Lesson 7. Just Desserts

본문 분석

Q : Why was the family unable to eat together?

* be unable to = can't

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"Great dinner, hon," said Dad, kissing Mom goodbye, then giving a kiss to

분사구문 ⇒ as he kissed ⇒ and he gave

Sherre, Lizzy and me. "Don't wait up. I won't be home till after three."

* not～ until… …하고 나서야 비로서～하다

I was disappointed to see him go. I missed having dinner together as a

감정의 원인 miss의 O : 동명사 ↳ ～로서

* 동명사를 목적어로 받는 동사 : mind, miss / enjoy, escape / give up / avoid, admit / finish / imagine / practice / stop / deny

family. Now that Dad had to work nights, he and Mom ate early, leaving the

⇒ As, Since, Because = as they left

three of us to eat alone.

"Come on and eat, kids," Mom said after our homework was done. "It's

hamburgers tonight."