(예문 출처: 네이버 검색, the Skimm)
1. keep in check: 억제하다, 방지하다
-> The result is a credit boom and asset price bubble that no power on earth, except prohibitively high interest rates, can keep in check
-> Last week, House lawmakers proposed five bipartisan(양당의) bills to keep Silicon Valley in check.
2. The cream of the crop: the best of its kind
-> It announced the cream of the crop in journalism.
3. serve up: -을 차리다
-> Restaurants serve up huge portions of foods.
-> Krejcikova served up a second victory too, winning the doubles portion of the tournament with Katerina Siniakova.
4. clear out: 청소하다, 떠나다
-> After four elections in two years, Bibi's clearing out his desk.
-> For this week only we'll be cutting prices below cost to clear out our stock of full-sized, high-back, executive chairs!
5. piece together: -을 종합하다. 조각 등을 맞추다
-> Police are trying to piece together the last hours of her life.
-> He failed to piece together a coalition(정치적인 연합) gov.
-> piece together the evidence...etc
6. pull off: (힘든 것을) 해내다, (옷이나 스타일을) 잘 소화해내다, 정차하기 위해 도로를 벗어나다
-> The team failed to pull off the dream of making the final.
-> So far, right leader Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid teamed up to give it a shot. And pulled it off.
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