ch 8 단어 영영사전

2. double back: to turn around and go back the way have come

3. sweeping: forming a curved shape

3. rickety: a rickety structure or piece of furniture is in very bad condition, and likely to break easily

4. manage to do sth: [cause problems] to do something that causes problems - used humorously

6. out of line: to not obey someone, or to do something that you should not do

6. whisk sb/st off: to take someone or something quickly away from a place

·The waitress whisked our coffee cups away before we’d had a chance to finish

·Our coffees were whisked away before we'd even finished them.

*타동사로 쓰이는데 책에서는 자동사로 쓰임

6. wheeze: to breathe with difficulty, making a noise in your throat and chest

8. dumpy: fat, short and unattracitve

12. talking-to: an occasion when you talk to someone angrily, esp a child or someone who is below you in rank

16. ward sth off: to do sth to try to protect yourself from something bad, such as illness, danger, or attack

22. snigger: to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny

23. stump: if you are stumped by a question or problem, you are unable to find an answer to it

24. sneer:

1) to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something

2) an unkind smile or remark that show you have no respect for something or someone

28. round on: to suddenly turn and attack someone when they do not expect it, either with words or physically

35. grubby: fairly dirty