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meaning (19) mixed (be / get ~) (11)
means (6) modern (9)
meet sb (humbly) (19) modest (be ~) (12)
meet (athletic ~) (2) moistened (get / become ~) (14)
meeting (2) moment (a ~) (3)
meeting (have a preliminary ~ with a prospective spouse) moment
(4) momentarily (3)
melt (intransitive) (11) money (spending / pocket ~) (2)
memorize (3) monkey (6)
memory (–power) (19) monsoons (7)
memory (be fresh in one’s ~) (7) moral (to a story) (6)
memory (19) more (any ~) (14); (12)
men (6) more or less (9)
mental agony (1) more than can be handled (be ~) (NB: processive)
mental state (11) (4)
mentality (8) mosquito (6)
merely (2) most part (for the ~) (6)
merriment (6) mote (11)
merry (feel ~) (6) Mother’s Day (3)
mess (a ~) (9) motion (17)
mess (be a ~) (4) motorcycle (8)
method (6) Mount Sŏrak (16)
middle school (18) Mount T’aebaek (18)
middle, midst of (the ~) (8) mourning (a family / house in ~) (2)
military (18) mouthful (a ~) (usually with liquids) (4)
military (5) move an inch (can’t ~) (2)
mind (be fresh in one’s ~) (7) move out (2)
mind (in my ~) (3) move sth (9)
mind (make up one’s ~ [to do]) (3) move (both transitive and intransitive) (6, 9)
minds (two people’s ~ communicate well) movement (of the body) (17)
(2) Mr. (familiar Style) (13)
mingle (intransitive) (11) much (so) (very ~) (3)
minister (18) much more so (9)
minor (3) much (so ~ so that) (7)
minority (2) muddy (be ~) (11)
mirror (18) muggy (be ~) (17)
mirth (6) mugwort (18)
mischief (12) my son (humble) (12)
mischievous child (12) myth (18)
miser (18) N
misfortune (18)
mistake (make a ~) (4) naive (be ~) (18)
mistake for (13) name chop (14)
mistake (it’s my ~) (2) namely (6)
mistake (2); (4) narrow sth (14)
mistakenly (adv.) (2) narrow (be ~) (14)
misty color (be a ~) , (8) nation-state (6)
misunderstand (13) nation (the people of a ~) (6); (6)
(6)
misunderstood (be / get ~) (6) nation; ethnos; race
mitigate (11) native (8)
mix (11) natural (be ~) w– (16)
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naturally endowed with (2) O
naturally (6) object (11)
naturally (16) objective (17)
nature (6) objectivity (8)
near (come ~) (2) observe (13)
nearby (13) obvious (be ~) (17)
nearly (all, etc.) (3) obvious (be ~) (6)
nearly (~ [did sth]) (8) occasion (14)
nearsightedness (7) occasions (on some ~) (4)
necklace (14) occupation (14)
need to make a phone call (19) occurs to (me) (a thought ~) (3)
needle (6) odd (be ~) (7)
needless to say (12) oddly (7)
needlework (11) odious (be ~) w– (13)
negligence fee / fine (2) odious (more than ၪ݅) (be ~) w– (13)
neighbor (12) Of course. (16)
neighboring house (12) office (ticket ~) (1)
nephew (17) officer (police ~) (2)
nervous (be ~) (7) official trip (go away on an ~) (1)
new student (12) official trip (1)
New Year’s Day (3) old (get ~) (19)
news (7) old (be ~ [of things]) (1)
niece (17) “old lady” (pejorative or jocular term for one’s wife)
nigh on (thirty years) (14) (7)
night (spend the ~) (1) oldest son (14)
night (4) omit (18)
nimble (be ~) (17) on account of what thing? (2)
no laughing matter (13) on purpose (18)
no sooner than (11) on some occasions (4)
noble (be ~) (8) on time (be ~) (16)
noisy (be ~) w– (17) on time (2)
nook and cranny (in every ~) (1) once (all at ~) (1)
normal times (during ~) (5) once (2)
normally (5) one’s heart’s content (14)
North Pole (18) one’s own (6)
nose gets itchy (tear up) (14) one’s pace, steps (1)
not (...at all) (+ NEGATIVE) (13) one’s personal experience (6)
not enough (be ~) (NB: processive) (1) one-day affair (outing / trip) (16)
(not) even a penny (14) one breath / go / stroke (in ~) (1)
not long ago (13) one thousand li (6)
not recognize sb (19) one word (13)
not the case, then (if that is ~) (3) onerous (be ~) w– (6)
not too long ago (7) oneself (17)
notepad (9) onlooker(s) (18)
nothing happened (be / remain as if ~) only (2)
(3) open (~ eyes, ears) (11)
notify (11) open (eyes, ears ~) (11)
