Jason: I think you have to get some rest. You look extremely tired.
Alice: I’m beat! It’s because I worked a 12-hour shift for the past three days.
Jason: Oh you’d better rest up.

Jason이 Alice에게 “I think you have to get some rest. You look extremely tired. 너 좀 쉬어야겠다. 무척 피곤해 보여.” 라고 하자 Alice가 “I’m beat! It’s because I worked a 12-hour shift for the past three days. “나 아주 지쳤어. 사흘 동안 매일 12시간씩 일했거든.”이라고 하네요.

이어 Jason이 “You’d better rest up. 그래 푹 쉬어라.”라고 대답하더라고요. Keep today’s expression ‘I’m beat’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Jason: I think you have to get some rest. You look extremely tired.
Alice: I’m beat! It’s because I worked a 12-hour shift for the past three days.
Jason: Oh you’d better rest up.

오늘의 표현은 I’m beat입니다. When you are feeling beat, it means that you are extremely exhausted or very tired. Another way of saying “I’m beat” is “I’m dead beat” or “I’m exhausted.”

I’m beat.”은 ‘무척 피곤하다. 아주 지쳤다. 녹초가 됐다.’라는 뜻입니다. 본문에서 Alice 가 “I’m beat! It’s because I worked a 12-hour shift for the past three days. 나 아주 지쳤어. 사흘 동안 매일 12시간 이나 일했거든.”이라고 했죠. 이렇게 힘이 다 빠질 정도로 지쳐있을 때 또는 아주 녹초가 됐을 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 바로 ‘I’m beat’입니다.

이제 예를 들어 볼까요? Let me give you some examples. “Sorry I can’t hang out with you tonight. I’m dead beat.”라고 하면 “오늘 밤에 너랑 같이 못 놀 것 같아. 나 정말 지쳤어.” 라는 뜻이 됩니다.

또 다른 예를 들어 보겠습니다. “I had a tough day today and I’m beat.”라고 하면 “오늘 무척 힘든 날이었어. 나 몹시 피곤해.” 라는 뜻이 됩니다. Now you know what today’s expression ‘I’m beat’ means right? Then let's listen to the conversation for the last time.

Jason: I think you have to get some rest. You look extremely tired.
Alice: I’m beat! It’s because I worked a 12-hour shift for the past three days.
Jason: Oh you’d better rest up.

Let’s review. When you are feeling beat, it means that you are extremely exhausted or very tired. I’M BEAT. Now try using this expression on your own.