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20180503 Article

by Olivia Ha 2018. 5. 3.

# wild out 미치다

people go crazy or freak out

# Take pains to do sth 뭔가를 하려고 엄청 노력하다 

To expend a lot of time and energy doing something.

  • We took great pains to make it on time. 제 시간에 오려고 엄청 노력했어.
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took pains to shed(버리다) his cold, bellicose 전투적인 image at Friday's historic meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, painting himself instead as a courteous [kɜːtiəs] 예의바른 and conscientious[kɒnʃiˈenʃəs]  leader of a state on the rise.
* courteous: polite and showing respect for other people
* conscientious: careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do



# across the North-South military border bisecting (두 갈래로 가르는) the truce (휴전/휴전협정) village of Panmunjom.

휴전지역인 판문점을 나누는 남북 분계선을 가로질러서 

(military demarcation line MDL : 남북분계선)


# Kim became the first leader of his country to ever set foot 발을 들여놓다 in Southern territory


It seems that Kim was concerned about being late, as last-minute schedule changes had frustrated the South Koreans during the two previous inter-Korean summits.



# lapse into (더 나쁘거나 덜 활발한 상태에[가]) 빠지다[되다]


If someone lapses into a particular way of speaking, or behaving, they start speaking or behaving in that way, usually for a short period.

If you lapse into a quiet or inactive state, you stop talking or being active.

  • Kim also sent reporters gathered on the outskirts of Seoul into a commotion during the evening's musical performance when, perhaps tired from the day of diplomacy, his face lapsed into a frown.
  • She lapsed into a little girl voice to deliver a nursery rhyme.