The Spiderwick Chronicles

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가능한한 단어를 접할 때 머릿속에서 많은 연결 고리를 가질 수 있도록 최대한 갖고 있는 선에서 브레인스토밍을 많이 해주려합니다. 어쩔 수 없이 난생 처음 보는 단어는 연결 고리를 만들 수 없는 것도 있지만.. 되도록 제가 가진 경험이라도 나눠보려고해요. 그러면 더 오래기억이 남는다잖아요..  설명도 덧붙여서 일단 적어봅니다. 필요하신 분은 그 부분만 지우고 쓰시면 될것같아요.^^

stab

If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body.

Somebody stabbed him in the stomach.

(10살짜리 딸 아이에겐 좀 과한 느낌 드는 단어지만..-_-;;소설속에서는 그닥 그렇지 않으니..위안을..)

shack

A shack is a simple hut built from tin, wood, or other materials.

eruption

When a volcano erupts, it throws out a lot of hot, melted rock called lava, as well as ash and steam.

The volcano could erupt at any time.

(제주도 지역이라.. 한라산말고..저기 어디 멀리 있는 화산을 얘기해줬습니다..--;;)

crammed

If a place is crammed with things or people, it is full of them, so that there is hardly room for anything or anyone else.

The house is crammed with priceless furniture and works of art.

(jammed와 비슷한 느낌?)

lumpy

A lump of something is a solid piece of it.

A lump on or in someone's body is a small, hard swelling that has been caused by an injury or an illness.

sugar lump같은 경우 각설탕을 말한다네요.^^

scuttling

When people or small animals scuttle somewhere, they run there with short quick steps.

To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.

Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.

(서두른다고 안될게 되지는 않아..--;; 엄마 18번 단어가 여기에..)

knickknacks

Knick-knacks are small objects which people keep as ornaments or toys, rather than for a particular use.

(이런거 집에 장난감 통 속에 보면 진짜 너무 많아요... 자질구레한 것들..--)

ferret

A ferret is a small, fierce animal which is used for hunting rabbits and rats.

If you ferret about for something, you look for it in a lot of different places or in a place where it is hidden

brass

Brass is a yellow-coloured metal made from copper and zinc. It is used especially for making ornaments and musical instruments.

(금메달 은메달 그리고 동메달의 bronze하고는 조금 다른...^^;놋쇠 그릇을 보여주면 좋겠다만..요즘 그거 보기가 쉽지않은..)

bruises

A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.

If you are bruised by an unpleasant experience, it makes you feel unhappy or upset.

ruthless

If you say that someone is ruthless, you mean that you disapprove of them because they are very harsh or cruel, and will do anything that is necessary to achieve what they want

A ruthless action or activity is done forcefully and thoroughly, without much concern for its effects on other people

distracted

If you are distracted, you are not concentrating on something because you are worried or are thinking about something else.

gurgling

If water is gurgling, it is making the sound that it makes when it flows quickly and unevenly through a narrow space.

If someone, especially a baby, is gurgling, they are making a sound in their throat similar to the gurgling of water.

(물 마실 때 소리를 일부러 내면서 마셔보라고 하면 딱 이 소리랑 비슷~~)

winch

A winch is a machine which is used to lift heavy objects or people who need to be rescued. It consists of a drum around which a rope or chain is wound.

If you winch an object or person somewhere, you lift or lower them using a winch.

ire

Ire is anger

detention

Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.

Detention is a punishment for naughty schoolchildren, who are made to stay at school after the other children have gone home.

detention camp 억류소

detention home 소년원

obsessive

If someone's behaviour is obsessive, they cannot stop doing a particular thing or behaving in a particular way.

skittered

If something skitters, it moves about very lightly and quickly.

가끔 요리할 때 보면 이런 문구 많이 나오죠.. 기포 방울이 올라오면 튀김같은 온도할 때가 맞다..뭐 이런... 그때의 그 움직임?? 그 느낌?^^

If bubbles skitter around, heat is just right