novel (8) open (a book) (3)
number of personnel (14) open (a letter) (12)
number of persons (14) open (intransitive) (11)
number (2) open one’s eyes (4)
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open (watch with one’s eyes wide ~) (4) park (a car) (2)
(11)
opened (be / get ~) (11); (be / get ~) park (a vehicle) (13)
opinion (2) park a vehicle (5)
opponent (18) parking lot (13)
opportunely (11) parrotbill (6)
opportunity (11) part-time work on the side (do ~) (usually said of stu-
opposite (one’s ~ ) (18) dents) (3)
optimistic (18) part (8)
opus (18) particle (11)
or (3) particular (in ~) (17)
order (an ~) (6) particular (2)
order (sb to do sth) (3) particularly (9)
order sth (as in a restaurant) (3) pass (a message) on (7)
order (2) pass (test) (14)
original (be ~) (11) pass an exam (1)
originally (16) pass out (16)
originally (4) pass sth around (14)
other than me (1) passenger (a ~) (1)
other (sb or ~) (2) passes (it ~) (3)
other (sth or ~) (2) passive (in grammar) (11)
others (like the ~) (2) passport (12)
others (14) past week (3)
others; other people (3) past (get ~) (3)
our son (humble) (12) pastime (13)
out of sorts (feel ~) w– (6) path in life (18)
out (move ~) (2) patient (be ~) (4)
outrageous (be ~) (12) patient (19)
outrageous (be ~) (6) patient (7)
outsiders (14) pay a fine (to ~) (9)
oven (9) pay a visit to (19)
over sth unpleasant (pass ~) (3) pay attention (6)
over the top (be ~) (14) pay back (18)
over the top in efforts (go ~) (7) pay in advance (17)
over (fall ~) (1) pay the bill (in a restaurant) (16)
overcome (18,19) pay (14)
overdo it (7) paying guest in sb’s home (stay as a ~)
overflow (4) (8)
own (one’s ~) (6) peace of mind (with ~) (4)
owner (17) peach (11)
ox horn (6) peak (at its ~) (7)
P peak (the ~) (1)
pearly color (be a ~) (8)
P’yŏngch’angdong (17) peculiar (be ~) (11)
pace (1)
pack (bags) (16) peel (14)
pack (one’s bags) (16)
peel (14)
penetrated (be / get ~) (18)
painter (8) penmanship (11)
paper (scholarly ~) (4) pent-up frustration (feel ~) (2)
paper (9) people’s hearts communicate (two ~)
pare (14) (2)
Parent’s Day
(3) people from one’s “out-group” (14)
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people of a nation (the ~) (6) play the guitar (13)
people (a ~) (6) play with NOUN (12)
people (full of ~) (8) play (14)
pepper powder (red hot ~) (2) plaything (12,16)
pepper (black ~) (2) Please give me a break. (11)
perchance...? (18) pleases (as one ~) (9)
perfectly (fit ~) (16) pleasure (6)
permission (2) pluck (12)
person in charge (14) pocket money (2)
person responsible (14) pocket (13)
person (stubborn ~) (9) pocketbook (1)
person; personage (8) poem (9)
personal character (2) poet (9)
personnel (14) poetry (recite ~) (6)
perspective (8) poetry (6); (9)
persuade (2) point of view (8)
photo (a ~) (9) point (11)
physical constitution (6) police (the ~) (2)
physical education (12) police officer (2)
pick up (sth small) with fingers w– (9) police state (2)
pick up in fingers (11) police station (2)
pick up (2) police(man) (17)
pick (12) Polite Style speech (1)
picked up in fingers (be / get ~) (11) politeness (2)
picked (be / get ~) (11) polluted (be / get ~) (9)
pickle (kimch’i) (3) pollution (14)
picture (17) pool (swimming ~) (3)
piece of work (a ~) (7) poor at navigation (be ~) w– (16)
pierced (be / get ~) (18) poor manners (have ~) (2)
pig (18) poorly (sleep ~) (9)
piggy bank (14) pope (the ~) (2)
pile sth (11) popular vote (6)
pile up (intransitive) (11) popular (be ~ [of people]) (1)
piled up (be / get ~) (11,12) population (5)
pinchpenny (18) porter (at apt. entrance) (12)
pitiful (be ~) w– (13) portion (8)
pitiful (be ~) w– (4) position (14)
place or other (some ~) (2) position (8)
place sth on top of sth (9) possibly...? (18)
place up on top of (12) postpone until later (9)
place (get first ~) (2) postpone (14)
place (1) pour (4)
places (counter / classifier for ~) (9) pout (14)
Plain Style speech (1) powder (red hot pepper ~) (2)
