4/5(Fri) 11-15p Flashcards
You might think I was pretty dumb for falling for that one.
*fall for something : ~에 속아 넘어가다
He set my alarm clock ahead to make it look like it was the morning.
*set my alarm clock ahead : 동사구 (Verb Phrase)
*to make it look like it was the morning : 부사구 (Adverbial Phrase)
I just got dressed and went downstairs to make myself some breakfast, like I do every morning on a school day.
*I’ll just make myself some coffee.
I guess I must have made a pretty big racket because the next thing I knew
*racket : 시끄러운 소리, 소음, 부정한 돈벌이, (테니스 등의) 라켓
*must have pp : ~했음이 틀림없다(과거의 상황이나 행동에 대한 100% 강한 추측)
It took me a minute to figure out what the heck was going on.
I told Dad that Rodrick had played a trick on me, and he was the one that should be getting yelled at.
*play a trick on somebody : ~에게 장난을 하다.
*get yelled at : 호된 질책을 듣다
Dad walked down to the basement to chew Rodrick out, and I tagged along. I couldn’t wait to see Rodrick get what was coming to him.
*chew out : ~을 호되게 꾸짖다, 야단치다
*tag along : (특히 청하거나 초대하지 않는데도) ~를 따라가다[따라붙다]
*can’t wait to : ~하고 싶다,~가 기대된다, ~를 하기 위해 기다릴 수 없다
*get what is coming to : (~에게 올 것을 가지다) ~에게 응당한 벌을 받다
And to this day, I’m sure Dad thinks I’ve got a screw loose or something.
*to this day : (많은 시간이 흐른 뒤인) 지금[이날]까지도
*a screw loose : 결함, 머리가 이상함
Today at school we got assigned to reading groups.
*assign : 맡기다, 선임하다, 배치하다
Mom is real tight with our principal, so I’ll bet she stepped in and made sure I got put in the Gifted group again.
*be tight with : 가깝게 지내다
*I’ll bet : 장담해, ~인 게 확실하다
*step in : (합의 도출·문제 해결을 위해) 돕고 나서다[개입하다]
Mom is always saying I’m a smart kid, but that I just don’t “apply” myself.
*apply oneself : 전념, 정진하다, 목숨을 걸다
if there’s one thing I learned from Rodrick, it’s to set people’s expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.
*surprising them
*practically : 사실상, 거의, 현실적으로, 실제로
