the SKIMM - 2021.8.31

(출처: 네이버 영어사전, the skimm)

1. take off: 이륙하다/ 서둘러 떠나다

-> The Pentagon announced the last US flight out of Afghanistan took off.

 

2. for the sake of: -을 위해서

-> Now, it'll be up to the US and other countries to determine how they'll work with the Taliban, for the sake of thousands of Afghans left behind.

 

3. wreak: 큰 피해를 입히다

-> The storm's wreaking havoc on Southern states after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday.

 

4. wrath: 극도의 분노, 노여움

-> Lousiana has suffered the brunt of the damage of Ida's wrath.

 

5. Plenty are apparently getting their medical advice from Facebook - buying up ivermectin like macarons.

 

6. uptick: 약간의 증가

-> And that assaults targeting Black and Asian people drove the uptick.

 

7. grant: 승인하다/ (내키진 않지만)인정하다-> Earlier this year, President Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which provides grants to law enforcement agencies to better investigate the incidents and ordered that the Justice Dept prioritized anti-Asian hate crimes.

 

8. We'll popcorn cheers to that.

 

9. Yesterday, the FBI said that the number of hate crimes in the US rose last year to the highest level in 12 years.