plain to see (be ~) (17) powder (16)
plan (set up / make a ~) (19) powdered soap (16)
plank (14) practice game (a ~) (2)
plant (6) practice (putting into~) (as opposed to theory)
plastic surgery (5) (2)
plate (a ~) (4) prank (12)
play paduk (Korean go) (19) precede (1)
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precious (be ~) (14); w– puppy (2)
(13) purse (where people keep their money) (1)
precious (be ~) (8) push (11)
precious w– (4) pushed (be ~) (NB: processive) (2)
precocious (be ~) (9) pushed (11)
predict (3) put down (for later use) (12)
preferable (be ~) (6) put in the care of (14)
preliminary meeting (have a ~ with a prospective spouse) put in (be / get ~) (11)
(4) put off until later (9)
prepare (13) put on (glasses) (6)
prepare (kimch’i) (3) put on (makeup, etc.) (17)
preposterous (be ~) (12) put on a brave face (14)
preposterous (be ~) (8) put on airs (3)
present (to sb esteemed) (14) put on top of (11,13)
president (of a country) (4) put out a fire (14)
president (class ~) (9) put sth down (~ [for future use / reference]) (9)
press (clothes) (12) put sth in a vessel (11)
press on (1) put sth on (sb’s feet) (14)
pretend to be sth great (3) put up at (1)
pretty (be ~) w– (6) put up with sth (4)
prevent sb from doing (14) put (be / get ~) (11)
previous day (the ~) (1) put / take out (14)
primarily (16) putting into practice (2)
prisoner of war (12) (2) Q
prize (get first ~)
problem (18) quality (of goods) (14)
problematic (be ~) (3) quarrel (husband and wife) (16)
produce (~ [from your pocket, a bag, etc.]) (4) question (1)
production (of art, etc.) (18) quiet down (11)
project (18) quietly (11,12)
promise (keep a ~) (4) quietly (2)
pronunciation (9) quilt (13)
properly (9) quit (smoking) (12)
proprietor (17) quite a while (for ~) (4)
propriety (6) quite (14)
protagonist (11) quite; rather (9); (6); (7)
protrude (14) R
proverb (6)
provide oneself with (7) race along (2)
provinces (one’s home / house in the ~) (7) race (human ~) (6)
provoke anger (14) race (6)
provoke sb (16) radical (in Chinese characters) (9)
public pledge / promise (make a ~) rained on (get ~) (4)
(6) rains (the seasonal ~) (7)
publications (12) rainy season (the ~) (7)
puddle (a ~) (8) raise (~ a subject) (6)
pull oneself together (14) raise (up) (14); (14); (14)
pull out (18) raise (12)
pull to pieces (12) rally one’s strength (14)
punish (2) rally (12)
punished (be / get ~) (6) random (be ~) (6)
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rascal (12) regulations (traffic ~) (2)
rather serious matter (13) reign over (18)
rather (14) reiterate (6)
rather; quite (9); (6); (7) rekindle (14)
raw fish (16) relationship (a “just friends” ~) (2)
raw fish / meat (13) relationship (a dating ~) (2)
reach a conclusion (12) relationship (2)
reach a high point / climax (7) relatively (12)
reach an amicable settlement (16) released (be ~) (14)
reach (1) relieved (feel ~) (16)
reaches (it ~) (4) relocate it (9)
react (8) rely on (6)
reaction (give [“show / evince”] a ~) remain as if nothing happened (3)
(3) remain unaffected (NB: descriptive) (3)
reader (6) remain (14)
reading sutras to a cow’s ear (16) remember (19)
ready (have a thing ~) (7) remove (a covering) (14)
real life (in ~) (6) remove (and put away) (17)
reality (6) remove (clothing) (6)
realize (14) remove (17); (19)
realized (get so that it is ~) (14) remove (6); (~ [glasses]) (6)
rear (children) (12) removed (be / get ~) (13)
reason (a ~) (2) removed (one’s doubts are ~) (1)
reason? (for what ~) (2) repay sth (6)
reassured (feel ~) (16) repay (18)
rebellion (16) repeat (6)
recall sth (19) reply letter (a ~) (7)
recall (1) report (written) (1)
receive it (as soon as you ~) (7) report card (14)
recite (poetry) (6) report (11)
recite from memory (3) representative (job title) (16)Republic of
reckon (16) Korea (12)
recognize sb (19) repulsive (be ~) w– (13)
reconciled (become ~) (16) repulsive (more than ၪ݅) (be ~) w– (13)
