Not unless/can only/not until-너무 영어스러워서 놓치는 영어표현들

희박한 가능성의 얘기 + Not unless 
절대 --하지 않을 거야 + --하지 않는 이상 그럴 일은 없어

 

앞부분을 엄청, 엄청, 확신하는 말임 

(ex) 

He'll never say yes. Not unless you offer to pay him

그는 절대 승낙하지 않을 거야. 돈을 주겠다고 하지 않는 이상 절대로 yes 하지 않을 거야.

 

He would never cheat on her. Not unless she cheated on him first

I will never leave you. Not unless you leave me.

 

I'll never make it there in time. Not unless I can teleport or something.

 

어떤 일이 계속 될거다/ 반복될거다
+for as long as he/she lives 
+for the rest of his life

이번생에는 글렀다
+not in this lifetime (life)

 

 

 

이거 원래 이런거야?
Is this supposed to be like this ? (상태)
Is this supposed to do this ? (벌어지는 일)

이거 원래 이런 냄새 나?
Is this supposed to smell like this?

쟤 머리 원래 저래?
Has his hair always looked like that?

쟤 항상 저래?  Is he always like that ?
쟤 원래 (부터) 저랬어 ? Has she always been like that?

쟤 원래 저렇게 말해?
Has she always talked like that?
Does she always talk like that?

 

 

어쩔 수 없어
I can't help it (= I can't stop myself, I can't resist 멈출수 없다, 멈출수 없어)
There's nothing we can do
We can't do anything about it
 It is what it is (That's life)

It's too late
What's done is done

There's nothing else we can do 
There's nothing more we can do
There's not much else we can do

어쩌겠어
What can we do?

 

Can only 

그런 정신으로는 얼마 못가
You can only get so far with a mindset like that
You can only get so far with that kind of mindset/ thinking/ mentality

우리 이걸로는 얼마 못버텨
This will only last us for so long
We can only last for so long with this

2시간안에 다룰 수 있는 내용에는 한계가 있죠
You can only cover so many things in 2 hours
There's only so much we can cover in 2 hours

 

 

그거 다음주는 돼야 도착할 거야
That won't arrive until next week.
( = That will arrive next week )

다음 달은 돼야 알 수 있습니다
We won't know until next month

그녀는 내일 오후는 돼야 돌아올 겁니다
She won't be back until tomorrow afternoon

 

 

< 아 주 유 용 한 표 현 / 구 조 !!!! >

There's nothing you could've said that would've changed her mind

네가 어떤 얘기를 했었어도 그녀는 마음을 바꾸지 않았을 거야.

 

There's nothing you could've done that would've changed the result/ made a difference

네가 어떻게 했었어도 결과는 달라지지 않았을 거야./ 달라지는 건 없었을 거야

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfmpXYfVkYo