1. It's only decent

(예의상/도덕상) 당연히 그렇게 해야지.

 

decent: 괜찮은, (상황에) 적절한

*캠브릿지 사전: acceptable, satisfactory, or reasonable

*Collins 사전: morally correct or acceptable

사람에게 쓰면: honest and behave in a way that most people apporve of

 

Not good. Decent.

Not decode, not bad.

 

I've only got one bedroom, but it's a decent size apartment.

방이 하나 밖에 없지만 괜찮은 사이즈의 아파트

 

While it's decent, it's not as good as the other three.

괜찮긴 하지만 나머지 셋만큼 좋지는 않음

 

He is decent person.

그는 괜찮은 사람이야

 

She's not making a fortune, but she's making a decent living.

그녀는 엄청나게 돈을 많이 버는건 아니지만 괜찮게 산다.

 

A decent paying job with decent paying benefits. That's what it meant to be middle class.

중산층 = 괜찮은 수준의 월급과 복지 혜택

 

There's a decent pizza joint on the corner.

괜찮은 피자집

 

It's the right thing to do.

It's the fair thing to do.

It's the decent thing to do.

사회/도덕적으로 적절한, 당연히 해야하는 행동

 

It's only decent.

직역: 그건 유일하게 사오항에 적절한 행동이죠.

의역: 당연히 그렇게 해야죠/그게 예의죠.

 

You could at least pretent to miss me. It's only decent.

최소한 나를 그리워하는 척해야 하는거야. 그게 예의야.

 

 

2. You could at least pretent ~

최소한 ~하는 척이라도 할수 있잖아.

 

at least 평소 쉽게 쓰는 법

1) 최소 기준을 말할 때

2) 안 좋은 상황을 합리화 시킬 때

 

You could at least pretent to care.

최소한 신경쓰는 척이라도 할 수 있잖아.

 

You could at least preent to like it. It's only decent.

최소한 마음에 드는 척이라도 할 수 있잖아. 그게 예의지.

 

You could pretent at least to like the video.

최소한 마음에 드는 척이라도 할 수 있잖아.

 

 

3. It's a sign!

~하라는 징조야!

 sign: 징조/조짐/표시, something showing that something else exists or might happen or exist in the future

 

This isn't a good sign.

이건 좋은 징조가 아닌데.

 

This can't be a good sign.

이게 좋은 징조일리 없어.

 

Maybe this is a sign that we need to stop this.

이쯤에서 그만하라는 신호/조짐일지도 몰라.

 

 

4. heavy lifting

힘든/부담스러운 일 -> 회사에서 특히 많이 사용

캠브릿지 사전: the most difficult part of a task.

merriam-webster: a burdensome or laborious duty

I can't take all the credit. Sarah did most of the heavy lifting.

 

Thanks, but Barry did most of the heavy lifting.

I'm doing all the heavy lifting.

 

And I feel like I'm doing all the heavy lifting.

 

It was really Tribeca who did all the heavy lifting.

 

Sarah can do all the heavy lifting.

 

Mark and Marcy can do the heavy lifting.

 

 

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