[English Words] November 20 - November 26(relieve/alleviate/realize/wail/yearn)

1.

승인 approval, approbation

1) 승인하다 approve, give one's approval

ask for[request] sb's approval

2) 승인을 얻다

obtain[gain; receive] sb's approval

 

2.

~하는 것이 맞다고 보다; ~하기도 결정하다. see/think fit(to do something)

You must do as you think fit.

 

3. 

relieve

1) 불쾌감, 고통 등을 없애(덜어)주다, 안도하게(후련하게) 하다.

to relieve the symptoms of a cold

2) 문제의 심각성을 완화하다(줄이다)

efforts to relieve poverty

3) 지루함(단조로움)을 줄이다.

We played cards to relieve the boredom of the long wait.

 

4.

완화하다 alleviate

to alleviate suffering

 

5.

realize

1) 깨닫다, 알아차리다, 인식(자각)하다

I didn't realize you were so unhappy.

2) 목표 등을 실현(달성)하다

She never realized her ambition of becoming a professional singer.

3) <수동형으로 쓰여> (우려 등이) 현실이 되다, 실제로 발생하다

His worst fears were realized when he saw that the door had been forced open.

 

6.

의수 a prosthetic arm

 

7.

wail

1) 슬픔, 통증 때문에 울부짖다, 통곡하다, 흐느끼다

The little girl was wailing miserably.

2) 큰 소리로 투덜거리다, 불평하다

"It's broken," she wailed.

3) 길고 높은 소리를 내다, 울리다

Ambulances raced by with sirens wailing.

 

8.

갈망하다, 동경하다 yearn

The people yearned for peace.

 

9. 반드시

surely, certainly, without fail, at any cost, at all costs, no matter what (the cost)

I will be present without fail.