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prudent ; judiciously reserved
신중한 ; 사리분별이 있는
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To make discreet inquiries is to ask around without letting the whole world know you're doing it.
make discreet inquiries 는 세상이 다 알도록 떠들썩하게 굴지 않고 신중하게 알아보는 것이다.
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The psychiatrist was very discreet ; no matter how much we pestered him, he wouldn't gossip about the problems of his famous patients. He had discretion.
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To be indiscreet is to be imprudent and especially to say or do things you shouldn't. It was indiscreet of Laura to tell Sally how much she hated Betty's new hairdo, because Sally always tells Betty everything.
indiscreet 하다는 것은 경솔하다는 뜻이며, 특히 하지 말아야 할 말이나 행동을 하는 경우를 의미한다. 로라가 베티의 새로운 헤어스타일이 혐오스럽다고 샐리에게 얘기한 것은 경솔한 행동이었다. 왜냐하면 샐리는 항상 모든 것을 베티에게 말하기 대문이다.
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When Laura told that to Sally, she committed an indiscretion.