약속 취소해야 할 것 같아 : 해설

#. 약속 취소해야 할 것 같아 : 해설 편

 

Listen, I'm super sorry but something's come up. And I won't be able to meet up with you on Saturday for dinner after all.

 

OK, so the first key expression is when Christy says "Listen, I'm super sorry but something's come up and I won't be able to meet up with you on Saturday for dinner after all."

What does this mean, if something comes up? We use this all the time when cancelling a plan, "Oh, something's come up, I'm sorry."

Yeah, so it usually means that something has come to your attention or there's kind of a kink in the plan, which means, you might have overlooked something in your schedule, or maybe you had a last minute change that really needs your attention.

 

Oh really? that's too bad. It everything OK?

> Yeah, everything is fine. Actually, I was a total space cadet and double-booked myself.

Ah, really? OK, well, don't worry about it.

 

Let's move on to our second key expression for today. We just heard Christy say that she was a total space cadet and double-booked herself.

OK, so two interesting expressions in one sentence here. The first one, "I was a total space cadet."

A cadet is like a junior solider almost, right? Maybe a teenager that is affiliated with the army somehow, a cadet, like a very low-level soldier. And when we say total space cadet, what does it mean? If someone is a total space cadet?

It's like you completely, your head is in the clouds, it's like you just have nothing between your ears, you totally spaced out.

Christy says I was a total space cadet, why? Because she double-booked herself. this means you make two plans at the same time, which is a problem because they conflict with one another, those two plans.

So what I like about this part of the conversation is Christy is very humble, she sort of makes an excuse, right?

She lightens the mood by taking the blame for canceling the plans. Ah, I'm so sorry, I was a space cadet, I made a mistake. and I think this is a good way to go about canceling plans.

 

• kink kɪŋk  (비정상적으로 보이는 성격심리적) 뒤틀림 [비뚤어짐 / 구부러지다, 뒤틀리다, 구부러지게 [뒤틀리게] 하다  conflict   갈등[충돌]

• affiliate əˈfɪlieɪt   가입하다, 연계되다, (더 큰 회사 기관 등과) 제휴[연계]하다  space out (특히 마약에 취해) 멍해 있다 (→spaced out)