recreation (13) research (8)
red beans (6) resemble (6)
red hot pepper powder (2) resolution (make a ~ [to do]) (3)
red (be in the ~) (3) resolve (11)
reduce (7) resolve (to do) (3)
refined (be ~ [in the social sense]) w– resolved (be / get ~) (11)
(6); (9) respectful (be ~) (17)
reflected (be / get ~) (6) rest (have a good / thorough ~) (4)
refreshing (be ~) (13) restaurant (one’s favorite or regular ~) (4)
refuge (take ~) (8) restorative (6)
refuse (8) result (6)
regret (to one’s ~) (2) resume one’s studies (5)
regret (6) return it (19)
regrettable (be ~) w– (13) revive (14); (14)
regrettable (be ~) (2) ri (about ⅓ mile) (18)
regrettable (be ~) w– (4) ri (one thousand ~) (6)
regular restaurant / bar (one’s ~) (4) rice grain (2)
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rice paddy (18) same ([which is] exactly the ~) (8)
rice (uncooked ~) (2) sashimi (16)
rich person (6) satisfactory manner (do sth in a less than ~) (9)
rid of (get ~) (6); (9) satisfied (be ~) (NB: processive) (14)
ride in error (2) save (a computer file) (6)
ride sth (14) save (12)
ride (give a ~ to) (14) sawing (11)
ridicule (butt of ~) (7) scarcely (17)
ridiculous (be ~) (12) scholar (4)
right (smack) in the middle (17) scholarly paper (4)
right away (17); (14) school holidays (right / all the way through the ~)
right through the holidays (8) (8)
ring (intransitive) (17) school (one’s junior from ~) (3)
ripen (11) school (one’s senior from ~) (3)
rise up (3) school (traditional village ~) (6)
ritual ceremony (conduct a ~) (6) scratch (13)
road is blocked (1) screen (18)
rock (usually quite large) (11) screw up one’s courage (14)
role (18) script (8)
Rome (the ways [“law”] of ~) (2) sea bream (12)
Romeo (18) sea cucumber (11)
room where parents sleep (12) seal (14)
rose (12) search (12)
round (be ~) (18) seaside (the ~) (1)
round (of fighting) (16) season (the rainy ~) (7)
ruckus (make a ~) (2) seasonal rains (the ~) (7)
rule over (18) seat sb (14)
rules (traffic ~) (2) secret to sth (the ~) (1)
rummage (12) secret you might tell sb (a ~) (1)
rumor (6) section chief / head (2)
run away (16,17) security guard (12)
run away (17) seen (be ~) (NB: processive) (11)
run down (1) seesaw (14)
run in (“dash and enter”) (8) select sth (11)
run out (8) select (6)
run (2) selected in a drawing (get ~) (4)
run (14) selected (be / get ~) (11)
rush about (1) self ’s (6)
rush (in a ~) (3) self (17)
rush (1) self (3)
Russia (4) sell (well) (11)
Russian (a ~ [person]) (4) senile dementia 錴 (7)
rustic (be a bit ~) w– (9) senile person (7)
S senior from school (one’s ~) (3)
sense (1)
sad that sb is leaving (be ~) (2) sense (14)
(2)
safe (be ~) (1) sense (14)
safe (17) senses (11)
safely (14) sentence (compose a ~) (3)
salty (be [too] ~) (8) Seoul-Pusan Highway (the ~)
same as ever (be the ~) (4)
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Seoul Grand Park (17) side dishes with rice (6)
Seoul Station (12) sight (fall in love at first ~) (“at first eye”)
separate (13) (1)
separate (17) sight (pitiful / derogatory ~) (6)
serious way (in a ~) (4) silly gaffe (4)
set off (7) silver (2)
set the table (19) similar (be ~) (3)
set up a plan (19) simply (3)
set up (12, 18) simultaneous interpretation (18)
set up (6) sin (commit a ~) (6)
settle one’s account (18) since I was born until now (14)
sever (3) sincerity (14)
several days (3) sink down (11)
several times (12) sink to the ground (11)
severe (be ~) w– (18) sip (a ~) (4)
severely (6) situation (the ~) (4)
shake off / out (11) situation (14); (19)
shake (7) sixty-first birthday party (17)
shake (14) sixty-first birthday (17)
shaking terribly (like a leaf) (7) skill (manual) (17)
shape (pitiful / derogatory ~) (6) skill with the hands (1)
shape (2) skill(s) (2)
shape (17); (11) skillful (be ~) (17)
share sth with sb (4) skillful and fast (be ~) (17)
share sth (4) skinny – (NB: processive) (2)
sharp (be ~) (18) skip (a meal) (2)
she (formal / written) (1) slander (14)
