• An icicle is a long pointed piece of ice hanging from a surface.
• The police were cross-examining her about the diamonds, and when she refused to answer them, they became very angry and put her in a room by herself and turned up the heat until the room was boiling hot. When it became unbearable, they dropped the temperature down, until icicles began to form on the walls.
  [If Tomorrow Comes written by Sidney Sheldon]

32. ice : a frozen water/ 얼음

• on ice : (Phrase)
  ① the same as won; sure to be won
  The score was 20-10 in the last inning, and our team had the game on ice. (Our team was almost sure to win.)
  ② to set aside for later use
  A : We've been working on this sales report for some time without taking a rest. Don't you think we should take a break for some dinner ?
  B : Now that you mention it, I'm kind of hungry. Let's put the report on ice awhile and grab a bite to eat.
  A : That's fine. I'd be happy to stop working on it and set it aside until we get some food.
• to break the ice : 
  ① to remove feelings of awkwardness or nervousness, esp. between people who do not know each other, e.g. at the beginning of a party
  To break the ice, Ted spoke of his interest in mountain climbing, and they soon had a conversation going.
  ② to be the first person or team to score in a game
  The Wolves broke the ice with a touchdown.
  
• blood turns to ice/ blood freezes/ blood runs cold : to be chilled or shivering from great fright or horror; terrified or horrified
  [Synonym : hair stand on end / to jump out of one's skin/ spine-chilling]
  Oscar's blood turned to ice when he saw the shadow pass by outside the window.
  The horror movie made the children's blood run cold.
  Mary's blood froze when she had to walk through the cemetery at night.
  When he heard the strange cry, his hair stood on end.
  The lightning struck so close to Bill that he almost jumped out of his skin.
  Many children find the movie,"Frankenstein," spine-chilling.
  　
• to cut ice : to make a difference; make an impression; be accepted as important, usually used in negative, interrogative, or conditional sentences
  When Frank had found a movie he liked, what others said cut no ice with him. (He did not care what they said.)
  Jones is democratic; a man's money or importance never cuts any ice with him. (Rich or poor, it was all the same to him.)
  I don't know if beauty in a woman cuts any ice with him. (I don't know if he thinks beauty important.)
  　
• to skate on thin ice : to take a chance; risk danger, disapproval or anger
  You'll be skating on thin ice if you ask Dad to increase your allowance again. (You'll be taking a chance if you ask Dad for more money.)
  John knew he was skating on thin ice, but he could not resist teasing his sister about her boy friend. (John knew he was risking his sister's anger, but he could not resist teasing her.)

33. ice carving

• She could visualize the Grand Ballroom of the Cameron Plaza, where the party was being held. Baccarat crystal chandeliers would hang from the ceiling, prisms of light reflecting a dazzling diamondlike brilliance. There would be place settings for two hundred guests, at twenty tables. The finest linens, china, silver, and stemware would adorn each place setting, and in the center of each table would be a floral display of white orchids mixed with white freesias. 
  Bar service would have been set up at both ends of the large reception hall outside. In the middle of the hall would be a long buffet with an ice carving of a swan, and surrounding it, Beluga caviar, gravlax, shrimp, lobster, and crab, while buckets of champagne were being iced. A ten-tier birthday cake would be in the kitchen waiting. Waiters, captains, and security guards would all be in position by now. 
  In the ballroom a society orchestra would be on the bandstand, ready to tempt the guests to dance the night away in celebration for her fortieth birthday. Everything would be in readiness.
  [The Stars Shine Down written by Sidney Sheldon]

34. iceberg [ice + berg, mountain] : a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier(빙하) / 빙산

