[오늘의 생활영어] I'll hold you to it; 약속 꼭 지키셔야 합니다
(Dennis is talking to his older brother Joe … )(데니스가 형 조우와 얘기한다…)
Dennis: Hey Joe can I ask you a favor?
데니스: 조우형 뭐 좀 물어봐도 돼?
Joe: Sure what is it?
조우: 그래 뭔데?
Dennis: I need some bread.
데니스: 나 돈이 좀 필요한데.
Joe: How much do you need?
조우: 얼마나 필요해?
Dennis: Two hundred dollars.
데니스: 200달러.
Joe: Two hundred dollars?
조우: 200달러?
Dennis: I want to put it towards a computer.
데니스: 컴퓨터 사는데 쓰려고.
Joe: What's in it for me?
조우: 그럼 나한테 뭐가 돌아오지?
Dennis: Of course I'll pay you back and It'll wash your car for three months.
데니스: 물론 돈을 갚을게. 그리고 3개월동안 형 차를 닦아줄게.
Joe: Okay. I'll hold you to it.
조우: 좋아. 약속 지켜야한다.
기억할만한 표현
* bread: (구어체) 돈
"I can't go to the movies because I don't have any bread."
(난 돈이 없어서 영화보러 못가겠어요.)
* (I want to) put it towards (something): ~사는데 돈을 쓰다
"I'm saving money so I can put it towards a new car."
(저는 새 차를 사려고 돈을 모으는 중입니다.)
* what's in it for me?: 저한테 돌아오는 보상은 뭐죠?
"You want me to help you paint your house? Okay what's in it for me?"
(저보고 집 페인트칠 하는 걸 도와달라고요? 좋아요 저한테 돌아오는 보상은요?)
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