she herself (16) sleep (get some ~) (19)
she (8) sleep in / late (1)
sheaf (18) sleep (be drunk / woozy with ~) (NB:
shift sth (9) processive) (7); (~ poorly) (9)
shirk (17) sleeping medicine (18)
shirk (8) sleepy (be / feel ~) (7)
shoes (8) slender (be ~) (4)
shooting (death by ~) (11) slightly (11)
short of (be ~) (NB: processive) (14) slim (be ~) (4)
shove in (9) slipshod job of sth (do a ~) (9)
show a reaction (3) slow-witted (be ~) (18)
show up (17) slushy (be ~) (11)
show (14); (~ a film) (16) smacked (get ~) (6)
show (19) small (be ~) (12)
shrewd (be ~) (18) smart (be ~) (18)
shrivel up (13) smash sth (17)
shut (be / get ~) (6) smeared (be / get ~) (11)
“shut-eye” (get some ~) (19) smeared (be / get ~) (8)
sick person (19) smile sheepishly (14)
sick person (7) smiles (be all ~) (NB: processive) (7)
sick (get ~) (1) smudged (be / get ~) (8)
sick (worry oneself ~) (7) snack (5)
sickle (Korean) (6) snap sth (11)
side dishes to go with rice (12) snatch away (11)
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snatched away (be / get ~) (11) spend the night (1)
sneakers (13) spending money (2)
so (~ [much so that]) (7) spherical (be ~) (18)
soak (3) spill sth (8)
soaked (get / become ~) (14) spin a top (14)
soap (14,16) spirit (11)
soft (be ~) w– (18) spoil (food) (16)
soil quality (5) spoonful (one ~) (6)
sold (be / get ~) (11) sporting event (have a ~) (8)
solid (be ~) (6) sports meet (12)
solidarity of the populace (6) sports shoes (13)
solve (11) sports (compete in ~) (8)
solved (be / get ~) (11) spread (intr.) (6)
some occasions (on ~) (4) spread sth open (3)
some place or other (2) square meters (5)
some reason or other (for ~) (5) stable (14)
somebody or other (2) stadium (a ~) (2)
someone who drinks a lot (9) staff (14)
something (or other) (14,18) staff; staff member (8)
something happens (3) stain sth (11)
something or other (2) stained (be / get ~) (11)
sometime or other (~ [I don’t remember]) (2) stained (be / get ~) (8)
sometime (16) staircase (11)
sometimes (4) stairs (11)
somewhat (2) stamp one’s name chop (14)
somewhere or other (19) stand (14)
son (my / our ~ [humble]) (12) stand in a long line (16)
sonorous (voice) (be ~) (13) stand sth up (12)
sons and daughters (one’s ~) (12) stand up to (18)
soon as you receive it (as ~) (7) stand (~ [on an issue]) (8)
sopping wet in rain (get ~) (16) standpoint (8)
sorry state (be in a ~) (said of a country’s economy, for stands up abruptly / suddenly (4)
example) (4) stare at (13); (14)
sorry (be / feel ~) (NB: descriptive) (2) start with (to ~) (16)
sorts (feel out of ~) w– (6) starters (for ~) (9)
soul (11) startled (be ~) (NB: processive) (11,19)
sound (intransitive) (17) starve sb (14)
soup (makings for ~) (7) starve (14)
soy sauce (8) starve (2)
Soyang Dam (1) state of affairs (4)
space between (the ~) (2) state of mind (11)
space (a ~) (2) state (police ~) (2)
space (11) state (be in a sorry ~) (said of a country’s economy, for
spaced-out (be ~) (14) example) (4)
speak ill of (1) statesman (18)
special characteristics (6) station in life (one’s ~) (6)
special (be ~) (2) station (police ~) (2)
speck (11) stay as paying guest (8) in sb’s home
spectacles (11) stay up all night (4)
spectator(s) (18) steadfast (be ~) (6)
speed (“high ~”) (4) stealing (11)
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steaming hot (be ~) (NB: processive) (13,17) strong (be ~) (14)
steep sth (11) strongbox (17)
steep (3) stubborn person (9)
steering wheel (8) stubborn (be ~) (NB: processive) (9)
step on (11) student life (18)
step on (6) study (14)
step (1) stupid (be ~) (NB: processive) (14);
stepped on (be / get ~) (11) (18); (14)
stew (2) stupid mistake (4)
stick sth in (13) sturdy (be ~) (14)
stick sth to (19) style (in the Korean– ~) (3)
“stick to” an exam (pass an exam) (1) subject (in school) (a ~) (4)
stick to sth (11) subject of talk (a ~) (7)
stick up / out (14) subject (raise a ~) (6)
still more (12) subject (18)
