4/18(Thur) 76-80p

Question 1

If there’s one thing most boys in my school are into, it’s professional wrestling. So Mr. Underwood might as well have set off a bomb.

Answer 1

*be into something : ~에[을] 관심이 많다[좋아하다]
*might as well : ~하는 편이 낫다, ~하면 좋을 텐데
You might as well keep it there. I’ll pick up another umbrella today. 그냥 사무실에 놔두는 게 낫겠어요. 내가 오늘 우산을 하나 사죠.
*set off a bomb : 폭탄을 터뜨리다

Question 2

I don’t know what the school is thinking having a wrestling unit.

Answer 2

*I don’t know what [someone] is thinking : 누군가가 무엇을 생각하는지 모르겠다

Question 3

I decided if I don’t want to get twisted into a pretzel for the next month and a half, I’d better do my homework on this wrestling business.

Answer 3

*twist into : 비틀어서 ~으로 만들다.

Question 4

After a while, I was really starting to get the hang of it.
In fact, the other kids in my class had better look out, because if I keep this up, I could be a real threat.

Answer 4

*after a while : 잠시 후
*get the hang of something : ~을 할[쓸] 줄 알게 되다, ~을 이해하다
*look out : (특히 위험이 있을 때 경고하는 말로) 조심해라 (=watch out)
*keep something up : (물가·수준 등이) 내려가지 않게 하다, (동일한 정도로) ~을 계속하다, (사기 등이) 떨어지지 않게 하다
*threat : 협박, 위협, 위협(받는 상황), 위험, 위협적인 존재

Question 5

It took people about five seconds to realize how “P. Mudd” sounded when you said it out loud, and after that, it was all over for Preston.

Answer 5

*say out : 터놓고[숨김 없이] 말하다
*be all over : 모두 끝나다, 다 끝나다

Question 6

First of all, we have to wear these things called “singlets” which look like those bathing suits they used to wear in the 1800s.

Answer 6

*singlet : 러닝셔츠 (→vest)
*bathing suit : 수영복 (swimsuit, swimming suit, bikini, swimming trunks)

Question 7

Second of all, there are no pile drivers or hitting people over the head with chairs or anything like that.

Answer 7

*pile driver : 강력한 킥; 강타, 맹타, 말뚝 박는 기계