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[오디오 듣기] Know (~something) inside out
오늘의 영어 표현은 Know (~something) inside out 입니다.
Let’s discuss what it means to know something inside out. Listen carefully to today’s conversation. 그럼 오늘의 대화를 들어보면서 ‘know something inside out’이 무슨 뜻인지 알아 보겠습니다. 잘 들어보세요.
Know (~something) inside out
Christine: Do you have a moment?
Young: Yes, sure, what’s up?
Christine: I have some questions on my essay, especially about the grammar.
Young: I can help you, but I think it’s best if you ask Dr. Lee. He knows grammar inside out.
Christine: Great! Thanks you, I’ll go see him now.
Christine은 Young에게 “Do you have a moment? 궁금한 게 있어서 그런데 혹시 시간 있어?”라고 묻자, Young은 “Yes, sure, what’s up? 응. 뭐가 궁금해?”라고 말하네요. 그러자 Christine은 “I have some questions on my essay, 이번에 에세이 쓰면서especially about the grammar 문법과 관련해서 궁금한 점이 몇 개 있어.” 라고 하더라고요. Essay is a piece of writing on one particular subject. 에세이는 학교 학습활동의 일환으로 제출하는 논문식의 과제물을 말해요. Young 은 “I can help you, but I think it’s best if you ask Dr. Leel. 뭔데? 내가 도와줄게. 그런데 교수님한테 여쭤보는 게 가장 좋을 것 같아. He knows grammar inside out. 교수님은 문법 박사거든.’ 라고 하더라고요.
Now let’s listen to today’s conversation again.
Know (~something) inside out
Christine: Do you have a moment?
Young: Yes, sure, what’s up?
Christine: I have some questions on my essay, especially about the grammar.
Young: I can help you, but I think it’s best if you ask Dr. Lee. He knows grammar inside out.
Christine: Great! Thanks you, I’ll go see him now.
오늘의 영어 표현은Know (~something) inside out입니다.
When you know something inside out, it means you have thorough knowledge about something. Know (~something) inside out은 ‘손바닥 보듯 (뭔가를) 속속들이 알다, (~) 잘 알고있다’라는 뜻으로, ‘뒤집다’라는 의미를 포함하고 있는 inside out처럼 어떠한 사실을 한쪽이 아닌 여러가지 면에서 빈틈없이 알고 있는 것을 표현하고 있습니다.
There is actually another phrase that you can use to say that you ‘know something inside out’. That phrase is ‘to know (~somebody or something) like the back of your hand’. 또 비슷한 표현으로 ‘know somebody/something like the back of your hand’라는 표현이 있습니다.
예를 들어볼까요? 컴퓨터를 잘 만지고 고치는 친구에게 ‘You know computers inside out!’라고 말할 수 있습니다. 또 자신이 태어나고 자란 고향을 가리켜 “This is where I grew up. I know this neighborhood like the back of my hand. 여긴 내가 자란 곳이라 손바닥 보듯이 잘알아.”라고 말할 수 있습니다.
오늘의 영어표현 ‘know something inside out’꼭 기억해두시고요. Now we’ll listen to this conversation for the last time. Listen carefully.
Know (~something) inside out
Christine: Do you have a moment?
Young: Yes, sure, what’s up?
Christine: I have some questions on my essay, especially about the grammar.
Young: I can help you, but I think it’s best if you ask Dr. Lee. He knows grammar inside out.
Christine: Great! Thanks you, I’ll go see him now.
오늘의 영어 표현, ‘know (~something) inside out 손바닥 보듯 (뭔가를) 속속들이 알다, (~) 잘 알고있다’ 꼭 기억해두시고요. Let’s study English until you know it inside out!