stimulate the appetite (14) subjectivity (8)
stimulate (14) submerged (be / get ~) (11)
stock (keep in ~) (7) submit (4)
stomach upset (gets a ~) (1) subside (11)
stomach (feel heavy on the ~) (2) substance (19)
stone (usually quite large) (11) subtract (11); (17)
stop (13) succeed (2)
stop (intransitive) (14) such a way (in ~) (2)
stop by (3) sudden wrench (with a ~) (8)
stop in (3) suddenly (stand up ~) (4)
stop sb (14) suddenly (1)
stop sth (e.g., a car) (12) suffer from fatigue (17)
stop sth (14) suffer humiliation (6)
stop VERBing + VERB (13) suffer it (4)
stop (~ [a car]) (2) suffer (6)
stop (6) suffer (12)
stork (6) sufferer (from a disease) (7)
straight (go ~) (12) suffering (6)
straight away (17) suit one’s tastes (7)
straight through (19) suit someone (19)
strain (be a ~) (14) suit (1)
strange (be ~) (19); (12) sulky (be ~) (14)
strange (be ~) (7) summit (1)
strangely (7) sunk (be / get ~) (11)
strawberry (18) sunlight (18)
“street-eyes are dark” w– (16) supervision (14)
streetlights (17) sure to... (be ~) (14)
stress about (2) surplus (financial ~) (3)
stretch it (14) surprised (be ~) (NB: processive) (11, 19)
strict (be ~) w– (18) surprised (be / get utterly ~) (3)
strike (8) surprising (be ~) w– (4)
strikes (lightning ~) (9) surrender (12)
strip (off) (14) suspend
strive (13) suspended (be / get ~) (2)
stroke (in Chinese characters) (9) suspicious (be ~) (17)
strong (be ~) (6) sway (14)
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swearing (6) terribly (4); (9); (3)
sweat (a cold ~) (3) test (paper) (6)
swells (it ~) (1) that is to say (6)
swim (3) that (after ~) (1)
swimming pool (3) the end (6)
swimming suit (16) theft (11)
swoon (16) then (and ~) (1)
symbol (3) then (if that is not the case, ~) (3)
T there (here and ~) (3)
thesis (4)
tackle (18) thick (be ~) (13)
tail (6) “thick” (dumb) (be ~) (18)
take (“bear”) responsibility
take (medicine) (14) thief (6)
take after (6) (18)
thin (be~) (2) (NB: processive)
thing (6); (the whole ~) (9)
take an all-nighter (4) things to be washed (11)
(12)
take and put away (17) think best (Do as you ~) (9)
take away think of (sth) (19)
take care of (6) think of (1)
take charge of (14) think (as I ~ / in the way I ~) (9)
take good care of oneself
take note of (3) (4) thirsty (be ~) (14)
take off (clothes)
thorough rest (to have a ~) (4)
(14) thoroughly (14)
take off (~ [glasses]) (6) thought occurs to (me) (a ~) (3)
take off (1) thought occurs to one (13)
take off (17); (~ sb’s clothes) (14) thousand li (6)
(6)
take out (~ one’s anger) three or four (19)
take out (4); (6) thrifty (be ~) (16)
take out (18) (8)
take refuge throat (get a hoarse ~) (6)
through the school holidays (right / all the way ~)
take responsibility for (14) (8)
take up (with the fingers) (2)
take (~ a photo) (9) through to (get ~) (2)
talent(s) (2)
through ([one’s words] get ~’) (2)
throughout (all ~) (3)
talk (a subject of ~) (7) throw away (1)
talking to a brick wall (16) throw (4)
Tan’gun (18) thwart (14)
tape (12) ticket office (1)
taste appears / comes out (the alcohol’s ~) ticket (get a ~) (2)
(9) tidings (7)
tastes (suit one’s ~) (7) tidy up (12)
tattoo (12) tiger (18)
tear apart (12) tiger (6)
tear out (12) tightwad (18)
teeter-totter (14) time-wise leeway (8)
telephone call is called in (a ~) time being (for the ~) (9)
(9) time of it (have a hard ~) (7)
tell (a secret you might ~ sb)
Temple (Ch’ŏngp’yŏng ~) (1) time (ahead of ~) (2)
(1)
time (all the ~) (1)
tent (13) time (as in time flies’) (7)
terribly (12)
time (every / all the ~) (6)
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time (on ~) (2) tremble (intr.) (7)
time (18); (11) trembling terribly (like a leaf) (7)
timely (be ~) (NB: processive) (16) trick (the “~) (1)
timid (be ~) (14) trip (go away on an official ~) (1)
tip (1); (6) trip (official / business ~) ) (1)
tired wreck (become a ~) (9) trip (1)
tired (be / get ~) (4) trodden on (be / get ~) (11)
tiredness piles up (16) trouble (18)