• An iceberg is a large, tall mass of ice floating in the sea.
• He had a feeling that Moody was like an enormous iceberg. Most of the man was concealed under the surface, under that facade of gentle, samll-town bumbler.[The Naked Face written by Sidney Sheldon]
• If you say that something is the tip of the iceberg(빙산의 일각), you mean that it is only a very small part of a much larger problem.
• E-commerce between businesses and consumers through cyber malls is only the tip of the iceberg and the government will make efforts to galvanize cyber transactions among businesses and in overall manufacturing, which takes up 80 percent of the total e-commerce.
• It has been 15 years since the first case of AIDS was reported in Korea. Over the past 15 years the number of HIV/AIDS cases increased dramatically all over the world and the total number now is well over 40 million. The center of the AIDS epidemic has now moved to Africa and Asia. Situations in south and Southeast Asia are worsening everyday. East Asia seemed to enjoy an exemption from the tragedy for some time. But China, with its huge population, is now slipping into the epidemic. What is the current situation of Korea with regard to HIV/AIDS? As of June 1999, the cumulative number of documented HIV infected patients in Korea was 964, with 208 deaths. Nobody knows the true extent of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in this country, but it is quite probable that current figures represent the tip of the iceberg. Some experts put the estimate at around 3,000 to 4,000 cases. We need more credible survey systems to make any reasonable estimate. Disregarding this, it is still certain that the number has been increasing steadily since first reported in 1984. In order to stem the flow of the epidemic, we need to understand how HIV/AIDS has spread among the Korean population. From the analysis of documented HIV/AIDS cases, most contracted infections through sexual contact (89 percent), either heterosexual (66 percent) or homosexual (23 percent).

35. ice breaker : a ship equipped to make and maintain a channel through ice/쇄빙선

36. icing : a sweet substance made from powdered sugar that is used to cover cakes

• If you describe something as the icing on the cake, you mean that it is an attractive but unnecessary addition to something.
• All those nice extras they're offering are just the icing on the cake: is the plan itself any good?

37. icy : covered with, abounding in, or consisting of ice

• At ten minutes before eleven in the morning, the sky exploded into a carnival of white confetti that instantly blanketed the city. The soft snow turned the already frozen streets of Manhattan to gray slush and the icy December wind herded the Christmas shoppers toward the comfort of their apartments and homes. 
  [The Naked Face written by Sidney Sheldon]
• As I opened the window a gust of icy air struck me.
• A few feet away, a Salvation Army(구세군) Santa Claus stood over a large kettle. The man reached in his pocket for some coins, an offering to the gods of fortune. At that instant someone clapped him on the back, a sudden, stinging blow that rocked his whole body. Some overhearty Christmas drunk trying to be friendly. Or Bruce Boyd. Bruce, who had never known his own strength and had a childish habit of hurting him physically. But he had not seen Bruce in more than a year. The man started to turn his head to see who had hit him, and to his surprise, his knees began to buckle. In slow motion, watching himself from a distance, he could see his body hit the sidewalk. There was a dull pain in his back and it began to spread. It became hard to breathe. He was aware of a parade of shoes moving past his face as though animated with a life of their own. His cheek began to feel numb from the freezing sidewalk. He knew he must not lie there. He opened his mouth to ask someone to help him, and a warm, red river began to gush out and flow into the melting snow. He watched in dazed fascination as it moved across the sidewalk and ran down into the gutter. The pain was worse now, but he didn't mind it so much because he had suddenly remembered his good news. He was free. He was going to tell Mary that he was free. He closed his eyes to rest them from the blinding whiteness of the sky. The snow began to turn to icy sleet(진눈깨비, 싸라기눈), but he no longer felt anything. ... 사람이 가엽게 죽어가는 상황을 잘 묘사했죠 ? [The Naked Face written by Sidney Sheldon] 

38. molecule [moles, mass + -ule, a suffix meaning small] : the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties of the substance and is composed of one or more atoms/ 분자

• The hemoglobin molecule contains only four atoms of iron.

39. molecular : of, relating to, or produced by molecules

• molecular structure/분자구조

40. molecular biology : a branch of biology dealing with the ultimate physicochemical organization of living matter and esp. with the molecular basis of inheritance (유전) and protein synthesis /분자생물학

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