2018.03.15 영어

1. 단어

Her recent expressions of concern are self-serving and disingenuous. 

He grilled me about inappropriate relationships for five hours today.

His objections were made in a captious spirit.

a beatific smile

the baneful consequences of war

She was the bane of my existence.

My father was an illegal falconer

Dance crazes tend to fizzle out quickly. We both liked each other right off the bat.  the owl's talons

We questioned the veracity of his statements.

Even politicians sound more veracious on the radio. 

She just choked on a jujube

a dessert trolley, a shopping trolley 

He started drinking again after a long period of total/complete abstinence from alcohol. 

You must be off your rocker if you think I'm going to do that!

an up-and-coming young actor

Galvin said he was gonna haul me into court

but for the grace of God

They are restoring the hotel to its original/former grandeur. 

The city streets were crowded with celebrants.

war is brewing

Although he'd been practising with a Zimmer frame, progress was slow

somebody else swooped in and offered him

In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue. 

glass eye

corned beef

To get to the US National Tick Collection, 

Check the change for slugs.

turn in a chit

Many coats of lacquer were applied to the table. 

in good standing

Off with your glasses

She beckoned to the waiter to come over. 

pay the earth 

Bertie smacks his lips in anticipation of exotic, bromidic delights.

sit tight

The starlet was bedizened

Even in time-sensitive child abduction cases,

She stood down in favour of a more popular candidate.

What I wouldn't give for a working fireplace

a calorie-controlled diet for slimmers 

escape hatch

2. 문장

not in farmland itself, but in soil

tax breaks for the elderly.

Do you want to have great looking perennials?

She's got BO

It ended way past midnight

go all the way to the end!

She's fresh widowed

Where's your can?

I prefer the company of nitwits

coordinating conjunction

I'm guessing lovers' quarrel

toward the beginning of Cliff's career

not only was she impaled by a loose metal handrail

people just get more stoked on me!