영어문장 외우기(2) - 8일차

(1)

Steve Jobs has led a simple life, in other words, he believed in frugality but he was kind of a stingy in donations unlike Bill Gates or Warren Buffet. Now that he is gone, a bitter, nasty legal battle over his inheritance is about to begin and many people focus on a will he left about what he has to say over his fortune. 

• led a simple life: a simple life is a way of living without all the possessions and worries of modern life
• what one has to say about

 

(2)

Obama is exhausting every available means out there to turn the economy around which would be centerpiece of his reelection campaign, so he trying to stay on top of the situation by putting the brakes on binge spending, hoping to reduce the national debt. But as it stands now, there are not that many bullets left in his holster. 

• binge spending: binge is adjective using when someone does too much of something they enjoy
• put the brakes on: to slow or stop the progress of something or someone
• as it stands now: 현 상태로는
• stay on top of the situation: when you are fully in control of the situation and can react quickly if something changes.
• exhausting every available means = exhausting all the possibilities

(3)

In coming to grapples with the financial cricis at hand, the European governments' austerity measures, especially in Greece, would likely be a shortcoming in their efforts to deter some countries dipping into an economic downfall. Like US, they don't have enough arrows in their quiver in trying to stay on top of the global crisis. 

• at hand: nearby
• grapples with: to try hard to understand a difficult idea or to solve a difficult problem
• a shortcoming: 결점
• dosn't have enough arrows in one's quiver = doesn't have many bullets in one's holster.