fee.198 close 관용표현

 

close the gap — 격차를 줄이다

→ We're finally closing the gap.

close the (A) gap — (A)격차를 줄이다

→ The government is trying to close the wealth gap.

grow close — 가까워지다

→ We grew close over time.

be close <short-distance> — 가깝다

→ The station is pretty close.

be close <almost-done> — 거의 다 됐다

→ We're close. Just a few more things left.

be close <almost-correct> — 거의 맞다

→ You were really close on that last guess.

be close to (something) — (무언가)와 가깝다

→ The station is close to my house.

be close to (someone) — (누군가)와 가깝다(친하다)

→ She's very close to her sister.

come close to (V-ing) — 거의 (무언가)할 뻔하다

→ We came close to winning.

close things out — 마무리하다

→ Let's close things out.

close up — 문 닫다

→ The shop closes up at ten.

close in — 가까워지다

→ The enemy was closing in.

close in on (something) — (무언가)에 가까워지다

→ We're closing in on the deadline.

start closing in on (someone) — (누군가를) 압박하기 시작하다

→ The pressure started closing in on him.

(A) close (A-self) off — (A)가 스스로를 닫다(벽을 치다)

→ He closed himself off after that.

close off — 차단하다

→ She tends to close off from her friends when she is stressed.

close off (entry point) — (진입점을) 막다

→ They closed off the road.

close off (area) — (구역을) 봉쇄하다

→ They closed off part of the building.

close the book on (long matter) — (오래 끌던 일을) 끝내다

→ We finally closed the book on the year-long project.

close the deal — 계약을 성사시키다

→ They finally closed the deal.

put (matter) to a close <long-issue> — (문제를) 마무리짓다

→ They finally put the matter to a close after months of negotiation.

put (matter) to a close <conflict-end> — (분쟁을) 끝내다

→ We hope this compensation will finally put the matter to a close.

in closing — 마지막으로

→ In closing, we look forward to your positive response.

draw to a close — 끝나가다

→ The event is drawing to a close.

close to closing — 마감 직전이다

→ We got there close to closing.

close-knit — 결속력이 강한

→ He grew up in a warm and close-knit family.

keep a close eye on (A) — (A)를 주의 깊게 지켜보다

→ Keep a close eye on him.

keep a close eye on (situation) — (상황)을 계속 확인하다

→ We're keeping a close eye on the situation.

take a close look — 자세히 보다

→ Let's take a close look at it.