[EBS 입트영] 고향 영어로 표현하기 Hometowns

Hometowns

고향

 

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childhood years   어린 시절

school days   학창 시절

was born and raised   태어나고 자랐다

 

move away from   ~로부터 이사를 하다, 떠나다

go back to visit   방문차 돌아가다

good old days   좋았던 옛 시절

fond memories   정겨운 추억

 

feel sentimental   감상적이 되다

feel nostalgic   향수에 젖다

look back on   ~을 되돌아보다

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• feel sentimental   감상적이 되다, 마음이 아련하다

Talking about one's hometown can make anyone feel sentimental.

They say people often feel sentimental in the fall.

I always feel sentimental when I smell the autumn leaves.

 

 

• the anniversary of someone's death   ~의 기일

I usually visit my hometown on the anniversaries of my parents' deaths.

My family always gathers on the anniversary of my grandfather's death.

I feel sad on the anniversary of my grandmother's death.

 

 

• give someone a pang   마음을 찡하게 하다

I once went inside to see the classrooms, and it gave me a pang.

This song always gives me a pang.

It always gives me a pang when I see my son sleeping.

 

 

출처 - EBS 입이 트이는 영어 December 2020 (이현석, 제니퍼 클라이드)