2009년 9월 8일 화요일

Commom errors 16: Childish vs. Childlike

childish: indicating a lack of maturity

childlike: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
credulity = tendency to believe readily

Idiom 72: Call off

상황: 많이 사용하는 표현이지요. cancel대신에 취소할 때 많이 사용되는 표현이지요...

call off = cancer

The meeting was called off because of bad weather.

Idiom 71: See eye to eye

상황: Labor day 잘보내셨나요... 오늘은 의견이 같다라는 표현을 같이 보기로 하겠습니다. 간단한 agree란 단어도 있지요.

see eye to eye = be in agreement = have the same opinion

We never saw eye to eye on this question.
My friend and I are splitting up. We do not see eye to eye.