[영어단어] 배운 단어로 짧은 영작 (69) - slouch, impromptu, come off second-best

 

• impromptu 즉흥의, 즉흥으로 만든 것
• traffic is just crawling
• morph into 전환되다, 바뀌다
• gain ground 특히 idea 나 믿음이 gain ground 하면 좀 더 popular, accepted 된 것
• take a turn for the worse = to become worse
• hang.a left/right = to turn to the left (when driving)
• come out for 지지하다, 찬성하고 나서다
• no slouch (at) -를 잘한다 /꿇리지 않는
• wishful thinking 희망사항
• make peace 화해하다 (with someone)
• come off second-best = fail to win
• take one to task something = criticize someone
• in line for something = a candidate for

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The first scene of the movie gained ground that it's the best scene of all time in film industry. I'm really surprised that some part of it was a impromptu. The main charater drives in a car and the traffic is just crawling when he enters into a highway. And as the car hangs a left the cars on the road morph into some robots and they dance together. The he gets confused but he starts to dance with them as well and he proves he's no slouch in the crowd. So that was the opening of the movie. In this year's award, he was in line for best actor of the year. He came off second best in the end but his speech was touching enough to have audience in tears, saying "It was maybe a wishful thinking. But It was my best time"  Some of them even took the judge to task for not making him as a winner and they came out for him. it seemed like the award took a turn for the worse and he tried to make peace. 

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"The river flooded its banks and morphed into a giant sea that swamped the town."

They're gaining ground in the southern states. Stronger privacy protections are gaining ground with voters in the latest polls.

Go straight on for two blocks, then hang a left.

My mom took me to task over my terrible report.
You don't have to take everyone to task who misuses the word "literally" you know.
The teacher took John to task for his bad behaviour.