71일차. ♣ Unit 5. Awkward situations - LESSON 3. MANAGING AN AWKWARD SITUATION - [Expressions for life events]
[EMMA] Mum, you've given him three helpings already.
• helping
-helping (of something) an amount of food given to somebody at a meal
SYNONYM serving
: (식사 때 한 사람 몫으로 덜어 주는 음식의) 양[그릇]
a small/generous helping
조금/듬뿍 담은 양
We all had a second helping of pie.
우리는 모두 파이를 두 그릇[번]씩 먹었다.
[BOB] We'll have to do this more often, you know, when you two kids tie the knot, you'll have to come over for dinners every weekend.
• tie the knot
-(informal) to get married
: 결혼을 하다
[NANCY] Bob. It's not your place to suggest something like that.
[NANCY] We can't hold her back from that life.
• hold somebody/something ↔ back
-to prevent somebody/something from moving forward or crossing something
: ~을 저지[제지]하다
e.g.)
The police were unable to hold back the crowd.
경찰이 군중을 저지하지 못했다.
The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.
2-to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something
: (진전·발전을) 방해[저해]하다
e.g.)
@Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?
당신은 (수준별이 아닌) 혼합반이 우수 학생들의 발전을 저해한다고 생각하세요?
We are determined that nothing should hold back the peace talks.
@[NANCY] I just mean, I want Emma to follow her dreams, to have adventures, to be everything she can be.
• want to be everything somebody can be.
※ Expressions for life events
*You can use different ways to describe life events such as leaving home, getting a job and getting married. Many of these are idioms and proverbs.
They'd only known each other three months before they tied the knot.
She's in a bad relationship, and it's holding her back.
Family comes first. Blood is thicker than water.
She has a number of career choices. She doesn't want to put all her eggs in one basket.
*Here are some more expressions about life events:
His greatest regret is that he didn't follow his dreams.
All my parents ever wanted was for me to be everything I could be.
Leaving home for the first time can be a bit tough.