tiredness (16) troublemaker (12)
title for unmarried male (13) troubles (has tummy ~) (1)
to start with (16) trust with (14)
to the brim / max / top (14); (11) truth (6)
to wit (6) try hard (3)
today (as of ~) (3) try to do sth (13)
together ([people] go well ~) (1) tummy troubles (has ~) (1)
together (come ~) (6) tumult (there is a ~) (16)
toilet tissue (16) turn (intransitive) (11)
toilet (not an elegant word) (5) turn against (18)
tonic (6) turn around and look (1)
too much (be ~) (14) turn down (8)
top in one’s efforts (go over the ~) (7) turn out a certain way (3)
top of sth (place sth onto the ~) (9) turn sth (14)
top of the foot (6) turn sth (2)
topic (7) turn up (fail to ~) (4)
topple (11) turned on (be / get ~) (17)
tormented (feel ~) w– (NB: descriptive) (6) two or three (4)
tormenting (be ~) w– (6) typewriter (17)
totally (14) U
totally (8)
touch of dementia (11) U-turn (2)
tough (be ~) (11) ultimately (14)
tournament (12) ultimately (2)
toward me (14) unaffected by events (be ~) (3)
toy (12,16) unaffected (remain ~) (3)
track-and-field stadium (2) uncle (on father’s side) (18)
traditional costume (colorful Korean ~) (2) uncle (on father’s side) (5)
traditional game (14) uncle (on mother’s side) (18)
traditional Korean house (courtyard inside a ~) (1) unclothe (14)
traditional village school (6) uncooked rice (2)
traffic rules / regulations (2) under coercion / duress (14)
train accident (4) underage person (3)
train (4) undergo (6)
translate (18) understand (sth spoken) (1)
translation (18) understand each other (2)
transparent (be ~) (12) understand (1)
traveler (1) undertaking (12)
travelling (1) undress (sb) (6)
tray (9) undress sb (14)
tread on (6) uneasy (be ~) (11)
treasure (11) unflagging (be ~) (6)
treat (medically) (3) unfold (3)
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unfortunate (be ~) (17) violate (2)
unique (be ~) (11) violent (be ~) w– (18)
unity of the populace (6) violent wrench (with a ~) (8)
unkempt (be ~) w– (1) virility (boost ~) (6)
unreasonable (be ~) (14) virility (6)
unreasonably (exert oneself ~) (7) virtually (all, etc.) (3)
unsatisfactory (have an ~ sleep) (9) visible (be ~) (NB: processive) (11)
unusually (9) vivid “before one’s eyes” (be ~) (7)
unworried (feel ~) (2) vivid (be ~) (7)
up and go (1) voice (14)
up (rise ~) (3) volcano (5)
uproar (there is an ~) (16) volition (18)
upset (be ~) (12); (16) W
upset (be / get ~) (8)
upset (get a stomach ~) (1) wage(s) (6)
urchin (12) waist (11)
urge on (sb) (1) wake sb up (14)
urgent (be ~) (3) wake up (14)
urgently (3) walk (14)
used to (get ~) (2) walk (have sb ~) (14)
used (be / get ~) (6) walking (1)
used (I’m ~ to it.) (2) wallet (1)
useless (be ~) (16) want (17)
usually (6); (5) war (16)
warm sth up
utterly surprised (be / get ~) (3) wash (clothes) (14)
wash (14) (12)
V
vacant (be ~) (17) washing machine (3)
(8) washing up (the ~) (3)
vacation (school ~) washing (11)
vacation (4)
valuable (be ~) w– (13) waste (11)
(4)
valuable (be ~) w– (17) watch closely (13)
various places (in ~) watch over (13)
Vatican (4) watch with one’s eyes wide open (4)
vent (~ one’s anger) (6) water disaster occurs (16)
(4) water quality
verbal expression (3) water quality (14)
watermelon (one ~) (5)
very (12); (16)
(3)
very beginning (from the ~)
very hot (become very ~) (6) watermelon (3)
very much (so) (3) watery (be ~) (11)
(18)
very much (16); (14) way ahead (in life)
(9)
very (9); (3)) way I think (in the ~)
vestibule (17) (3) way (any old which ~) (1)
vexing (be ~) (17) (6) way (in such a ~) (3)
vicinity way (in the Korean ~)
victim; casualty way (lose one’s ~) (3)
(6)
view from behind (one’s ~) (4) ways (“law”) of Rome (the ~) (2)
(11) weak-willed (be ~) (14)
viewer(s) (18) weak stomach (have a ~)
(NB:
viewing of it is distasteful
village school (traditional) (6) descriptive) (14)
wear around
village (9) (7)
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wear around (7) wilt (13)
