구슬쌤 016 | fine-tune / common occurrence / make it crystal clear

fine-tune

미세한 조정을 하다, 살짝 조정하다

Collins: If you fine-tune something, you make very small and precise changes to it in order to make it as successful or effective as it possibly can be.

A: We should get another set of eyes on this.
B: I'll show it to Ted. Maybe he can help us fine-tune our strategy.

get another set/pair of eyes on
확인차 ~를 보여주다/또 다른 견해를 묻다

Just fine-tune it. Fine-tune the details.
프로젝트는 잘 되어 가고 있어? 거의다되어가. 한두가지만 살짝 조정하면 돼요

A: How's the project coming along?

B: Almost done. I just have to fine-tune a couple of things.

coming along    원하는대로 되어가다

Collins: If something is coming along, it is developing or making progress.

How's all that paperwork coming along?

 

Just gotta fine-tune a couple of things.

전보다 낫지만 그래도 살짝 조정하면 더 나아질 수 있음

I think everyone understand we have to kind of fine-tune it.

 

tweaks    살짝 변경/조정하다Collins: If you tweak something such as a system or a design, you improve it by making a light change.

최종적으로 몇 개만 더 손보면 돼요

It's almost done. I'm just making a few final tweaks.

 

polish    다듬다

Merriam-Webster: to bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

 

 

occurrence

발생하는/나타나는/일어나는 일

Cambridge: something that happens

 

그거 흔히 일어나는 일인가요?

Is that a common occurrence?

Is this a common occurrence?

Well, it's a fairly common occurrence.

fairly    꽤

 

정말 안타까운 일이다.

It's an unfortunate occurrence.

unfortunately    안타깝게도, 아쉽게도 (불행하게도 보다는)

fortunately    다행히도, 운 좋게도

 

I'm sorry to say this is not an uncommon occurrence.

A: They called it off at the last minute.

B: Well, it's not an uncommon occurrence.

call off    취소/중지하다

Oxford: cancel an event or agreement

Call it off, Pam. Call it off, okay?

 

We're lucky that this is not a common occurrence.

It won't be a regular occurrence.

regular occurrence    정기적으로 일어나는 일

어려운 일을 부탁할 때, 안된다는 거 알지만 어떻게 방법이 없을까요?Is there any way you could extend the deadline? I promise it won't be a regular occurrence.

Hopefully this doesn't become a regular occurrence.

 

 

crystal clear

아주 분명한, 명확한

Longman: very clearly stated and easy to understand; completely clean and clear

 

obsessed with

Collins: If someone is obsessed with a person or thing, they keep thinking about them and find it difficult to think about anything else.

내 의사를 분명히 이해하도록 확실히 못 박은 느낌
You made it crystal clear that you didn't want a kid in your life.

내말 분명히 알아들었지? 네 분명히 알아들었어요.

A: Is that clear?

B: Crystal.

내 의사를 확실히 전달했어.

A: Did you tell him?

B: I did. I made it crystal clear that it's not the direction we wanna go in.

I get that it's a really cool opportunity, but it's not the direction I wanna go in.

 

A: How did the meeting go?B: Not as well as I'd hoped. He made it crystal clear that they've decided to go in a different direction.

 

go in a different direction

너와 함께하지 않을거야. 정중한 거절.

Freedictionary: to do something different; to take a different or unexpected approach something.

 

The client wants to go in a different direction. I'm very sorry.

Goose decided to go in a different direction.

제안하신 부분과 다른 방향으로 가기로 결정했다고 말씀드리려고 연락드렸어요.

I just wanted to let you know that we've decided to go in a different direction. 

내가 분명히 연장 안된다고 말했을텐데

I thought I made it crystal clear that there won't be an extension.

그들은 원하는 바를 확실히 전달했어요.

They made it crystal clear what they wanted.