• The two sides in the dispute are still a long way apart and it is unlikely that any agreement will be reached.
• My wife and me are living apart.

2. to take apart : to reduce ( a whole) to its part/ 분해하다

• The repairman took the clock apart to repair it.

3. apart from : except for, other than/  besides, as well as

• It is a good piece of work, apart from a few slight faults.
• Apart from being too expensive, the jacket doesn't suit you.
• Angermann Group has been specializing in M&A(Mergers and Acquisitions)(기업인수.합병) since its establishment in 1953. In Germany, apart from M&A, Angermann, with its 140 employees, is also involved in consulting, real estate renting and auctioning of machinery, the latter being the largest business so far for the Korean branch.

4. poles apart : widely separately/ having no shared quality, idea, etc.

• They are poles apart in their political attitudes.
• The rival parties yesterday agreed to prepare the Assembly investigation plans within the ongoing Assembly session which expired Aug. 13. But they remain poles apart over major issues like the scope and methods of the House inspection.
• The envisioned bipartisan negotiations are, however, expected to be tough with the two parties remaining poles apart on major points.

5. to tell/ know apart : to be able to see the difference between/ to distinguish one from another

• I can't tell the twins apart. 

6. apartheid [Afrik., apartness] : the policy of strict racial segregation and discrimination against the Native Negroes and other colored peoples as practiced in South Africa / 인종차별

apartheid의 마지막 철자 "-d"가 "-t"로 발음되므로 주의 바랍니다.

7. apartment :  a room or suite of rooms to live in, esp. one suite in an apartment house

8. apartment house/ apartment building : a building in which the rooms are arranged in suites as apartments/ 아파트

• "You're one of the most successful real estate developers in a business that's usually considered a man's domain. How do you operate? How do you decide, for instance, where to put up a building?"
  "I don't choose the site," Lara said. "The site chooses me. I'll be driving along and I'll pass a vacant field-but that's not what I see. I see a beautiful office building or a lovely apartment building filled with people living comfortably in a nice atmosphere. I dream." [The Stars Shine Down written by Sidney Sheldon]

9. compart [com-, intens. + parte, part] : to divide into parts/ to subdivide/ to partition

10. compartment : any of the parts into which an enclosed space, e.g. railway carriage or box, is divided

• We sat in a second-class compartment.

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First uploaded : October 2, 1999 / Last updated : March 2, 2002