An American Marriage p24-27

p24

 

So I don't hear it in the street? 

- rumor나 gossip가 아닌, 직접 듣길 바래서  

 

terse words

 

gnarled family tree : messed up, twisted

 

sabotage our marriage : ruin

 

as though it were possible to tango alone / you need a partner

: it takes two to tango 

 

p25

What kind of bourgie shit is that? / old money

flip the script

(slang) To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.

뜻: 반대로 하다.

보통과 반대로 하거나 상황을 반대로 만들 때 쓰는 표현
직역하면 대본을 뒤집는다는 뜻
예상 밖 행동으로 상황을 역전시킨다

 

semantics 의미론, 의미

 

Alaska, Connecticut, Rhode Island 

The biggest US state is Alaska at 1,723,337 sq km, and the smallest is Rhode Island at 4,001 sq km.

 

p26

playpen

 

Ice cubes tumbled out in fits and starts. 

- fits and starts , not regularly, some occasionally

 

trussed up in a cloth sling

truss (팔다리를 움직이지 않도록) 묶다

 

 

Cape Codder

 

The Cape Cod or Cape Codder is a type of cocktail consisting of vodka and cranberry juice. Some recipes also call for squeezing a lime wedge over the glass and dropping it into the drink.[1] The name refers to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, a peninsula and popular tourist destination located in the eastern United States which is famous for growing cranberries.

 

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