I Lost My Passport! 여권을 잃어버렸어요!
[Power Dialog]
Curtis, I can't find my passport!
I clearly remember the hotel clerk giving you your passport when we checked out. Check your purse again.
I already checked. I went through all my bags with a fine-toothed comb and...
And you came up empty-handed? Okay, let's retrace our steps and remain calm.
If worse comes to worst, I'll go to the consulate and get an emergency passport.
Let's hope it doesn't come to that. Come on, let's go back to where we had lunch.
I'd be freaking out without you here. Thanks for being so clear-headed about this.
[Power Note]
1. with a fine-toothed comb -very carefully and thoroughly
매우 꼼꼼하게, 이 잡듯이 (~을 뒤지다, 조사하다)
A: How did you discover the error in your sales figures?
B: The accountant and I went over the books with a fine-toothed comb.
* The editor reread the book three times, going over every page with a fine-toothed comb.
2. empty-handed - having nothing to show for one's efforts
빈손인, 아무 소득이 없는
A: How did it go at the auction? Did you get anything interesting?
B: No, there wasn't much worth buying, so I left empty-handed.
* The police searched for the missing diamonds for a week and came up empty-handed.
3. clear-headed - calm and unemotional
침착한, 냉철한
A: I know you and your sister don't get along, but you can't let her bother you.
B: It's okay. I can't stay clear-headed around her for the sake of my parents.
* Despite the pressure from his boss to finish his work, Liam remained clear-headed.
[Power Pattern & Vocabulary]
Let's hope it doesn't...
~하지 않기를 바라자
Let's hope it doesn't rain all day and ruin our picnic.
Let's hope it doesn't come down to you and me playing for the title.
freak out 몹시 당황하다, 기겁하다