Jen: You flaked out on me yesterday. We were supposed to have lunch together!
Jason: I’m so sorry for flaking out on you. I’ll make sure that I get lunch for us tomorrow.

본문에서 저와 Jason은 어제 점심 약속이 있었는데, Jason이 약속을 못 지켰습니다. 제가 “You flaked out on me yesterday. We were supposed to have lunch together!”라고 하자 Jason은 “I’m so sorry for flaking out on you. 약속을 어겨서 정말 미안해. I’ll make sure that I get lunch for us tomorrow. 내가 내일 점심 살게.”라고 사과합니다.

Now keep today’s phrase ‘flake out’ in mind and let’s hear the conversation again. 그럼 다시 한번 대화를 들어볼까요?

Jen: You flaked out on me yesterday. We were supposed to have lunch together!
Jason: I’m so sorry for flaking out on you. I’ll make sure that I get lunch for us tomorrow.

Today’s phrase is flake out. If you flake out you fail to attend a prearranged meeting or event. It simply means to cancel at the last minute.

Flake out은 ‘약속을 어기다’, 무언가 정해진 일을 ‘지키지 못하다’ 라는 뜻입니다. 좀 다른 뜻으로 너무 지쳐서 곯아 떨어졌다는 의미로 쓰이기도 합니다.

본문에서 Jason은 “점심 약속을 지키지 못해서 미안해. 내일 점심은 내가 꼭 살게.’라고 말합니다. “I’m so sorry for flaking out on you. I’ll make sure that I get lunch for us tomorrow.”라고요. 이렇게 예정된 계획을 지키지 못했거나, 약속을 어겼을 때 쓸 수 있는 표현이 ‘flake out” 입니다.

그럼 예문을 통해 오늘 표현을 좀 더 자세히 알아보겠습니다. “Don’t say you are coming to the event if you are going to flake out.”은 “약속을 지키지 못 할거라면, 행사에 온다고 하지 마세요!” 라고 해석할 수 있습니다.

Here is another example. “Jim, don’t flake out on me now.” 문장을 해석하면 “Jim, 나와의 약속을 어기지마.” 라는 뜻입니다. Now that you know what today’s phrase means, let’s listen to the conversation for the last time.

Jen: You flaked out on me yesterday. We were supposed to have lunch together!
Jason: I’m so sorry for flaking out on you. I’ll make sure that I get lunch for us tomorrow.

Let’s review. If you flake out you fail to attend a prearranged meeting or event. It simply means to cancel at the last minute. ‘약속을 어기다’, 무언가 정해진 일을 ‘지키지 못하다’ 라는 뜻입니다. FLAKE OUT. Now try using this expression on your own.