16일차. 입이 트이는 영어 - 이동통신사 (1)

• 한국의 휴대 번호는 크게 3 덩어리로 나누어진다.

Cell phone numbers in Korea are divided into three clumps.

*여기서 clump라고 말하면 덩어리를 말한다.

 

 

• clump: a group of trees, bushes, or other plants growing very close together

 

*clump of

e.g.) 

a thick clump of grass

 

• in a clump

e.g.) 

The roses were planted in clumps across the park.

 

 

• 휴대번호의 처음 세자리: the first digits of a cell phone number

e.g.)  

4305 is a four-digit number.

 

• 이동통신사: cell phone service provider.

e.g.) 

a company or person that provides a service:

an Internet service provider

 

• 이는 각각의 이동통신사를 의미했었습니다.

each set of numbers indicated who your cell phone service provider was.

 

• 새로운 휴대 번호가 010으로 시작하도록 바뀌고 있데요.

All new numbers are in the process of being changed to start with 010.

 

• 한국의 3대 주요 이동통신사들은 신규 가입자를 유치하고 기존 고객을 유지하게 위해 끊임없는 경쟁츨 펼이고 있습니다.

Korea's three main mobile carriers are in the never-ending competition to attract new customers and keep old ones loyal.

 

• 특별한 혜택: special perk

 

 

• perk /pɜːrk/

(also formal perquisite)

[usually plural]

-something you receive as well as your wages for doing a particular job

-something that you get legally from your work in addition to your wages, such as goods, meals, or a car

: 주로 복수로 (격식 perquisite) (급료 이외의) 특전

e.g.)

theatre tickets and other perks

Perks offered by the firm include a car and free health insurance. 

그 회사에서 제공하는 특전에는 자동차와 무료 의료 보험이 포함된다.

(비유) Not having to get up early is just one of the perks of being retired. 

일찍 일어나지 않아도 되는 것은 은퇴에 따르는 특전들 중 한 가지에 지나지 않는다.

Bosses' perks cost a staggering $4.million last year.

He likes the travel and all the other little perks that go with the job.

Perks offered by the company include a car and subsidized accommodation.

 

*perk of

e.g.)

the perks of working at a large law firm

I only eat here because it's free - one of the perks of the job.

 

Ref)

[Oxford Collocations Dictionary]

*Perk is used after these nouns: 

tax