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#. 시간을 때우다 @ in the nick of time "아슬아슬하게 때를 맞추어" 막판에 아슬아슬하게 했다 Hello? > Hi, It's Jack. Are you still at the office? Yeah, but I'm just about to leave. > I guess I caught you just in the nick of time. Hey, Listen, I forgot a very important file on my desk. Can you make a scan of it and email it to me? It'll only take, like, 5 minutes. OK, no problem. > That's the best - thank you so much. See you..

#. 파투 내다 @ to bail 만나기로 한 시간 직전에 약속을 파투 내는 행위를 의미 She bail. 어떤 것이 취소됐는지 구체적으로 말할 때는 to bail on ~ She bailed on our dinner plans. How are you doing anything tonight? > Well, I was going to hang out with my friend Sarah, but she just bailed. So no, I have no plans. Well, I'm heading to the park to play Frisbee with some friends. Do you wanna come? > Sounds fun! What time? Like an hour or so? > Oh,..

#. cook the books = 책을 요리하다? @ by the book : 규칙대로 하다 : 규칙이나 법대로 하는것을 의미 How's work going? > Uh, it's OK. You know, I think I've told you before, my boss, he's really strict, and he makes us do everything by the book. Hmm, what's so bad about that? > Nothing really. It's just very inefficient. You know, if I could do things the way I wanted, I wouldn't have to stay late at the office every night...

#. 가십거리 @ the dirt : 가십거리 : 스캔들 , 누군가에 대한 추문이나 사적인 이야기, 혹은 연예인의 가십거리를 칭할 때 자주 쓰이는 표현 Give me the dirt! 친구의 연애사 같은 사적인 이야기를 들려달라고 할때 I'm really excited for my vacation next week. > Yeah, you're gonna have the best time. Do you have any special plans? Not really. I'm gonna kick back on the beach, relax, just take it easy. I know it's kind of lame, but when I'm on vacation, I love to read all of th..

#. 민망한 상황을 돌려서 말하는 법 @ bear in the cave = bat in the cave : 코에 뭐가 있다 : 동굴 안에 곰이 있다 Hey man. There's a bear in the cave. > Oh, what! Really? Yikes. Uh, do you have any Kleenex? Uh, yeah. I think so. @ fly low = flying low : 지퍼가 열렸다 = Your fly is down. Hey man. I don't know if you know or not, but you're flying low. > Huh! Oh, thanks. I had no idea. Hey, no problem. > Whew. @ XYZ : 지퍼가 열렸다 = eXami..

#. killed it = 죽였어? nailed it = 못을 박았어? @ killed it : 끝내줬어, 어떤 일을 기가 막히게 잘하다 Hey, so you had an audition yesterday for a play, right? > I did. And? How did it go? > I killed it! Congrats. That's awesome. So you got a part? > Well I don't know if I got a part yet, but I feel like it went really well. > I practiced a lot and then, when I went in, the lines just flowed from my mouth, and I really f..

#. sick , mean : 긍정적인 뜻도 있다고? @ sick : 건강하지 않은, 아픈 / 좋은, 엄청 난, 기가 막힌 "슬랭 표현" So hey! How's it going? What did you end up doing last weekend? > Well, I decided to go to a concert. Oh really? How was it? > Yeah. It was really sick. It was a good choice. It was fun. Oh. Cool, cool. What kind of music was it? > Oh, it was just kind of rock and roll, you know. > But, yeah, it was good. I think you wo..

#. my folks, pops = 가족 호칭? @ folks 부모님을 뜻하는 은어 : my folks, your folks Hey, Are you busy this weekend? I'm going skiing, would you like to come along? > Oh, I'd love to but my folks are coming, so I'm gonna be busy entertaining them all weekend. That's great! Your parents are in town, your folks, you don't seem too happy though. > No. I mean, I am, but it's just that it's the winter, and they don..