[영어 회화/라이브 아카데미] 자주 쓰는 표현 - just, 얼마 전에

<juts>

 

1. 어떤 일이 벌어져서 방금 그것이 끝났다

 

ex.

나 방금 먹었어. I just ate. 

걔 방금 갔어(출발했어/떠났어). She just left. 

나 여기 방금 도착했어. I just got here. (I just arrived). 

 

 

2. 이제 막 무엇을 시작한 시점이다

 

ex.

저 이 동네 잘 몰라요. 이제 막 이사 왔거든요. I don't know this neighborhood very well. I just moved here.

 

저 이제 막 알아보기 시작해서 정보가 많지는 않아요. I don't have a lot of much information right now. I just started looking into it.= I don't really have that much information right now....= I just started looking into it. so I don't have a lot of much information right now.

*알아보다: look into sth.

 

3. 이제 막 무엇을 하려던 참이었다=I was just about to...

 

ex.

괜찮아요. (신경 쓰지 마세요) 전 어차피 이제 막 가려던(일어나려던) 참이었어요. That's okay. (Don't worry about it). I was just about to leave anyway.

 

저도 지금 막 그걸(같은 것을) 물으려던 참이었어요. I was just about to ask you the same thing.

 

---

<얼마 전에>

 

그에 관한 기사를 얼마 전에 인터넷에서 봤어요.

 

1. (어느 정도의 시간이 흐른 시점) some time ago / a while ago

I read an article about that a while ago.

I read an article about that online a while ago.

I read an article about it online some time ago.

I read an article about that some time ago online.

 

2. (오래 되지 않은 과거, 아주 오래 되지는 않은)

not (very, too) long ago

Yeah! I think I heard about that from a friend not long ago.

Not long ago, I was browsing the Internet and looking for some information about investing and I found this great website.

 

(꽤 오래 전에)

Oh, you know, that restaurant already closed a while back.

Oh, that restaurant? They already closed a while back.

 

[출처] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCkuRdqMcg&list=WL&index=22

[ 영어 시간 표현 ] 애매하지만 자주 쓰게 되는 표현