soap opera
US /ˈsoʊp ˌɑː.pər.ə/
UK /ˈsoʊp ˌɑː.pər.ə/

1.
연속극, 드라마
a television or radio drama series dealing with the daily lives and relationships of a group of people, typically characterized by melodrama and sentimentality
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My grandmother watches a soap opera every afternoon.
우리 할머니는 매일 오후에 연속극을 보신다.
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The plot of that soap opera is getting really complicated.
그 연속극의 줄거리가 정말 복잡해지고 있어.