지극히 개인적인 영어 공부

English Study : get a call, take a call, be home to, better something, get a bingo, etc.

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Be home to.

be home to (thing) --> (thing) is located in / comes from / is mainly based in (place)

'...South Korea, home to Samsung Electronics Co....'

'Seoul is home to the Doosan Bears.'

 

batter something --> severely beat / damage something (literal or metaphorical)

Exports were battered by the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

 


Get a bingo.

from 4 to 64 --> five across / an entire row across 

from 4 to 14 --> five down / an entire row down

from 4 to 68 --> five diagonally (대각선)/ an entire row diagonally

free space --> a space in the middle that you can automatically mark

 

I played a lot of things with him.

We try to get a bingo (mark an [entire/whole] row on a bingo card).


get a call, take a call

They don't get my call. --> My call doesn't go through.

They don't take my call. --> They miss or ignore your call.

 

exec --> executive



debilitating --> makes you weaker

'MS is a debilitating disease.'
(MS -- multiple sclerosis -- 다발성 경화증)

 


 

allude to --> imply, hint at

'He didn't directly say who would get the award, but he alluded that it would be me.'


Dates.

**Dates are always spoken with ordinal numbers. 

Nov. 22-26 --> 'November 22nd to 26th'


compel someone to V --> We can't compel everybody to follow this concept.

 


Prononciation.

south (sowth) / southern (suh-thern)

north / northern

west / western

east / eastern

 

world (woruhld) vs walled

Investors refer to Korean export data because it's the fastest data in the world

 

circl

 

goal vs gore (lots of blood/guts -- Halloween movies often are gory / have a lot of gore.)

 


etc.

Overall, Korean exports rose about 11%...

 

The vaccine is being prepared...

 

My work-life balance is not much better than before.


I need to spend more than an hour communicating with my colleagues.

 

I don't think this is not good for everyone. 

 

I need to work outside of normal (work) hours.

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