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학생이 쓴 원문
hi Beth, I have a question.
Sometimes I have hard time to say \"애매하다\" and \"눈치를 보다\" in right nuance in English.
(I believe you can use your dictionary to understand the meaning of the Korean wordings.)
1) In my Korean-Egnlish dictionary, \"애매하다\" is being translated to \"vague, ambiguous\".
I want to use this Egnlish wording in this case. - Sometimes there is \"vague, ambiguous\" situation to make decision. (option A seems good, but option B is also seems OK.)
---> what is right Egnlish wording in this case?
2) In my Korean-Egnlish dictionary, \"눈치를 보다\" is being translated to \"study the pleasure of, read [study] face [countenance], have a regard for feelings.\"
I want to use this Egnlish wording in this case. - We need to \"study the pleasure of, read [study] face [countenance], have a regard for feelings.\" well, when we need to have a tough dicussion/negotiation with customer.
---> what is right Egnlish wording in this case?
Thanks.
강사 첨삭
Hello Sir Chester. Thank you for this.
Let\'s start with this word 애매하다. I searched for the translation as well and it is defines as \"it means I\'m not sure about something or I don\'t know exactly, like ambiguous.\" I think using the word AMBIGUOUS would be more suitable in your sentence, to express that there is no clear or distinct understanding about a situation.
The sentence would be \"The situation is too ambiguous that it\'s hard to choose just one.\"
The next word is 눈치를 보다. According to Google, it means \"means to look around your surroundings, to read people’s mind by their looks or gestures.\" I guess it means reading the social cues or reading between the lines, like knowing the mood of the environment. You can use it in a sentence this way, \"We need to read the room well, when we need to have a tough discussion/negotiation with customer.\" or \"We need to be good at reading between the lines, when we need to have a tough discussion/negotiation with customer.\" (read the room - MEANING: understand or be sensitive to the mood or feelings of a group of people that one is addressing or engaging with. )
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Let\'s start with this word 애매하다. I searched for the translation as well and it is defines as \"it means I\'m not sure about something or I don\'t know exactly, like ambiguous.\" I think using the word AMBIGUOUS would be more suitable in your sentence, to express that there is no clear or distinct understanding about a situation.
The sentence would be \"The situation is too ambiguous that it\'s hard to choose just one.\"
The next word is 눈치를 보다. According to Google, it means \"means to look around your surroundings, to read people’s mind by their looks or gestures.\" I guess it means reading the social cues or reading between the lines, like knowing the mood of the environment. You can use it in a sentence this way, \"We need to read the room well, when we need to have a tough discussion/negotiation with customer.\" or \"We need to be good at reading between the lines, when we need to have a tough discussion/negotiation with customer.\" (read the room - MEANING: understand or be sensitive to the mood or feelings of a group of people that one is addressing or engaging with. )
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