다 네 덕분이야 : 해설

#. 다 네 덕분이야 : 해설

 

Ah, feels so god to finally wrap up this project.

> I know, right? No more long nights at the office.

Well, it's all thanks to you.

 

In this conversation, David compliments his college Elizabeth on the work she contributed to a project at the office. And in response, Elizabeth humbly downplays her part in the success of the project and also pays a compliment to David.

The first key part is when David actually pays a compliment to Elizabeth. OK, so he says to start, "Elizabeth, it's all thanks to you. It's all thanks to you." Suzanne, what does this mean exactly? "It's all thanks to you?"

So it's all thanks to her effort. If it weren't for her effort or her creativity, her thought, taking on more hours, putting in more work; it's all thanks to all of that work that she put in.

 

You really stepped up in a big way these last few weeks.

> No way, it was a group effort.

 

Let's move on to the second key part of the conversation. And this is where Elizabeth downplays the compliment. She receives it with humility, right?

She doesn't say, "Oh, you know, David, you're right, you're right I did a great job, It's all thanks to me, yup." No, she humbly receives the compliment, and this is a very polite, nice way to do so. OK, so, Suzanne, she said it was a group effort.

Yeah, so she's really giving the props or, you know, the accolades to everyone, that everybody put in extra work, and if it weren't for everyone, we wouldn't have accomplished our goal so fast.

 

No, I'm serious. If it weren't for you, we'd still be working overtime for the next two weeks.

> Thanks, David. I appreciate it. You did great, too.

 

All right, so we have one final key part of this conversation. Elizabeth finally accepts a compliment and says "I appreciate it", and does extend that compliment to David as well. Right, she accepts it, "Thanks you. Thanks, David, I appreciate it." And she extends it to David as well, "You did great, too." Acknowledging his effort on the team as well.

Yup and I just wanted to focus on that part, "Thanks, I appreciate it." Just a very good chunk to add to your vocabulary to use when you receive a compliment. It's always gonna come across as polite.

 

• contribute to ~에 기여하다  downplay ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ  경시하다, 대단치 않게 생각하다 (=play down)  pay somebody a compliment …를 칭찬하다, … 에게 경의를 표하다.

• humility  hjuːˈmɪləti  겸손   prop prɑːp 버팀목, 받침대   accolade ˈækəleɪd 포상, 칭찬  extend 연장하다 (사업·영향력 등을) 확대[확장]하다 

• acknowledge (사실로) 인정하다    chunk tʃʌŋk 덩어리  come across ~을 우연히 발견하다, 이해되다, (특정한) 인상을 주다