the Skimm - 2021. 7. 18
(출처: the Skimm, 네이버 영어사전)
1. Nearly 1 million people emigrated to the US, leaving the island and its troubles behind.
2. Oppression: 압박, 억제
-> Those who've stayed have dealt with oppression and economic instability - driven in part by US sanctions.
3. And the country's been seeing food and medicine shortages as well as rising inflation (which could reach at least 500% this year).
4. Embargo: 통상 금지령
-> And called on Congress to lift the embargo put in place by JFK.
5. Chip away: 조금씩 잘라내다/ (자손심, 희망따위가) 서서히 사라지다
-> He chipped away at years of sanctions.
6. Earlier this week, President Biden said he stands with the Cuban protesters.
7. Republican lawmakers are calling on Biden to step up his support of protesters, including by providing satellite internet access to Cubans so they can share their messages to the world.
8. Reach a fever pitch: 엄청난 흥분 상태에 이르다
-> Cuba's always been a policy challenge for the US. But decades of instability appear to be reaching a fever pitch. And many are waiting to see where Biden lands.
9. so to speak: 말하자면(부연설명)
-> How? By getting fit, so to speak.
10. The EU reportedly contributes 8% to global emissions.
11. Scathing: (비판이) 가차없는, 통렬한
-> Yesterday, the Justice Dept's inspector general released a scathing report detailing the FBI's failure in the Larry Nassar case.
12. Plead guilty: 무죄라고 답변하다
-> And in 2018, a judge sentenced him to up to 175 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual assault.
13. allegation: 혐의 (=accusation)
-> Now, the report says agents not only disregarded allegations against Nassar in 2015, but lied to coer their mistakes.
14. Yesterdya, the CDC estimated that more than 93,000 people in the US died from drug overdoses last year - a record.
15. Experts say the lockdowns only made things worse by further isolating and limiting access to treatments for those already battling addiction.
16. Spears said she's been barred from removing an IUD and forced to work against her will.