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Queue To See Queen Elizabeth II Reopens

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Vocabulary & Expressions

somber: 침울한, 우울한
But you know, it’s also a somber mood.

hanky: 손수건 (handkerchief의 약어 표현)
As one woman told me, she says, “I’ve got my hanky ready.”

show up: 나타나다
Hundreds of thousands showing up, including David Beckham, the football legend…

tide of emotion: 밀려오는 감정
engulf: 사로잡다
We have been overwhelmed by the tide of emotion that has engulfed us…

stand vigil: 철야하다
… all eight grandchildren are expected to stand vigil at her majesty’s casket… 
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Jon Hamm Reveals Rules for Meeting the Royal Family

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Vocabulary & Expressions

royal protocol: 왕실의례 
adhere: (규칙을) 따르다, 지키다 
Jon Hamm is spilling details about the royal protocol he had to adhere to…

dos and don’ts: 해야 할 것과 해서는 안될 것, 주의 사항
…the Mad Men alum detailed the dos and don’ts he was advised about…

offer (one’s) hand: 악수를 청하다
…you can’t offer your hand…

green light: 허락, 승인
…he got the green light for a handshake.

get lost in (something): ~에 푹 빠지다, ~에 넋이 나가다 
I got lost in his eyes…

courteous: 공손한, 예의 바른
…seemingly attempting to be courteous… 
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UN Ocean Protection Agreement: A Historic Step

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Vocabulary & Expressions

the high seas: 공해
An emotional moment, as the United Nations treaty to protect the high seas is finally agreed.

delegate: 대표, 파견 위원
Delegates at the UN headquarters in New York had worked through the night to push a deal over the line.

biodiversity: 생물 다양성
generate: 생산하다
Our oceans and the biodiversity within them are critical to keeping the earth in balance, generating nearly half the planet’s oxygen…

sticking point: 주요 걸림돌
…and the fair sharing of profitable resources, a key sticking point during the negotiations.

be implemented consistently: 지속적으로 시행되다
We’ve got to make sure that it’s implemented consistently… 

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Jeff Bezos on why it’s always Day 1 at Amazon

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Vocabulary & Expressions

stasis: 정체
Day 2 is stasis followed by irrelevance followed by excruciatingly painful decline followed by death.

nimbleness: 민첩함, 영특함
..you can lose your nimbleness…

scale and scope: 규모와 범위
…all the advantages that come with scale and scope.

dodge: 재빨리 휫 움직여 피하다
You also want to dodge those punches so you’d like to be nimble.

customer obsession: 고객에 대한 집착
I already spend some time on one of them which is customer obsession.

insulated: 단열된, 단음된 (고객의 소리를 듣지 못하는 상태)
They’re insulated from customers.

velocity: 속도
But one of the things that happens is the decision-making velocity slows down.

pitfalls and traps: 위험과 덫
You can teach people to avoid these pitfalls and traps.

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Florida Ocean Hits ‘Hot Tub’ Level

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Vocabulary & Expressions

sea surface: 해수면
There is no official record kept for sea surface temperature…

record-breaking event: 기록을 깨는 사건
…we’ve never seen a record-breaking event like this before.

good reason to believe: 믿을만한 이유
…there’s some good reason to believe that it might have been a few degrees cooler than that.

valid: 타당한
…we’re questioning whether they’re valid or not.

coral: 산호
The corals are not happy with this level of hot water.

bleach: 표백되다
They are bleaching; a lot of them are dying.

reef: 암초
I’ve seen some measurements of 90 degrees Fahrenheit down at the level of the reefs. 

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Disney Loses Mickey Mouse Copyright in 2024

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Vocabulary & Expressions

rendition: 묘사
It’s a simple early rendition of perhaps the most recognizable cartoon character ever created.

full circle: 원점으로 돌아오다
So, this is a bit of a full circle moment then?

caveat: 주의사항
But there’s an important caveat, it has to be the Steamboat Willie versions, not the more familiar renditions of the characters that followed.

in the long run: 결국에는
enduring: 지속되는
But in the long run, our culture gets to decide what kinds of public domain reuses have enduring appeal.

poster child: 상징
Disney is the poster child for just how valuable the public domain is.

high-profile: 유명한
What are some of the high-profile characters that will enter the public domain in the next few years?

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Four Ways To Improve Your Brainstorming

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Vocabulary & Expressions

be tasked with: ~하는 업무를 맡다
If you’ve ever been tasked with finding a solution to a problem, you’ve probably tried brainstorming.

lateral thinking: 수평적 사고(창의성을 발휘하여 새로운 방식으로 문제 해결을 시도하는 것)
…it can breed creative ideas and clever solutions, promoting a lateral thinking often lost in a more structured analytical approach. 

uncharted territory: 미지의 영역
…to push beyond the obvious and into uncharted territory.

premature: 너무 이른, 시기상조의
…but premature judgment can cause withdrawal from the process.

go hand in hand: 밀접하게 연관되다, 함께 가다
It’s no surprise that fun and creativity go hand in hand.

flesh out: 구체화하다, 살을 붙이다
…mind mapping can be used to generate or flesh out existing ideas. 

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