Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.

Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able to leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!

Mike가 Jason에게 “Hey, are you feeling any better? 몸 좀 괜찮아졌니?”라고 하자 Jason이 “Yes, much better. 응, 많이 좋아졌어”라고 대답합니다. Mike가 “That’s good to hear. 다행이다. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. 같이 나가서 바람도 쐬고 점심도 먹자. 내가 살게. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold. 감기 걸리고 나서 일주일 내내 집에만 있었잖아”라고 하네요.

이어 Jason이 “That would be great! 좋지! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able to leave the house. 감기 때문에 꼼짝도 못하고 집에만 있으려니까 아주 답답했어. Thanks buddy! 고마워!”라고 대답합니다. Keep today’s phrase ‘be cooped up’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.

Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able to leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!

오늘 영어표현은 be cooped up입니다. Cooped up means that someone or something is kept inside, or kept in a small closed place for a period of time. It basically means that you're in an enclosed space, unable to leave or move around.

Coop 은 명사로 ‘우리, 새장, 닭장, 비좁은 장소’라는 뜻이고요, be cooped up은 ‘좁은 곳에 갇혀있다. 꼼짝 못하고 들어앉아 있다’라는 의미입니다. 일정 기간 아무 데도 가지 못하고 좁은 곳에 묶여 있는 경우에 쓸 수 있습니다. 이제 예를 들어 볼까요? Let me give you some examples. “I hate being cooped up in the house all day long.” 라고 하면 “나는 온종일 집 안에만 있는 건 싫어”라는 뜻이 됩니다.

또 다른 예를 들어 보겠습니다. “It’s hard to go on a road trip with all my three kids in one car because they don’t like being cooped up”라고 하면 “우리 아이들은 좁은 공간에 있는 걸 싫어하기 때문에 차 한 대로 먼 데 가는 건 힘들어”라는 뜻이 됩니다. Now you know what it means to be cooped up right? Then let's listen to the conversation for the last time.

Mike: Hey, are you feeling any better?
Jason: Yes, much better.
Mike: That’s good to hear. Then let me take you out for some fresh air and grab some lunch outdoors. I just feel like you’ve been stuck and cooped up at home all week from the cold.

Jason: That would be great! I did feel cooped up at home being sick and not being able to leave the house. Thanks buddy!
Mike: My pleasure!

Let’s review. ‘Be cooped up’ means to be in a closed place, unable to leave somewhere. BE COOPED UP.