Daily English 2007.02.13

administration office
=> the office where people manage a company's affairs or run the business of goverment
=> The health center is loated in Building #1, across from the administration office.

daylight-saving time
=> the system of time (one hour ahead of GREENWICH MEAN TIME) used in Britain during the summer to give extra daylight in the evenings.
=> From when does the daylight-saving time apply?

disappointingly
=> of faliling to fulfill the hopes or expectations of someone
=> Britain's number-one tennis player gave a disappointingly lackluster performance.

bad debt
=> a debt that is unlikely to be repaid
=> The housing loan company went bankrupt with more that 200 billion won in bad debt.

feasibility
=> capacity of being accomplished or brought about; possibility
=> You have to do the feasibility study before any action can be taken.

compress
=> to press, squeeze or squash together
=> A good government will not compress the people.

absenteeism
=> frequent or habitual absence from work, school, etc.
=> The new policy reduced the rate of absenteeism significantly.

encroach
=> to take another's posessions or rights gradually or stealthily
=> No one can encroach human rights.

counterfeiter
=> a person who counterfeit.
=> Forgery on The Rise Italy is proving to be quite a lucrative country for counterfeiters.

contrary
n) 정반대/역, a)반대의/상반되는
on the contrary : 이에 반하여, 그러하기는 커녕
to the contrary : 그와 반대로
by contraries : 정반대로

contrast
n) 대조/대비
by contrast : 대조/대비적으로
in contrast with : ~와 대조를 이루어/~와는 현저하게 다르게

A review of the budget shows that energy costs account for nearly one-third of our monthly outlays.
account for : ~을 차지하다
outlay : 지출, 경비

The developement of the technology has proceeded at an unprecedented pace
at a ~ pace : ~한 속도로
unprecedented : 전례가 없는

The explosion was caused by a construction worke who accidentally cut into a buried gas line.
cut into : ~에 칼을 대다

We have the materials you requested in stock, and will be pleased to ship them immediately upon receipt of your order confirmation.
in stock : 재고가 있는
upon receipt of : ~을 받는 대로