[오늘의 생활영어] get around to (something); 할 일을 하다
(Patty and her daughter Laurie are in the living room…)(패티와 딸 로리가 거실에서…)
Laurie: I'm bored. What should I do?
로리: 심심해. 뭘 해야 돼요?
Patty: Send your grandmother an e-mail.
패티: 할머니께 이메일 보내렴.
Laurie: I never know what to say to her.
로리: 할머니께는 무슨 말을 해야 할 지 모르겠어.
Patty: You can thank her for your birthday present she sent you.
패티: 네 생일에 보내주신 선물 감사하다고 하면 되잖아.
Laurie: You're right. It slipped my mind.
로리: 맞아요. 깜빡 했어요.
Patty: And ask her if she would like to come over to our house for a few days.
패티: 며칠 우리 집에 오시면 어떻겠냐고 여쭤보고.
Laurie: I'll get around to it in a while.
로리: 조금 있다가 할 게요.
Patty: Don't put it off. Do it right now.
패티: 나중으로 미루지 말고. 지금 해.
Laurie: Okay but why are you so mean to me?
로리: 알았어요. 그런데 엄마는 나한테 왜 막 해?
Patty: You wanted something to do now do it!
패티: 뭘 하려고 했으면 지금 해!
▶slip (one’s) mind: 깜빡 하다.
“I was supposed to call Tom, but it slipped my mind.”
(탐한테 전화해야 됐는데 깜빡 했다.)
▶come over: 누구를 방문하다.
“She came over to have lunch.”
(그 여자가 점심 먹으러 왔었어.)
▶put (something) off: (무엇을) 미루다. (또는 put off something).
“I have never put off my homework.”
(난 숙제를 미룬 적 없어.)
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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