EBS Power English 17th. Mar. 2022

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1. deal breaker (정치,상업에서의 일의) 성사 장애 요인, 걸림돌

- a specific issue that will cause a relationship or agreement to fail

You love it except one thing.

If one thing is bad, everything is bad.

Any one condition ruins the whole thing.

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A : Why did you stop dating Alexandra?

B : She smokes a lot. Smoking is a deal breaker for me.

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2. rain on someone's parade (~의 일을) 망치다, 엉망으로 만들다

- to ruin someone's excitement or plans

to make somebody feel disapponted or sad

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A : I hate to rain on your parade, but the cafe is closed on Sundays.

B : Oh no! I was so excited to get a foamy latte.

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3. do not mind (~해도 괜찮다 [된다], 개의치 않다.

- to be okay ; to not be bothered by itcompletely

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The manager won't mind if we use the conference room for a day.

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You know,..........있잖아~

Native speakers use it quite a bit / quite a lot.

It's not completely meaningless, but it's almost meaningless.

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* 중간 어디 쯤 표현 할 때 not + 형용사 X 2

It's not meaningless, meaningless.

It's not far, far.

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My own sentances

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There are many projects in Russia recently. However, the war between Ukraine and Russia is a deal breaker for my company's business. Back in the day, we've had a big project in Iran but president Trump rained on our parade when he declared sanctions on Iran. The project is suspended till now but we don't mind. We believe that president Biden might lift sanctions on Iran because of the Russia issue.

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(Please comment below, if I have mistakes or grammar errors on my own sentances.)

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