December 5, 2013

From an article 'Obama's Iran Gamble' from TIME magazine.

11월 24일 제네바에서 미국과 이란 사이에 협정을 맺었는데요. 이란의 경제 제재를 조금 풀어주는 조건으로 미국은 이란에 핵 관련 프로그램을 제한할 것을 요구했다고 합니다. 오바마는 대통령 후보 시절부터 자신의 외교 정책 비젼을 대화를 통한 상호 신뢰와 평화 구축으로 내세웠었죠. 그 때 힐러리 클링턴과 조지부시 당시 대통령을 비롯한 많은 사람들로 부터 맹 비난을 받았었습니다. 이 협정이 양국간의 관계에 앞으로 어떤 영향을 끼칠까요?

Some words from the article.

shell-shocked: 깜짝 놀란
e.g.) shell-shocked by the horror of Iraq.

vindication: 해명
e.g.) critics claimed vindication (비평가들이 혀명을 요구했다), particularly when it came to Iran, which rejected his early olive branch

olive branch: 평화의 손짓

undermine: 약화시키다

outfox: 한 수 앞서다
e.g.) he may find himself outfoxed by hard-liners in Tehran, who still condone chants of "Death to America."

hard-liner: 강평파

condone: If someone condones behaviour that is morally wrong, they accept it and allow it to happen. (from Naver dictionary)

chant: 구호

trade ~ in return for:
e.g.) The agreement trades temporary relief for Iran from International economic sanctions in return for limits on its nuclear program.

cosmetic: 허울뿐인
e.g.) He said the deal "appears to provide the world's leading state (= country) sponsor of terrorism with billions of dollars in exchange for cosmetic concessions that neither fully freeze ( = 동결) nor significantly roll back (=reduce) its nuclear infrastructure."

imbue:

chip away: 조금씩 깨부수다
e.g.) we can begin to chip away at the mistrust between two nations. 

strike a deal

dignified:
e.g.) this would provide Iran with a dignified path

tenuous:
e.g.) tenuous trust

heretical:

pounce:
e.g.) His rivals pounced

as if: (빈정대는 듯이) 설마 
e.g.) Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious (=clever) argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along. 

fallout: (방사능) 낙진, 좋지 못한 결과
e.g.) He survived the political fallout. 

red-handed: 현행범의 (은행 강도들을 구별해 내기 위해 은행들이 돈 주머니에 빨간 물감을 담았던데서 유래)
e.g.) Teheran was caught red-handed violating its U.N. treaty

impose ~ on:
e.g.) an international coalition to impose harsh economic sanctions on Iran. 

seasoned: experienced

strangle: 목조르다
e.g.) It slowly strangled Iran's economy. 

gleefully: happily
e.g.) bellicose

bellicose: 호전적인

envoy: 사절, 특사

laborious: very difficult
e.g.) laborious talks

reveler: 난봉꾼
e.g.) drunken leveler

pale: 흐릿한
e.g.) that pales compared to the $25 billion

console: 위로를 주다
e.g.) Iran's reaction to the deal hardly consoled the skeptics.

strode: 성킁 성큼 걷다

burst:
e.g.) the Iranian journalist present burst into applause.  (present describes the Iranian journalist)

burst into applause:  박수 갈채를 보내다

edict: command

dispatch: send

onus: responsibility

in time for: 딱 맞춰
e.g.) ~ at