Police beef up security to counter terrorism
(2009-12-11)
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Korea's police chief said Thursday that police have beefed up security around the country to cope with possible terrorist threats at home**, following the government's announcement of a plan to deploy troops to Afghanistan, according to the Yonhap News...
*beef up: 'beef' 하면 우선 소고기로 많이 쓰이는데요, 그 이외에도 형식없이 '힘, 근육' 의 뜻으로도 쓰입니다. 거기에 'up'이 붙어 동사가 되면 뜻은 강화하다, 영어로는 strengthen, augment.
*같은 뜻을 가진 단어/표현들: reinforce (제일 무난하게 쓰이는 단어); buttress; prop up; punch up; soup up; add fuel to fire; boost; bolster.
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