An American Marriage p13-14

p13

skirmish : small conflict / 소규모 접전 / (특히 정치인들 간의) 옥식각신, 승강이

I-10: highway name

back in rhythm : back to normal

old-school hip-hop

Honda Accord

She nibbled on the ends of her hair : she felt nervous

a feeling like maybe you left the stove on

Call your boy, Andre, then. boy: close friend

a little dude, three apples tall

Frederick Douglass fro

더글러스. 미국의 흑인 운동가. 노예의 자식으로 태어났지만 북부로 도망. 노예해방과 흑인의 인권획득 운동을 지도. 아이티 주재 미국공사 등 역임. 자서전이 있다.(1818~1895)

complete with side part 가르마

hit pay dirt : make a lot of money

now that's a hard room. impressed / social class high up

Big Roy are cake : easy to talk, approach

p14

My wife has a flair for the dramtic. : overly dramatic, emotional

has a flair 소질, 재능이 있다

- Joe has a flair for languages. 조는 언어에 타고난 재능이 있다.

she has dinner cooking at full tilt by now : she's middle of cooking

- at full tilt 전속력으로

a baby is what you need to lock this thing in and throw away the key : to lock her in marriage

bounded up the stairs two at a time : excited

She was no bigger than a minute : she's also small

dead air : radio, TV에서 화면이 안나오거나 소리가 나지 않은 것

multilingual young