영어공부 81탄 (be tired of/begetting tired of/every day vs. everyday /delay vs. postpone vs procrastinate)

1. be tired of +명사/동사 ~ing ~가 지긋지긋해

I'm tired of ~< I'm sick of~< I'm sick and tired of~

- I'm tired of your excuses.

- I'm tired of working every single day.

* every single day :(강조) 하루도 안 빠지고 매일

* every day : (부사) 매일

* everyday :(형용사) 일상적인

I'm tired of working every single day. <I'm sick of working every single day. < I'm sick and tired of working every single day.

I'm tired of you procrastingating. 네가 미루는게 지긋지긋해

영영사전:  procrastinate: to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done.

procrastinate (프로크뤠스띠네잇) (해야할 일을 하기가 싫어서) 미루다, 질질 끌다.

- I'm tired of you procrastinating.

- I was just procrastinating.

 

2. be getting tired of (지긋지긋 이란 어감이 강하기에 좀 더 예쁘게 말하면..)

I'm getting tired of~ : (좀 더 부드러움) 점점 지긋지긋 해지는 과정을 강조

I'm tired of~: 이미 지긋지긋 한 상태

-I'm getting tired of this.

-I'm getting tired if eating the same thing every day.

-I'm getting tired of you wearing ths same thing every day.

* 반대로 뭔가 절대 안 질린다고 할땐 never get tired of ~

ex) I like this song.

It never gets old.

~가 지긋지긋 하지/질리지 않니?

-Aren't you tired of ~?

-Aren't you sick of~?

-Aren't you sick of me yet?

-We've hung out every single day this week.

I'm tired of ~

I'm sick of~

I'm sick and tired of~

I'm fed up wth~ ~가 지긋지긋해

 

3. every day vs. everyday

* every single day :(강조) 하루도 안 빠지고 매일

* every day : (부사) 매일

* everyday :(형용사) 일상적인

 

4. delay vs. postpone vs. procrastinate

 

- delay (상황 때문에 이쩔수 없이) 미루다, 날씨나 명절때 주문이 몰려서 배송이 지연될때도 delay

* 주로  beyond control ( 통제 할 수 없는 안 좋은 상황)

ex) Hey, sorry I'm late.

Tim's flight was delayed.

Guys, sorry about the delay.

- That shipment has been delayed three times.

 

- postpone(포스뽀운) 뒤에 p 가 묵음: (더 좋은 상황을 위해) 연기하다, 미루다.

*in behalf of someone's best interest

- I think it's probably best to postpone the meeting.

- My retirement is officially postponed.

- We couldn't do it without you, so we postponed.

 

- procrastinate (꼭 해야 할 일을 ) 미루다.