(출처: the SKIMM, 네이버 영어사전)
1. The US doesn't have any federal requirements for teaching Black history, leaving it in the hands of states, schools, or teachers.
2. pass bill: 법률안을 통과시키다.
-> So far, more than a dozen states intro'd or passed bills to ban criticial race theory.
3. stall: (시장의)가판대, 좌판/ 멎다, 멎게 하다, 피하다, 지연작전을 쓰다.
-> a market stall
-> Because of systemic racism in housing, education, and employment, many Black families' wealth has been stalled for decades.
4. Reparation: 배상금, 배상-> There also hasn't been much progress on reparations.
5. Making Juneteenth an official federal holiday is a step in the right direction. But Black Americans are still being left behind as lawmakers find common ground(공통점) on symbolic moves rather than actual change.
* find common ground/ reach common ground/ be on common ground; 공통 의견에 도달하다.
6. nullify: 무효화하다(invalidate), 효력이 없게 만들다(negate)
-> In 2017, Congress set that penalty to $- - basically nullifying the mandate.
7. uphold: 유지시키다. 타당성을 인정하다.
-> It's the latest ruling upholding religious freedoms.
8. pay up: 빚을 다 갚다
-> I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
-> Last year, the Trump admin's Operation Warp Speed promised to pay up if big pharma developed COVID-19 vaccines.
9. hedge: 울타리, 대비책/ 얼버무리다, (-으로)-을 둘러싸다[구속하다]
-> His religious belief was always hedged with doubt.
-> The goal: hedge our bets on COVID-19, give the vaccine hesitant something to be not-so-hesitant about, and prep for the next viral problem.
10. A study this week revealed that it's probably impossible to stop aging.
11. It chronicles her relationship with her husband, how she's navigating grief, and more.
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