keep off, a cut above, bring out 뜻, 예문

1. “Terrible indictments”

Indictment: 고발, 고소, a formal charge of a serious crime

 

2. He was good so long as he kept off politics

- keep off: avoid encroaching on

- 그가 정치문제를 다루지 않는 한 그는 괜찮다.

 

3. A cut above most of these was Barry Pain.

- a cut above: superior to

- 이들보다 더 나은 사람이 배리 페인이다.

 

4. To anyone who comes across it I recommend what must now be a very rare book—The Octave of Claudius, a brilliant exercise in the macabre.

- macabre: 으스스함, disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death or injury.

 

5. They form pleasant patches in one’s memory, quiet corners where the mind can browse at odd moments.

- browse: look around, peruse

 

6. They bring out the fact that intellectual refinement can be a disadvantage to a storyteller, as it would be to a musical comedian.

- bring out: make something more evident.