[영어 원서 읽기] The Last Cuentista, chapter 1 단어정리

Chapter 1 

 

The cup of hot chocolate with cinnamon she’s made me sits untouched this time.

Untouched (of food or drink) not eaten or drunk

 

“If you hold it up to the sun, its light glows through the obsidian.”

Obsidian a type of dark rock that looks like glass and comes from volcanoes

 

She purses her lips

Purse (동사) (불만 등의 표시로 입술을) 오므리다

 

As if on cue, the chickens cluck, and one of her fainting goats bleats

On cue at exactly the moment you expect or that is appropriate

Cluck  when a chicken clucks, it makes a series of short low sounds

Bleat (양, 염소가) 매에 하고 울다

 

Nagual 나구왈: 멕시코나 중미 인디오들이 동물의 혼에 깃들어 있다고 믿는 개인의 수호신

Nurture to care for and protect somebody/something while they are growing and developing

Loom to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening way

Speed off 줄행랑을 치다

Stall a situation in which a vehicle’s engine suddenly stops because it is not getting enough power

Suspense 서스펜스, 긴장감

Retrace 되짚어가다, 발자취를 따라가다, 추적하다

Embrace 안다, 받아들이다

Shrug 으쓱하다

Out of shame 수치스러워서

Clutch (꽉) 움켜잡다

Quiver 떨다, 떨림

 

해석하기 어려웠던 문장

The cup of hot chocolate with cinnamon she’s made me sits untouched this time.

그녀가 나에게 만들어준 시나몬이 들어간 핫초코가 이번에는 마시지 않은 채로 놓여있었다.

 

The Last Cuentista