뜻을 알아도 쓰긴 힘든 digest🍔, be underway, wake-up call과 확실히 정붙이기

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1. be underway

진행 중이다, 진전/나아가고 있다

 

Is the project underway?

 

It's currently underway.

현재 진행중이야.

 

<수리가 시작 돼 현재 진행 중>

Repairs are currently underway on C-Deck.

 

It's already underway.

 

<개선하기 위한 노력/물밑 작업이 이미 시작됨>

Many of these efforts have already been underway.

 

It's well underway.

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A: Is the campaign underway?

B: Yes, it's in the intial phase, but it's now underway.

 

 

2. digest: 소화하다

(어떤 내용) 소화하다/완전히 이해하다

 

<시간이 없으니 요약해서 말해줘>

Well, we only have a couple of minutues, so give us the Reader's Digest version.

 

You covered a lot of information.

I need some time to digest.

 

It's a lot to digest

 

 

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A: It's devasting news.

B: Yeah, I can't believe that happened.

Its' a lot to digest.

 

 

Are you okay?

I know this is a lot to digest all at once.

 

My eyes are bigger than my stomach.

다 먹을 수 있을 것 같았는데 욕심이었다.

 

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3. 모닝콜 = wake-up call

 

정신 차리게 하는 계기, 주의/관심을 불러 일으키는 사건

 

It was harsh but a real wake-up call.

*harsh : 가혹한,냉혹한

 

It was a wake-up call for me to start taking better care of my health.

 

All the other companies are downsizing. 

This should be a wake-up call to all of us.

 

<이걸 계기로 정신 차리라며>

Consider this is a wake-up call.