프렌즈 시즌 1-1-7

Monica: Oh my God!

Paul: I know, I know, I'm such an idiot. I guess I should have caught on when she started going to the dentist four and five times a week. I mean, how clean can teeth get?

*catch on ~을 이해하다

*keep~ing/start~ing/stop~ing/finish~ing 

              - He kept singing anyway.

              - I finished singing.  

*How의문문 : 어떻게 치아가 깨끗해질 수 있나요?

*get+형용사: ~하게 되다,~하게 되어지다.

       - She got beautiful/She got really mad at him.

 

Monica: My brother's going through that right now, he's such a mess. How did you get through it?

* go through ~을 겪다.

* get through ~(궁지 따위를) 벗어나게 하다.

 

Paul: Well, you might try accidentally breaking something valuable of hers, say her-

*might 현재 또는 과거의 가능성을 나타냄.

 

Monica: -leg?

Paul: (laughing) That's one way! Me, I- I went for the watch.

*go for sth (비교적 비격식)~을 선택하다 

        - I think I'll go for the fruit salad.

 

Monica: You actually broke her watch?   Wow!  The worst thing I ever did was, I-I shredded my old boyfriend's favorite bath towel.

*shred 갈가리 찢다.

*What's the worst thing you've ever done?

   The worst thing I ever did was swallow a bug.

  (원형 부정사가 주격 보어로 쓰이는 경우; 주어가 all, what-관계 사절, 최상급, 서수사

      일 경우, 기타 비격식 체적 및 구어체의 표현의 경우)

 

Paul: Ooh, steer clear of you.

*steer clear of you ~에 가까이 가지 않다.

 

Monica: That's right.