Today is Tuesday, the 6th of April.
Let’s don’t waste our time since we just started April.
Now today we’ve got to read, write, speak and listen.
These are the four core skills to practice English.
And I am sure you can master these 4 core skills with me in 20 minutes, in a blink of an eye.
Are you ready?
*loss 분실/손실
*at a loss (분실하여)당황스러워서 어쩔 줄 모르는
*at a loss for words 무슨 말을 해야할지 모르는
당황하여 할말을 잃었다.(놀라거나 다급하여 어찌할 바를 모를 때)
A: I was at a loss for words, when the boss called me my name.
B: Stop acting coy. You cut the mustard.
*cut the mustard 기대 이상이다/기대에 부응하다.
A: When I heard she’s going to have a break, I was at a loss for words.
When I heard she goes on hiatus, I was at a loss for words.
*hiatus 틈; 어떤 행동의 중단
B: But she’s just released her new album. What happens to her?
But she’s just released her new album. What‘s going on?
[Step by Step]
I reckon I was at a loss for words again.
When she won the award, she seemed at a loss for words.
Her father’s comments left me at a loss for words, and I had to leave the country
그는 진실을 알아내고 오늘 아침 폭발 소식을 듣은 후 당황해서 할 말을 잃었어.
He was at a loss for words after finding out the truth, and hearing about this morning news on a blast.
[Speak like a Brit]
A: I was at a loss for words when the boss called my manager.
B: Stop acting coy. You cut the mustard.
A: When I heard the singer goes on hiatus, I was at a loss for words.
B: But she’s just released her debut album. What’s going on?
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EBS 라디오 어학당 5dang.ebs.co.kr 권주현의 진짜 영국 영어 2021년 4월 6일(화) I am at a loss for words. 당황해서 할 말을 잃었어.