영어공부 :: 파워 잉글리시 POWER ENGLISH 2월 18일

Job Interview Question 3: What Is Your Greatest Strength?

1. get in the way 방해되다
to interfere with something
to make it difficult for it to happen, continue, or be appreciated properly.

She had a job which never got in the way of her leisure interests.
You can come into the kitchen to observe, but please try not to get in the way.

2. take the time to do something 충분히 시간을 들여 ~하다
to have enough time to do something properly
to spen enough time to do something well or carefully.

She didn't even take the time to say goodbye.
I'd like to take the time to thank you for coming tonight.

3. fine-tune something 미세 조정을 하다
to make small, careful adjustments to something
to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance.
to make very small changes to something in order to make it work as well as possible.

She spent hours fine-tuning her speech.
Over the next few days, we fine-tuned the scheme(계획,설계,조직,음모) and made some useful improvements.

4. Power Pattern
I never let~ 나는 절대 ~하게 두지 않는다
I never let bad weather stop me from going for a run.
I never let someone else's mood affect my day.
* setback 차질, 좌절
* reversal 반전, 전도, 역전
  ( minor reversal 사소한 반전, complete reversal 완전히 상반, 정반대, role reversal 성역할 전환 등)