[영단어] 하루에 5개이상 Study Challenge - 01/11/2021

1. a rip-off (바가지 금액, 다른의미 : 뜯어내다. 속이다, 파괴하다)

- something that costs too much for what it is really worth

- i.e.) the coat was a rip-off. it was extreamly expensive and ended up being low-quality

 

2. intimidating(겁을 주는), intimidate (겁을 주다)

- having a grightening, threatening effect

- i.e.) this was no longer the intimidating woman of the morning tripping to the zoo

- i.e.) The formidable oppenent was extreamly intimidating to the young basketball team

 

3. thermal (열의, 보온성이 좋은)

- relating to heat

- i.e.) I find the thermal baths basically like my hometown water park

 

4. a screw loose

- to be crazy

- i.e.) we thought he had a screw loose when we saw him dancing around as if his shoes were on fire

 

5. a screwup

-  a mistake

- i.e.) it turned out that what they said in the announcement was a screwup! They're not really opening on Aug.15th

 

<Reference>

- The book "THE GREAT BOOK OF AMERICAN IDIOMS" BY Lingo Mastery