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Dearth Though once again, there’s discouraging dearth of women on the list - a result of the dearth of women at the helm of public companies. 2020. 1. 8.
ADMONISH ... "adulting", a word invented by millennials as a catchall for the tasks of self-sufficient existence. Expressions of "adulting" do often come off as privileged astonishment at the realities of, well, life: that you have to pay bills and go to work; that you have to buy food and cook it if you want to eat it; that actions have consequences. Adulting is hard because life is hard - or, as a Bust.. 2020. 1. 8.
DUNK Tim goes on to admit that some friends had helped him register to vote, and he planned to probably make it happen for the midterms. But his explanation - even though, as he noted, his struggle in this case was in part by his ADHD - triggered the contemporary tendency to dunk on millennials' inability to complete seemingly basic tasks. DUNK 도넛·빵 등을 먹기 전에 커피·우유 등에) 적시다, (사람을 장난삼아) 물속에 빠뜨리다 I like .. 2020. 1. 8.
STRATUM / NURSE / SIEVE Outside the year's loveliest children's books - a stratum of literature with which I still actively and ardently engage - I now nurse no illusion of having an even remotely adequate sieve for the "best" of what is published each passing year, given that I read so very little of it. STRATUM 계층, 지층 stratum super stratum 층층이, 켜켜이 strata of thought the upper strata of society The report shows that d.. 2020. 1. 7.
RASH Making a snap judgement on something so superficial might seem rash, but we do it all the time without even realizing. RASH 성급한, 경솔한 / 다발, 빈발 It was rash of them to get married so quicky. There has been a rash of robberies in the last two months. ​ 2020. 1. 6.
GROGGY / RECUPERATE The key is to learn how to take short naps. Many people take naps which are too long, pushing them into deeper phases of sleep which cause them to feel even groggier when they wake up (although the benefits to even these naps often occur after the initial groginess wears off.) GROGGY (질병/심한 피로로) 몸을 가누지 못하는, 정신이 혼미한 The drug treated her but left her groggy. I felt a little bit groggy for a couple.. 2020. 1. 4.