Not long after we moved into our current apartment, our downstairs neighbor knocked on our door.
μ§κΈ μ΄κ³ μλ μννΈλ‘ μ΄μ¬ μ¨ μ§ μΌλ§ λμ§ μμ μλμΈ΅μ μ¬λ μ¬λμ΄ μ°λ¦¬ μ§ λ¬Έμ λλλ Έλ€.
* move into : ~μ μ μ£Όνλ€
* downstairs neighbor : μλμΈ΅ μ΄μ
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He asked if we could keep it down at night since they had a high school senior in their family.
κ°μ‘± μ€μ κ³ 3 μμ΄κ° μμΌλ λ°€μ μ‘°κΈ μ‘°μ©ν ν΄ λ¬λΌκ³ νλ€.
* keep it down : μ‘°μ©ν νλ€
* high school senior : κ³ 3 νμ
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I sincerely apologized and gave my kids a stern talking-to. We’ve gotten along fine since then.
μ λ§ μ£μ‘νλ€κ³ λ§ν νμ μμ΄λ€μκ² λ¨λ¨ν μ£Όμλ₯Ό μ£Όμκ³ , κ·Έ μ΄νμλ λ³ λ¬Έμ μμ΄ μ μ§λλ€.
* sincerely apologize : μ§μ¬μΌλ‘ μ¬κ³Όνλ€
* a stern talking-to : λ¨λ¨ν μ£Όμ, λ°λν κΎΈμ§μ
* get along fine : μ μ§λ΄λ€
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However, a new family moved into the apartment above us.
κ·Έλ°λ°, μ°λ¦¬ μμΈ΅μ μλ‘μ΄ μ§μ΄ μ΄μ¬λ₯Ό μλ€.
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Their loud footsteps at night bothered my husband so much that he went upstairs to have a word with them.
λ°€κΉμ§ μΏ΅μΎ κ±°λ¦¬λ λ°μκ΅ μ리μ κ΄΄λ‘μνλ λ¨νΈμ΄ μλλ½λ€κ³ μκΈ°νκΈ° μν΄ μ¬λΌκ°λ€.
* have a word with : ~μκ² λΆννλ€, λ°μ§λ€
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The man upstairs retorted that it’s only normal for houses with kids to be noisy, which set off an argument.
κ·Έλ¬λ μμ§ μμ μ¨κ° μμ΄λ€μ΄ μλ μ§μ΄ μλλ½κΈ° λ§λ ¨μ΄μ§ νλ©΄μ μλΉκ° λΆμλ€.
* it’s only normal : μμ°μ€λ½λ€, λΉμ°νλ€
* set off an argument : λ€νΌμ μ λ°νλ€
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Voices were raised, and both the neighbor’s wife and I had to step in to calm our husbands down.
ν°μλ¦¬κ° μ€κ°κ³ , λμ μμ§ μμ£Όλ¨Έλκ° κ°μμ λ¨νΈμ μ§μ μμΌ μΈμμ λ§λ €μΌ νλ€.
* have to step in : μ€μ¬ν΄μΌ νλ€
* calm someone down : ~λ₯Ό μ§μ μν€λ€
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After that, we didn’t interact with them.
κ·Έ μ΄νλ‘ μ°λ¦¬λ μλ‘ μλνμ§ μμλ€.
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A short while later, our child and the child living upstairs ended up in the same class and became the class president and vice-president.
κ·Έλ°λ° μΌλ§ μ§λμ§ μμ, μ°λ¦¬ μ§ μμ΄μ μμ§ μμ΄κ° κ°μ λ°μ΄ λκ³ λ°μ₯, λΆλ°μ₯μ΄ λμ΄ νκ΅ νμ¬λ₯Ό κ°μ΄ νκ² λμλ€.
* end up in the same class : κ°μ λ°μ΄ λλ€
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They had to work together on school events. We moms started talking and exchanging greetings again.
μλ§λ€λΌλ¦¬λ λ€μ μκΈ°λ₯Ό λλκ³ μλ‘ μΈμ¬λ₯Ό μ£Όκ³ λ°μΌλ©° μ§λ΄κ² λμλ€.
* work together on : ~νμ νλ€
* exchange greeting : μΈμ¬λ₯Ό μ£Όκ³ λ°λ€
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But the fathers still continue to ignore each other.
νμ§λ§ μλΉ λ€λΌλ¦¬λ μλ‘ λͺ¨λ₯΄μ λ‘ μΌκ΄νκ³ μλ€.
24λ 9μ μ νΈμ ꡬ맀μ²
μ΄ λ§ν¬λ₯Ό ν΅ν ꡬμ μ μΏ ν‘ ννΈλμ€ νλμ μΌνμΌλ‘, μ΄μ λ°λ₯Έ μΌμ μ‘μ μμλ£λ₯Ό μ 곡λ°μ΅λλ€.
'4. μ μ΄ νΈμ΄λ μμ΄' μΉ΄ν κ³ λ¦¬μ λ€λ₯Έ κΈ
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