Last summer, it was what everybody was talking about; Gas prices. And the talk is starting again. Again, you can see the prices going up almost daily.

You really expanded your range.
It may pay off.

Americans are becoming more scientifically literate, according to a new survey, but we still have a long way to go.

* gullible: 귀가 얇은
ex> You're such a gullible person. (너는 너무 귀가 얇더라.)

* 68QUJ5! 가 뭘까요?
  우주에서 지구로 발사하는 일종의 주파수
 
어렸을 때 부터 이곳에 왔어.
I've been coming here since I was a kid.
네가 어떻게 그걸 하는지 모르겠어.
I don't know how you do it.

'경쟁적인, 경쟁의'
She is not very competitive.
I'm a competitive person.

이 세상이 멋진 곳이라는 걸 알아요.
I know that it's a wonderful world.

North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Kye Gwan, threatened to renege on his country's promise last month to abandon its nuclear programs, unless the issue of frozen North Korean funds in Macau(/o) is resolved.

Are you threatening to me?

He was the one who always encouraged me.
Thanks for walking me home.

'버티다, 견디다'
She is hanging on to her dreams.
He's hanging on to past fashions.

Good Charlotte's new album is titled "Good Morning Revival", marking the start of a new direction. "We're going to be reintroduced to the world. It's a new band."

자두: plum 말린자두: prune

잠깐만 시간 좀 내줄 수 있어?
Could you hold on a second?
한 번만 봐주면 안 되겠니?
Can you just give me a break?

 '정보를 조작하다'
The accountant was arrested for cooking the book.

난 당신이 말한 대로 따랐어요.
I followed the voice you gave to me.

Hip hop album sales in 2006 were down 20% from the year before. Of course all album sales have been steadily declining since 2000, but hip hop is taking the biggest blow.

* take a blow: 타격을 입다.
ex> My father's business took a serious blow.
아버지 사업이 큰 타격을 입었다.
ex> The small island village took a serious blow from the hurricane.
허리케인으로 작은 섬 마을이 큰 타격을 입없다.
 
그게 전부라고요.
It's kind of the whole point.
그것에 대해 뭘 아신다는 거에요?
What do you know about it anyway?

'영향력을 넓히다'
The young politician needs to expand her influence.
The internet is helping small companies to expand their influence.

난 마음 속 이야기를 하려고 노력했어요.
I've tried to say what's on my mind.