전당포
Pawn shops are businesses where people bring their possessions to sell or to get a short-term loan. The United States has about ten thousand of them. In the past few years, pawn shops have been doing business with more people than ever before.

뉴욕 센트럴 파크
This outdoor area is more than three hundred and forty hectares. It was the first public park built in the United States.

기대치를 높이다
To raise the bar means to set a high standard and to raise expectations. It can also mean to set higher goals.

명랑한 성격
The adjective “sunny” is also used to describe people. A very happy person can be described as sunny.

일일이 떠먹여 주다
In most cases, you need a spoon to eat soup. Eating it with a knife and fork would not work as well.

전성기
When you have your day in the sun, you have achieved the highest possible level of success.

남의 주목을 끌다
Oh my! Look at Josh! Why is he dancing in the middle of the crowd? That’s just him. He’ll do anything to be in the limelight.

합격 통보 오류
Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health recently emailed good news to 277 applicants.

한 발 늦다
Brian: Yes, I did. He is always a day late and a dollar short to everything.

각광
Today we shine the spotlight on terms that demand our attention.

대리 결혼식
If you've been to a lot of weddings, you've heard these words. Or have you? Listen closely. "By the authority vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife--by proxy."

이탈리아의 백송로버섯
In and around the town of Alba, the most prized truffle -- a white one -- can sell for two times the price of gold.

단어 학습법
English learners can improve their ability to remember words by making connections to what they already know.

영작을 위한 개념도
English learners face a common problem: their writing often lacks clarity and cohesion. That is according to Babi Kruchin and Alan Kennedy who teach at the American Language Program at Columbia University.

이모지
Emoji have become a worldwide language for mobile phone messages. Emoji are everywhere -- displayed in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and part of a new Hollywood film.

보고 싶어 죽겠어
Rachel is finally done with her exchange student program in Italy! She’s coming back next weekend and I’m dying to see her.

더 나은 옷
American English has many expressions related to clothes. Two of the more common ones are: “Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have”; and, simply, “Dress for success.”

세계 부동산에 투자하는 중국인들
Chinese buyers are increasing their search for real estate around the world, although government restrictions limit the movement of money out of China.

통곡물 제빵
His bakery, Seylou, is different from most bakeries around the country. Bakers there grind whole grains in their own mill. They also buy their grains from local farmers.

그만해
You really need to stop bothering me. You’re getting on my nerves. So cut it out! Come on, it’s just for fun.