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[영어 표현] do the trick / pull it off / get away with it

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Do the trick: 어떤 문제가 해결이 될 때 사용

A: It feels like my phone has gotten really slow lately.
최근에 내 핸드폰이 엄청 느려진 것 같아.

B: Have you tried turning it off and on? Sometimes that does the trick.
껏다 켜봤어? 그러면 해결될 때도 있는데.

A: Yeah. I tried that earlier but it didn't work.
응 아까 해봤는데 안됬어.


We (finally) did it!
(드디어) 해냈다!

We made it!

  • 어디에 (무사히 혹은 제 시간에) 도착했다.
    • It took some time but we made it there safely.
  • (성공적인) 지점에 이르렀다.
    • I can't believe we made it this far.
    • The team eventually made it to the top of the league.
    • I always knew she would make it.

pull off: 어려운 일을 해내다

  • Do you think you can do that ? / Dou you think you pull that off ?
    • 해석 자체는 비슷하지만 "do" 보다 "pull off" 를 쓰면 그 일이 더 어렵고 까다로운 일임을 뜻함.

I pulled it off.

I can't believe I pulled it off.

If we can pull this off, we won't have to worry about it for another year.


get away with: 무엇을 가지고 도망치다. / 넘어갈 수도 있어. (곤란해지는 것을 피하다.)

You're never going to get away with that.
너 그러고도 무사할 줄 알아 ?!

  • Do you think you can get away with that ?

Just tell your boss that you had a family emergency. You might get away with it.
그냥 집에 급한 일 있었다고 하면 넘어갈 수도 있어.

  • He might let you get away with that.
    넘어가 줄 수도 있어.
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