[영어단어] 배운 단어로 짧은 영작 (11) - trade in, touch on, turn a deaf etc

 

• ring up 가격을 찍다, 전화하다
• eloquent 유창한
• touch on 언급하다
• turn a deaf ear 들은 척도 않다
• trade in 신제품과 교환하다
• under arrest 체포된 수감된

 

Darren said he was going to ring up the stuff at the supermarket. It was always his responsibility when we go shopping together. We were going to meet at outside. But he didn't come out and I was standing in fron of the gate for 30 minutes. Maybe we got our wires crossed about where we're gonna meet? I went inside and he was speaking to some group of people. Um I know he's such an eloquent speaker, but I couldn't think of any reasons he has to do that in the supermarket. It sounded like they touched on some morality issues. Later on, he walked out with me and he explained everything. He asked for trading in his old Iphone for new one as the staff member was ringing up, apparently she truned a deaf ear for the demands because she didn't want to be bothered. It turned out she was on her mandatory social volunteering after she got under arrest. 

 

- ring up 은 전화하다는 뜻으로 She rang me up 처럼 쓰일 수도 있으나 바코드 찍을 때 나는 소리에서 유래해서 가격표를 찍다, 계산하다로 확장되어 사용된다. 

- touch on 은 가볍게 짚고 넘어가거나 건드리듯이 말하고 가는 것. 

- get our wires crossed about 은 -에 대해서 서로 엇갈리듯이 오해했다는 표현이다. 

- turn a deaf ear 은 들은 체도 하지 않는 다는 표현인데 for 과 같이 쓰인다는 것을 알아두어야한다.

- trade in 은 그냥 교환이 아니고 내가 쓰던 것이나 다른 것을 새것을 살 때 같이 지불헤서 가격을 깎는다는 의미이다. 아이폰 보상판매가 가장 적절하게 떠오르는 예시라서 억지로 끼워넣었다. 새 차를 사면서 내가 타던 중고차를 같이 주면서 내야 할 돈을 깎아서 준다 할떄 쓰며 for 전치사를 어떻게 쓰는지 잘 봐두어야한다. trade in OLD one FOR NEW one 이런 식으로 쓴다.