21.03.10.수 You look like you’re running on fumes. 넌 진짜 피곤해 보여. 권주현의 진짜 영국 영어

Welcome to 권주현의 진짜 영국 영어 on EBS radio.
Today is Wendesday, the 10th of March.
Hump day is regarded as the midpopint of a typical working week.
Wednesday is exactly the middle of five day work week.
You've hit the middle of Wednesday.
You are over the hump and head the downhill into the weekend.

다크 서클이 땅까지 내려온 친구에게?

** You’re running on fumes 너는 연기로 달리는 중이다 => 자동차가 기름이 다 떨어져서 털털거리고 연기가 나면서 가까스로 움직이는 모습 => 힘이 없거나 가까스로 일을 하고 있을 때 => 진짜 피곤하다; 비몽사몽하다

A: 자네 진짜 피곤해 보여.
You look like you’re running on fumes.
B: 완전 피곤해요.
I’m knackered.
말이 나왔으니 말인데, 하루 쉬어도 될까요?
Now that you mention it, can I take a day off?

20.05.01.금 I'm knackered. 완전 피곤해. 권주현의 진짜 영국 영어

A: 배관공이 누가봐도 obviously 수리를 대충했네.
The plumber cut the corners.
The plumber obviously bodged the repair.
B: 너무 피곤해보여서,
He looked like he was running on fumes.
He looked like he was running on fumes.
내가 한 숨 주무시라고 했어.
so I told him to take a nap.
so I told him to have a kip
** bodge (일이 서툴러서) 망친다;대층하다 to make or repair something badly or clumsily

[Step by Step]
나 밤새도록 일해서 오늘 진짜 피곤해.
I burnt the midnight oil so I’m running on fumes today.
I’m running on fumes today because I’ve burnt the midnight oil today.

그는 어제 진짜 피곤했어.
He was running on fumes yesterday.
He was running on fumes yesterday.
그래서 그는 미팅에 집중할 수 없었어.
So, he wasn’t able to focus on the meeting.
So, he couldn’t concentrate on the meeting.

틀림없이 그녀가 진짜 피곤하다는 걸 깨달았을거야.
He must have realised she was running on fumes
He must have realised she was running on fumes
그는 그녀의 손을 잡았으므로,
since he held her hand,.
because he took her hand in his.

[Speak Like a Brit]
A: 자네 정말로 진짜 피곤해 보여.
You look like you’re really running on fumes.
B: 완전 피곤해요.
I’m knackered.
말이 나왔으니 말인데, 지금 가도 될까요?
Now that you mention it, can I go now?

A: 전기 기사가 누가봐도 수리를 대충했네.
The electrical engineer obviously bodged the repair.
B: 너무 피곤해 보여서 내가 쉬라고 했어.
He looked like he was running on fumes so I told him to have a rest.

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