5/7(Tue) 171-175p Flashcards

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After Rowley left yesterday, I really got to work on some comics. I came up with this character called Creighton the Cretin, and I got on a roll.

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*get to work : 일하러 가다, 일을 시작하다
*get on a roll : 열심히 일하거나 무엇을 성취하는 데 성공하다
*on a roll : 계속 이겨, 열중하여

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I must’ve banged out twenty strips, and I didn’t even break a sweat.

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*bang out : (기사를 PC 따위로) 쳐대다; [원고 따위]를 단숨에 쓰다
*break a sweat : 열심히 땀을 흘리다[노력하다]

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The great thing about these “Creighton the Cretin” comics is that with all the idiots running around my school, I will never run out of new material.

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*run out of : (사람이) ~을 다 써버리다, ~이 없어지다; [물건]을 바닥내다 They’ve run out of gas. 연료가 떨어졌다.
*material : 직물, 천, (물건의) 재료, (특정 활동에 필요한) 자료, **(책 등의) 소재, (공연) 내용

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Bill is always in detention, so I guess he has a bone to pick with just about every teacher in the school, including Mr. Ira.

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*detention : (특히 유치장·교도소에서의) 구금, (학생에 대한 벌로서) 방과 후 남게 하기
*have a bone to pick with somebody : ~에게 따질 일이 있다, ~와 이야기를 나눌 사항이 있다, ~와 의논할 일이 있다

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There were actually one or two decent comics in the bin. But I slipped them under a pile of paperwork on Mr. Ira’s desk.

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*decent : (수준·질이) 괜찮은[제대로 된], (사람들이나 행동이) 품위 있는, 예의 바른, (상황에) 적절한[온당한], (방문객을 맞아도 될 정도로) 옷을 제대로 입은

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