영어공부를 하다가 잘못된 표현이 입에 붙어서 종종 실수하게 되는 경우가 있어요. 몰라서 실수하기도 하고, 때로는 아는데도 불구하고 입에서 자동으로 나오게 되는 경우도 있습니다. 정말 방심하면 실수하고 틀리게 되는 영어 표현들을 좋은 예문과 함께 정리해서 알아봅니다.
방심하면 틀리기 쉬운 영어표현 4가지
방심하면 틀리기 쉬운 영어표현 4
1. Me and my friends went there the other day.(X)
→ My friends and I went there the other day.
2. I’d like to discuss about~(X)
→ I’d like to discuss ~
3. I’ll see you in this evening.(X)
→ I’ll see you this evening.
4. 감정 동사일 때 사람은 p.p., 사물은 ing
→ 사람에게도 boring, embarrassing 처럼 ing를 쓸 수 있음
1. Me and my friends went there the other day.(X)
– 상대를 먼저(예의상 상대를 먼저 말하는 게 더 보편적)
– 주격은 I
▶
My friends and I went there the other day.(O)
*the other day 저번에
My wife and I were wondering, will that really keep us safer?
Devon and I were wondering how it works.
Alex and I are having dinner tomorrow night.
2. Let’s discuss about some issues we’ve been having.(X)
Let’s discuss some issues we’ve been having.(O)
*discuss about something은 redundant (불필요한)
Testbook: To discuss something means to ‘talk about’ it. (talk about == discuss)
The preposition ‘about’ after ‘discuss’ is actually a redundancy developed colloquially.
Grammatically ‘discuss’ is a transitive verb(타동사) and hence always takes an object.
Thus, ‘about’ is not required.
– discuss about 그것에 대해서 대해서 얘기하다? 불필요함
<나눌 얘기/의논할 게 정말 많다고 할 때>
Whenever you’re most comfortable. We have a lot to discuss.
A: Is there an issue with her you’d like to discuss?
B: I find her very smart, thorough.
*find: 여기다, 생각하다.
And I’d like to discuss a new type of medicine.
Don’t beat yourself up. 자책하지 마세요.
I’d like to discuss ~
Let’s discuss ~
We didn’t have much time to discuss it in the morning.
아침에 그거에 대해서 얘기할 시간이 그렇게 많이 없었어.
<지금 얘기할 시간은 없을 때>
We don’t have time to discuss that now.
We discussed it yesterday.
= We had a discussion about it yesterday.
* discuss = have a discussion about
How are we doing time-wise? 우리 시간면에서 어때? 시간에 맞춰서 여유롭게 잘 진행하고 있어?
Do we have time to discuss one more item on the agenda?
안건에 대한 사안에 있어 한가지 더 얘기할 수 있을까?
*time-wise
Let’s discuss how to proceed.
Let’s discuss Rachel’s birthday.
<유의사항: 여기에선 about이 plenty more에 적용됨>
There’s plenty more to discuss about billing, but that’s a totally different episode.
(=There’s plenty more about billing to discuss,)
3. I look forward to seeing you in this evening.(X)
I look forward to seeing you this evening.(O)
I’ll see you this evening at the festival.
오늘 저녁에 뵙는 거 기대하고 있겠습니다.
<유의사항: 여기에서 in은 come을 받아줌>
Can you come in this evening?
*last, this, next + 시기를 나타내는 단어(요일, week, month 등)와 같이 쓰이면 부사로 바뀜.
See you next week! 다음주에 보자.
I’ll see you next Monday!
I have an interview next week.
I look forward to our meeting next Tuesday. 다음주 화요일에 저희 회의 기다리겠습니다.
I look forward to seeing you next Thursday.
Let’s revisit this sometime next month.
*revisit (아이디어/주제 등을) 다시 논의하다
Revisit the initiative this afternoon.
Let’s revisit this sometime next month. 다음달 언제 이 주제에 대해 다시 논의해 봅시다.
Let’s revisit this sometime next month.
= in the next calendar month
Let’s revisit this sometime in the next month.
= in the next 30-day period.
These are all under development, and we’re expecting this to go live in the next month or so.
*At dawn (새벽) 동트기 직전의 새벽
*캠브릿지 사전: the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky.
*새벽 1시
1 a.m.
1 in the morning
It’s 1:30 in the morning.
-새벽은 무조건 in the morning
*till = until
I stayed up till 2 studying English.
I stayed up till 3 playing Night Manager.
A: If you don’t mind me asking, how old are you? 이런 질문 드려도 될지 모르겠지만, 몇 살이세요?
B: I’m 40
A: How old are you now, if you do mind me asking?
B: 41.
I am bored.
This book is boring.
-실전영어에서는 적용되지 않음.
She’s boring. 걔는 지루해.
Oh, my God, he’s so boring! Most boring man in America.
Some could say I’m boring. 몇몇 사람들은 내가 지루하다고 말할 수 있어.
I just work, go to the gym, and come home. 그냥 일하고, 헬스장 갔다가 집에 와.
A: You’re not boring.
B: I’m pretty boring.
You’re embarrassing!
<긍정적인 상황에서도>
She’s interesting. And Pretty?
