Building a Sentence

차가 꽉 막혔어요.

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Building Sentence
원어민표현 No.197

차가 꽉 막혔어요.

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The traffic was really tied up something awful.

차가 꽉 막혔어요.

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  • Expression

    꽁꽁 묶이다 = be tied up
  • Learning Tips

    ▶ 출퇴근길에는 차가 자주 막히죠. ‘차가 꽉 막혔어요. 교통이 꽉 막혔어요.’라는 표현은 영어로 ‘The traffic was really tied up something awful.’이라고 해요. 여기서 ‘something’은 구어체에서 부사로 사용되어서 ‘정말’이라는 뜻입니다. ▶ 비슷한 표현을 알아볼게요. - The traffic was awfully jammed. 차가 엄청나게 막혔어요. - The traffic was backed up for miles. 차량이 몇 마일이나 밀렸어요. - The traffic was bumper to bumper. 차가 막혔어요.
  • Dialogue

    A: What took you so long? You were late again this morning. B: I’m so sorry. The traffic was really tied up something awful. A: 너 왜 이리 늦은 거야? 오늘 아침에 또 늦었어. B: 정말 미안해. 차가 꽉 막혔거든.