L-vocab

Question 1

lackluster

Answer 1

lack (없는) + luster (광채,불빛)

[lackluster performance]

not lively, exciting or impressive.

Question 2

lampoon

Answer 2

v. to publicly criticize s/o

풍자하거나 비꼬면서 비난하다.

Question 3

landmark

Answer 3

n. 길 잘알게 해주는 대표건물 or 시설물 - 강남교보
a. 중요한

e.g.) a landmark decision 역사에 길이남을 결정

Question 4

lapse

Answer 4

다짐했던 것이 깨지다.

e.g.) 앞으로 지각안해요! 했는데 지각하다.

fall off the wagon.

Question 5

laureate

Answer 5

수상자

a Nobel laureate

Question 6

lie down

Answer 6

소파가 될 수도 있고, 침대가 될 수도있음. 부담갖지 않고 푹 앉다.

You really expect Michael to lie down on a couch?

Question 7

lead the charge

Answer 7

~향한 돌진을 앞에서 이끌다.

the wild boar (야생맷돼지) charged at me.
나를 향해 돌진하다.

e. g.) He led the charge toward the presidential residence.
cf. )lead the charge against 반대대상

Question 8

lead up to s/t

Answer 8

leading up to 중요한 날 (중요한 날에 이르기 까지 그 전기간)

=in the lead up to 중요한날
=in the run-up to 중요한날

e.g.)Retailers expect a big rise in sales leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Question 9

lean

Answer 9

쓸데 없는 것이 빠져서 엑기스만 남은
lean beef : 살코기 (지방빠진)

lean cost structure
e.g.) 중국에서 물건떼다가 파는 사람. 중간에 쓸데없는 비용 나가지 않는 구조. 꼭 나갈데만 나가.

Question 10

leapfrog (v.)

Answer 10

to suddenly become better, more advanced

장애물을 딛고 펄쩍 뛰어 -> 갑자기 확 발전

e.g.) mobile technology의 발전으로 Africans은 은행 가본 적도 없는데 mobile 송금하고 통화도 해

Question 11

leisurely

Answer 11

slow and relaxed/
used about s/o or s/t that is too slow

at a leisurely pace 슬슬 놀듯이

e.g.) The victims’ relatives are growing impatient at the leisurely pace of the inquiry.

Question 12

lest + 절

Answer 12

~하지 않도록 하기위해 (부정의 의미포함)

He gripped his brother’s arm lest he be trampled by the mob. (그 폭도들에 의해 짓밟히지 않도록)

e.g.) Make sure everyone shows up on time tmr lest the teacher get mad at us. (should 생략!!)

Question 13

[let a matter rest]

Answer 13

이 문제에 대해 더이상 왈가왈부 하지 않겠다.

Moore and the state’s governor say they will let this matter rest once the US Supreme Court decides on gay marriage once and for all.

Question 14

leverage

Answer 14

1. take advantage of 최대한 활용하다.
2. 부채를 내다 a high leveraged company
3. 활용해서 쓸 수 있는 무기, 도구, 협상카드
   e. g.) For NK, nulcear weapons are the only effective leverage in negotiations with the US.

Question 15

liberty와 freedom 차이 /

Libertarians

Answer 15

Liberty 법적자유
Freedom 자유

Libertarians : 자유의지론자 - 인간은 자신의 의지에 따라 무엇이든 할 수 있다고 믿는 주의. 특히 책임강조하지 않음.
Libertarians shy away from any meaningful discourse on taking away at least a bit of freedom of expression.

Question 16

shy away from

Answer 16

거리낌있어서 피하다 .

Libertarians shy away from any meaningful discourse on taking away at least a bit of freedom of expression.

Question 17

liken A to B

Answer 17

A를 B에 빗대어 말하다.

신무영 likens the future of LG’s mobile business to the “sad decline into oblivion”of HTC.

Question 18

do the trick

Answer 18

목적성취를 위해 어떤 수단이나 도구를 썼는데 그것이 의도했던 결과를 도출해내는 것.

신무영 is skeptical that such gimmicky features will do the trick, and likens the future of LG’s mobile business to the “sad decline into oblivion”of HTC.

Question 19

linchpin

Answer 19

essential한 것. 없으면 system 전체가 망가지는 것.

He is the linchpin of the organization.

Question 20

[draw a line in the sand]

Answer 20

한계를 짓다

e.g.) 난 하루에 맥주 한캔만 마시겠어라고 하는 것.

Question 21

line your own pockets

Answer 21

= line the pockets (of them)

자기 잇속을 채우다.

lining : 안쪽 면에 덧대는 것. e.g.) 통조림 안쪽 미끌 -> 주머니 안을 돈으로 묻히다.

Question 22

linear

Answer 22

A가 증가하면 B도 비례하여 증가하는

it was pretty much a linear relationship .

a non-linear relationship
A가 증가한다고 해도 B가 증가하지 않는 (비례X)

Question 23

liposuction

Answer 23

지방흡입슬
lipo : 지방질

lipids in the bloodstream 혈액에 든 지방 (지질)

Question 24

liquidity

Answer 24

유동성. 쉽게 이야기하면 돈.

liquidity crisis 유동성 위기
liquidity squeeze = credit crisis

Question 25

[a litany of s/t ]

[a laundry list of s/t ]

Answer 25

잡동사니 느낌

a litany of things

Question 26

litigation

Answer 26

가치중립적으로 소송과 관련된 절차

cf. lawsuit 누가 누구에게 건 소송

Like other states, it has passed rules to cloak its procurement, which led to more litigation and delays.

Question 27

cloak

Answer 27

n. 망토
v. 가려서 안보이게 하다 -> 위장하다

Like other states, it has passed rules to cloak its procurement, which led to more litigation and delays.

Question 28

live s/t out

Answer 28

1. (한 T 돌아가시고 제3자가 한 T이야기하며) He has lived out his dream. 꿈을 현실화시켜서 그대로 살다.
2. 뽕을 뽑다 e.g.) There are always going to be fees. You want to stay there long enough to live those out.

월세 미리 다 냈는데, 그 돈 뽕 뽑을려면 다 살아야지!

Question 29

lock horns with

Answer 29

to become involved in s/t such as a fight or competition with someone.

Question 30

long-waited

Answer 30

오랫동안 많은 사람들에의해 기다려진

e.g.) 해운대’s success is important because it is giving the box office a long-waited boost.

Question 31

lose out

Answer 31

손해보다 = suffer a loss or disadvantage.

It is the consumers who lose out in the end if they actually get to merge.

Question 32

a. loath to

Answer 32

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