4/13 - Titanic

commemorate 

verb /kəˈmem.ə.reɪt/ [T] (중요 인물・사건을) 기념하다

Definition
to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event, especially by a public ceremony or by making a statue or special building
Gathered all together in this church, we commemorate those who lost their lives in the great war.
A statue has been built to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birthday.

cruise ship

noun  [C] (also cruise liner)  유람선

Definition
a large ship like a hotel, which people travel on for pleasure

obituary

noun /əʊ ˈbɪtʃ.ʊə.ri//oʊˈbɪtʃ.u.er.i/ [C] (informal obit) 신문에 실리는) 사망 기사

Definition
a report, especially in a newspaper, which gives the news of someone's death and details about their life

obsession

noun /əbˈseʃ.ən/ [C or U] 강박관념, 집착

Definition
something or someone that you think about all the time
an unhealthy obsession with death
her chocolate obsession

wreck

verb /rek/ [T]

Definition
• to destroy or badly damage something 난파선
The explosion shattered nearby windows and wrecked two cars.
Our greenhouse was wrecked in last night's storm.
• informal to spoil something completely 만신창이,다망가지다시피하는것
He has been warned that his behaviour might wreck his chances of promotion.

bring sth in

phrasal verb ( MONEY ) [M]

Definition
to make money (돈을) 벌다
Their chain of pubs and restaurants brings in millions of pounds a year

set out

phrasal verb

Definition
• to start an activity with a particular aim 출발하다[(여행을) 시작하다]
She set out with the aim of becoming the youngest ever winner of the championship.
[+ to infinitive] They set out to discover a cure for cancer.
• to start a journey

put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes

Definition
to imagine how someone else feels in a difficult situation 다른사람의 입장을 되어 생각해보다.
Put yourself in my place - what else could I have done?

ingenuity

noun /ˌɪn.dʒəˈnjuː.ɪ.ti//-ə.t ̬i/ [U]

Definition
someone's ability to think of clever new ways of doing something 독창성
Drug smugglers constantly use their ingenuity to find new ways of getting drugs into a country.

fallible

adjective /ˈfæl.ɪ.bl ̩/

Definition
• able or likely to make mistakes
We place our trust in doctors, but even they are fallible.
• A fallible object or system is likely not to work satisfactorily
This method is more fallible than most because it depends on careful and accurate timing.
Opposite: infallible
fallibility noun  /ˌfæl.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti//-ə.t ̬i/ [U] 오류를 범하기 쉬움
The play deals with the fallibility of human nature.