다

+) He tried to talk to her about his feelings, but she just brushed him off. 

+) She brushed off my suggestion as if it were ridiculous.

+) I hate it when people brush off my ideas. 

*talk trash 모욕적인 말을 하다, (특히 맞서고 있는 상대를) 기죽이는 말

+) Many people talk trash on the Internet.

+) That sounds like trash talk to me.

*get the best of ~를 이기다, 능가하다

Not let someone get the best of me.

+) I tried to stay calm, but my anger got the best of me.

+) Don't let your jealousy get the best of you. 

I don't overthink these kinds of things. I overthink many things.

*day to day (장기적으로 계획하는 것이 아니라) 그날그날 꾸려가는

Just life stuff day to day, I just go for it.

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