영어 소설 원서읽기 - <인사이드아웃> CHAPTER.02 단어정리

 

*Not off to a good start

Verb) 좋은 출발이 아니다 / 순조로운 출발이 아니다

- The move to the new house was not off to a very good start.

- He's not off to a very good start. 

 

*Dash

Verb) (급히) 서둘러 가다 (=rush) / Noun) 황급히[맹렬히] 달려감, 돌진, 질주

: to go somewhere quickly 

: If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.

- Riley dashed back downstairs to see if the moving van had arrived yet.

 

 

*Slop

Verb) 경사지다, 기울어지다

: if you slop liquid somewhere, 

it comes out over the edge of the container, usually accidentally.

- The room was ridiculously small, and it had a sloped ceiling, which made it feel even smaller.

 

 

*Crumple-up

 Verb) 구기다, 구기적거리다

: To become crumpled or messily folded up

: to crush a piece of paper until all of it is folded

- She grabbed her hockey stick and dropped a crumpled-up piece of paper on the floor. 

 

*Wad

 Noun) (종이, 돈 등의) 뭉치, 뭉텅이

: A wad of something such as paper or cloth is a tight bundle or ball of it.

a number of usually flat and/or small objects pressed tightly together

- she used her hocky stick to move the wad of paper across the floor like a puck.

 

*Makeshift

Adjective) 임시변통의

: things are temporary and usually of poor quality,

 but they are used because there is nothing better available.

- Dad grabbing a broom to use as a makeshift stick.

 

 

*Whack

Verb) 세게치다, 후려치다

: to hit someone or something noisily

: If you whack someone or something, you hit them hard.

- She dribbled the paper toward the fireplace and whacked it in.

 

*Yank

Verb) 홱 잡아당기다

: If you yank someone or something somewhere, 

you pull them there suddenly and with a lot of force.

- Joy yanked a memory sphere off the wall.

 

*Things are back on track

일이 정상으로 돌아오다

- The emotions cheered, and Joy smiled, happy to see

that things were back on track.