English idiom study] p.52~60, DIARY of a Wimpy Kid, RODRICK RULES #2 - Jeff Kinney

English idiom study

p.52~60, DIARY of a Wimpy Kid, RODRICK RULES #2 - Jeff Kinney

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Page 52

So we basically pretended he was still gone.

Page 53

It was pretty funny.

I had an extra chocolate-chip cookie in my lunch bag, and I made a bog deal about/of it.

made a big deal about/of it    유난을 떨었다

Page 54

So maybe that one was a little cruel.    그건 좀 잔인했던 거 같다

let Chirag off the hook    Chirag를 그 상황에서 벗어나게 해주다

but then again,    그런데 한편으로는

turn into    ~로 발전하다

be/get in on it    그것에 동참하다

get too far ahead of oneself    김칫국을 마시다

or anything    모 그런

in the bag    거의 확실한, 보증된

dreaming this one up    (혁신적인) 생각을 해내다

(I don't want to get too far ahead of myself or anything, but I think I might have Class Clown in the bag for dreaming this one up.)

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make a big/great show of ~ing    과장되게 ~하다 (I made a great show of counting everyone in the room except Chirag.)

set A off    A를 화나게 하다

stare straight ahead    똑바로 정면을 쳐다보다

Page 56

keep my mouth shut    내 입을 닫은 채로 유지하다

manage to keep my mouth shut    간신히 내 입을 닫은 채로 있을 수 있었다

in my own defense     내 자신을 변호하고자

when it comes to finding someone    누군가를 찾는 것에 관해

pick on    괴롭히다

dreaming up B    B를 생각해 낸

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play a joke on A    A에게 장난을 치다

stay hidden    숨어있다

all around the house    집안 곳곳 

I probably would've stayed hidden under there for a little while more.

get A to crack    A를 무너지게 만들었다

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point fingers on B    B에 비난하다

point fingers at A    A에게 비난하다

A be to blame    A에게 책임이 있다

A be to blame for B

Chirag pretty much give up on trying to get anyone in our class to talk to him.

Page 59

keep him away from Chirag

I had a feeling Rowlet would blow the joke.

blow the joke    들통나게 하다, (기회를) 날리다

kind of got too cocky    너무 오만해졌다

let my guard down    방심하다, 틈을 보이다

work on 공략하다    (Chirag started working on Rowley at lunch.)

he came really close to getting him to crack    그가 거의 넘어가게 할 뻔 하다

act quick

a floating corn dog hovering above our lunch table    우리의 점심 식탁 위를 떠다니는(There was a floating corn dog hovering above our lunch table.)

pluck/pull B out of the/thin air    생각이 갑자기 떠오르다/불쑥 말하다/급조하다 (I plucked it out of the air and ate in two bites.)

Page 60

my quick thinking

keep the joke going

not as good as the regular kind, though

Is there a flea breathing on me?

a tiny little flea is breathing on me

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