[YBM 톡톡 생활영어] You`ll have to take my word for it. 내 말을 믿어달라구.

◇오늘의 학습 주제

A: Chocolate is not my friend. It makes me break out.

B: I read somewhere that's just an old wives' tale.

A: I'm living proof. 내 말을 믿어달라구.

B: I've got a baby-face. Nothing phases me.



◇해석 및 해설

A: 난 쵸콜렛이랑은 안 친해. 쵸콜렛을 먹으면 얼굴에 뭐가 나거든.

B: 그거 터무니 없는 얘기라고 어디서 읽었어.

A: 내가 살아있는 증거잖아. You'll have to take my word for it.

B: 난 동안이라서 말이야. 뭘 해도 괜찮던데.



◇부가표현

*Chocolate is not my friend.

Chocolate is not good for me. / I don't have a good relationship with chocolate.

*It makes me break out.

I get a bad skin reaction from it. / It causes me to suffer skin problems.

*I read somewhere

At some point I read an article saying / I once read something that told me

*that's just an old wives' tale

that's not really medically proven / that there's really no connection

*I'm living proof.

I'm a living testimony / You can take it from me. / Trust me, I know.

*You'll have to take my word for it.

You can believe what I tell you. / Believe that I'm telling the truth.

*I've got a baby-face.

My face is very soft and clean. / I have no marks on my young-looking face.

*Nothing phases me.

Nothing hurts me. / I never have a bad reaction from anything.