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He thought that confessing to the customer and returning her money in person would ease his mind.
But doing that would be humiliating.
He finally decided to send the lady an anonymous letter with the dollar enclosed and a short, vague explanation about the money.
It was a bitter experience for him to have to go to such lengths to lift the burden of the dollar from his conscience.
Although his debt was cleared, his actions could not be reversed, and because of that, he still gets reminded of what he did from time to time.
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He thought that confessing to the customer and returning her money in person would ease his mind.

that confessing ... ease his mind는 동사 thought의 목적어로 쓰인 명사절이다.

confessing to the customer와 returning her money in person은 and로 연결되어 that절의 주어로 쓰인 동명사구이다.

It was a bitter experience for him to have to go to such lengths to lift the burden of the dollar from his conscience.

It은 가주어, for him은 to부정사구의 의미상 주어, to have ... his conscience가 진주어이다.

to lift the burden of the dollar from his conscience는 목적을 나타내는 to부정사구이다.

Although his debt was cleared, his actions could not be reversed, and because of that, he still gets reminded of what he did from time to time.

that은 앞 절의 his actions could not be reversed를 지칭한다.

what he did는 the thing that he did로 바꿔 쓸 수 있으며 ‘그가 했던 일’이라는 의미이다. 또한, 관계대명사 what이 이끄는 명사절로서, of의 목적어로 쓰였다.

He thought of putting the dollar in the church’s donation box to ease his mind.

to ease his mind는 목적을 나타내는 부사적 용법의 to부정사구이다.

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He thought that confessing to the customer and returning her money in person would ease his mind.
그는 손님에게 고백하고 직접 돈을 돌려주면 마음이 편해지리라 생각했다.
But doing that would be humiliating.
그러나 그렇게 하는 것은 수치스러울 것이었다.
He finally decided to send the lady an anonymous letter with the dollar enclosed and a short, vague explanation about the money.
그는 마침내 그 여자에게 동봉된 1달러와 그 돈에 관한 짧고 모호한 설명이 있는 익명의 편지 한 통을 보내기로
결심했다.
It was a bitter experience for him to have to go to such lengths to lift the burden of the dollar from his conscience.
그 1달러의 짐을 그의 양심에서 덜기 위해 이렇게까지 해야 한다는 것은 그에게 쓰라린 경험이었다.
Although his debt was cleared, his actions could not be reversed, and because of that, he still gets reminded of what he did from time to time.
비록 빚은 갚았지만, 그의 행동은 되돌릴 수 없었고, 그 때문에 그는 여전히 그가 했던 일을 때때로 떠올리곤 한다.
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