| lacking in | (=wanting in) | ~이 부족한 |
|---|---|---|
| I'm afraid she's somewhat lacking in intelligence. | ||
| land on one's feet | (=get oneself out of trouble without damage) | 무사히 궁지를 벗어나다 |
| He lost his job but landed on his feet by finding a better one. | ||
| lash out | (=hit someone suddenly; offer harsh criticism) | (갑자기 달려들어) 때리다, 구타하다; 폭언을 퍼붓다 |
| The prisoner lashed out at the guard. | ||
| She lashes out at anyone who finds fault with her. | ||
| lay off | (=stop employing temporarily) | (일시) 해고시키다 |
| When they lost the contract, they had to lay off about a hundred workers. | ||
| lay out | (=arrange) | 배열하다, 배치하다 |
| They laid out the tables in style for the party. | ||
| learn[know] ~ by heart | (=memorize) | 암기하다 |
| I make a point of learning[knowing] at least 10 English idioms by heart a day. | ||
| leave out | (=omit, fail to include) | 빠뜨리다 |
| This sentence doesn't make sense; a key word has been left out. | ||
| let on | (=reveal) | (비밀을) 누설하다 |
| Don't let on to Helen that we are going to the movies. | ||
| let go of | (=release) | (쥐고 있던 것을 ) 놓다 |
| Don't let go of the rope until I tell you. | ||
| lie down on the job | (=be lazy and work little) | 일을 게을리 하다 |
| She lies down on the job by talking all the time. | ||
| little[no] better than | (=almost the same as) | ~나 다름없는 |
| People treated him as if he was little better than an animal. | ||
| live beyond one's means | (=spend more than one can afford) | 분수에 맞지 않게 살다 |
| She's an extravagant woman who lives beyond her means. | ||
| live it up | (=enjoy life by spending money freely) | 흥청망청 즐기다 |
| There is no reason why I can't live it up from time to time. | ||
| live (from) hand to mouth | (=live a hand-to-mouth existence) | 하루 벌어 하루 먹고 살다 |
| We've been living from hand to mouth ever since I lost my job. | ||
| live up to | (=satisfy, meet) 만족[충족]시키다 | (=fulfill, carry out) (책임, 의무 ) 수행하다 |
| This new technology has not lived up to our expectation. | ||
| Tom lived up to his promises and paid the money he owed. | ||
| look back at[on] | (=view in retrospect) | 회상하다, 회고하다 |
| When I look back at my childhood I realize how happy I was then. | ||
| look down on | (=consider, ~inferior to oneself) | 얕잡아 보다, 깔보다 |
| He always looks down on everyone; he thinks he's so special. | ||
| look forward to | (=anticipate with pleasure) | 학수고대하다 |
| I'm looking forward to the day when I will see her. | ||
| look on | (=be a spectator; regard) | 방관하다; 간주하다 (as) |
| Why don't you play football instead of just looking on? | ||
| We look on him as an authority on the subject. | ||
| look over | (=examine, inspect) | 조사하다, 검토하다 |
| We looked over several kinds of new cars before deciding. | ||
| look to A for B | (=depend on A for B) | A에게 B를 의존하다 |
| Korea mainly looks to Arab countries for oil. | ||
| loop up | (=search for; visit, call on) | 찾아 보다; 방문하다 |
| I looked up your address in the personnel file. | ||
| Do look me up the next time you're in London. | ||
| look up to | (=respect) | 존경하다 |
| He's a reasonable man everybody looks up to. | ||
| lose heart | (=become discouraged) | 낙담하다, 상심하다 |
| The team had won no games and it lost heart. | ||
| lose no time in ~ing | (=do without any hesitation) | 곧 ~하다 |
| The police lost no time in sending the injured man to the hospital. | ||
| lose one's head | (=become uncontrolled) | 이성을 잃다, 흥분하다 |
| He lost his head and started yelling at me. | ||
| lose one's temper | (=get very angry) | 화를 내다 |
| The basketball coach lost his temper and shouted at his players. | ||
| lose one's touch | (=fail at what one used to do well) | 기량이[솜씨가] 떨어지다 |
| He's lost another game; he must be losing his touch. | ||
| lose oneself in | (=become engrossed in) | 몰두하다 |
| She lost herself in rewriting her new novel for television. | ||