Jason: Jen, I know you had a bad day but I don’t want to hear about it. Just drop it.
Jen: But it’s hard to drop it.
Jason: Well, you have to try.

본문을 들어보면 제가 안 좋은 하루를 보냈습니다. 계속 불평하니까 Jason이 그만하고 잊어버리라고 했습니다.

영어로 “Jen, I know you had a bad day but I don’t want to hear about it. Just drop it.” 라고요. 저는 “But it’s hard to drop it. 하지만 잊어버리기 힘들어.”라고 하는데요, Jason은 “Well, you have to try. 그래도 노력해봐.”라고 대답했습니다.

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

Jason: Jen, I know you had a bad day but I don’t want to hear about it. Just drop it.
Jen: But it’s hard to drop it.
Jason: Well, you have to try.

Today’s phrase is drop it. If you tell someone to just drop it, you are telling him or her to stop talking about something or to just forget about something. Drop it 은 ‘그만 둬’, ‘잊어버려’ 또는 ‘마음 쓰지마!’라는 뜻입니다.

오늘 본문에서 Jason은 제게 안 좋은 하루를 보냈더라도, 그만 얘기하고 그냥 잊어버리라고 했습니다. 영어로 “Jen, I know you had a bad day but I don’t want to hear about it. Just drop it.”라고요.

Now let me give you some example sentences using today’s phrase. “Just drop it, will you?” 라는 문장을 해석하면 “마음 쓰지마, 알겠지?”라는 뜻입니다.

Here is another example. “Don’t worry about it. Just drop it.”는 “걱정하지 말고, 그냥 잊어버려"로 해석할 수 있습니다. ‘Drop it’, 이 표현 잘 기억하시고요. 오늘의 대화를 마지막으로 들어보겠습니다.

Jason: Jen, I know you had a bad day but I don’t want to hear about it. Just drop it.
Jen: But it’s hard to drop it.
Jason: Well, you have to try.

Let’s review what we have learned today. To drop it means to stop talking about it or to forget about it. Drop it 은 ‘그만 둬’, ‘잊어버려’ 또는 ‘마음 쓰지마!’라는 뜻입니다. DROP IT. Now try using this phrase on your own.