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1. New year's eve, New year's Day. New Year's Eve ---> December 31 New Year's Day ---> January 1 My wife should work until 10 o'clock at night on New Year's Eve. My mission would be to make him to go to bed before 10PM. I hope you have a good year. --> This could sound like we won't meet next year. --> Have a good week! Have a good evening! I hope your year is good. I can't believe it's the end ..

1. by the end of vs until the end of. My company will have 100% telecommuting by the end of next month. --> My company will start it by January 31. My company will 100% telecommute until at least the end of next month. --> The telecommuting will last until at least January 31. If our company makes it clear that we will telecommute for a few months more... 2. math problems vs questions (+word pro..

1. prepare vs prepare for. The Korean government made a task force to prepare for the next administration. prepare + N --> You actively prepare N. prepare FOR N --> You are getting ready for N. 2. load vs browse (when we use internet). The article has loaded. / I've loaded the article. I'm browsing (= surfing) the Internet. 3. run-up. run-up --> the period before a significant or notable event '..

1. Get my call vs Take my call. They don't get my call. → My call doesn't go through. They don't take your call. → They miss or ignore your call. 2. Zoom bombong & troll. Zoom bombings → a trend where trolls entered random Zoom meetings, trolled the attendees, and left. troll (N) → person who trolls. troll (V) → purposefully make people angry online with your actions. 3. Year old vs Years old. Y..

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 f..

parentheses. Bank of Korea (BOK) --> 'Bank of Korea, or BOK' month - month. July-September --> 'July to September' contract / contract. contract (V) --> make an official agreement to do or supply something. 'We contracted with a company to produce our products.' contract --> shrink; get smaller. 'The economy is contracting more than the previous year.' prononciation. robust eased (eezd) edged (e..

Stress and Pronunciation. quickly (KWiklee) apartment complex. --> 아파트 단지 (cluster of apartments). global citizen. --> a person who views themselves as part of a worldwide community; they are committed to improving our world civically, environmentally, etc. --> This has a more positive connotation. connotation. The connotations of a particular word or name are the ideas or qualities which it mak..

parentheses & brackets. parentheses --> ( ..... ) brackets --> [ ..... ] Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) --> '...or KAB' Thought groups. multiple homeowners --> Hone in on the idea of thought groups. Pronunciation. - Bermuda vs Balmuda. - ideal investment. - presence (prehs-zins). - whereas (where-aaahz). Some of the studies show positive results, whereas others do not. You use whereas to introduce ..

placement of ads (ad banners) / Ad placements. 'side hustle' --> a side business / side income --> This is not a part-time job or second job. This is your own active business. 'My teacher friend sells paintings as a side hustle.' my (job) friend --> my friend who is a (job) 'I'll talk to my lawyer friend about your issue.' rip someone off (V) --> charging someone WAY too much for something 'The ..

until now. --> before now, it was different, but now, it's changed. 'I hadn't heard of that blog until now. Thanks for telling me about it!' 'I understood until now.' (Before now, I understood, but now I don't.) so far. --> from the beginning to now in an unfinished time. 'So far, I don't have any questions.' 'I like the movie so far.' (From the beginning to now, I've liked the movie. However, t..