weather a trying moment (3) win (on a lottery ticket)
weather forecast (6) (4)
webmaster (6) win (18,19)
wedge it in (13) wind and moon (6)
week (last [“past”] ~) (3) window (3)
weekday (1) wipe something (3)
weight (19) wire (13)
weight (lose ~) (2) wisdom tooth (18)
weight (lose ~) (4); (1) wisdom (6)
weighty (be ~) (14) with confidence (18)
welcome party (19) with peace of mind (4)
welcome (19) wither (12); (13)
well behaved / brought up (be ~) (4) within a few days (18)
well brought up (be ~) (12) without a chance to rest (14)
well together ([people] go ~) (1) without anxiety (4)
well with ([clothes] go ~) (1) “without face” (11)
West (the ~) (9) without fail (will do) (2)
wet (get / become ~) (14) without fail (14)
wet sth (14) without incident (14)
whale (9) without NOUN (NOUN ~) (12)
What’s the matter? (2, 4) without realizing it (5)
what’s with the...? (16) without sleeping a wink (19)
what all? (12) wits’ end (be at one’s ~) (3)
what for? (2) women’s quarters (12)
what reason? (for ~) (2) women (6)
what sort of? (16) wondrous (be ~) (19)
what thing? (On account of ~) (2) woozy with sleep (be ~) (7)
wheel (steering ~) (8) word (a ~) (13)
where all? (12) word (7)
whereupon (first person) ; (non-first person) work (of art, etc.) (18)
(4) work of fiction (8)
whereupon (11) work on the side (do part-time ~) (usually said of stu-
which way (any old ~) (1) dents) (3)
which (after ~) (1) work (a piece of ~) (7)
while later (a little ~) (3) worked up about sth (get ~) (2)
while (for quite a ~) (4) working day (a ~) (1)
while (in a ~) (3) world (8)
who all? (12) worn out (4)
whole body (16) worried, worrisome (be ~) (7)
whole thing (the ~) (9) worry about (19)
wholly (8) worry oneself sick (7)
why? (2) worry (Don’t ~) (2)
wide open (watch with one’s eyes ~) (4) worry (1)
wide (be ~) (14) worry (19); (18)
wide (far and ~) (6) worry (2)
widen sth (14) wrap (11)
wife (husband and ~) (2) wrapped (be / get ~) (11)
wild boar (18) wreck (become a tired ~) (9)
wild strawberry, raspberry (18) wrench (with a sudden, violent ~) (8)
will (18) write a composition (3)
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write down (3) Y
write for sb (9) y’all (3)
writing system (8) yard inside Korean house (1)
writing (6) yawn (8) (5)
(3)
written report (1) younger cousin
written (be / get ~) (11) youngest (son, daughter)
wrong conveyance (get on the ~ [“ride in error”]) yut (game of ~) (14)
(2)
wronged (feel ~) (NB: descriptive) (2)
English Translations for the Main Texts
lesson one interesting story that happened back then.
When Koreans walk down a street, they often ask direc-
I Couldn’t Figure Out Why He Was Doing That
It happened last winter when I took a trip to Ch’ŏngp’yŏng tions, even of total strangers. I must look similar to Koreans
because sometimes, there would be Koreans who would ask
Temple near Ch’unch’ŏn. me for directions, too. Every time it happened, I would freak
As it was a regular weekday, and I had taken the first boat out and be unable to answer.
from Soyang Dam, there was nobody else other than me go- On one such day, I had a really great idea. The idea was,
ing to Ch’ŏngp’yŏng Temple. And yet, after heading up [the when asked, instead of struggling to answer in Korean, it
mountain] for about five minutes, I could see a man walking would be OK to answer in English. After a few days passed,
in front of me. some lady asked directions from me. When I said in English,
“I’m sorry. I don’t speak Korean,” the lady was all surprised
I figured it must be a traveler who had stayed in the area and walked off. Afterwards, too, I got through several such
overnight. He also must have sensed that I was following trying moments in this fashion.
him, because he kept looking back. And then he would pick
up his pace, lest I pass him. My curiosity was piqued, so I But one day, something unexpected happened. I was on
hurried up, whereupon he, too, walked even faster. I could my way to a tabang on Chongno to meet a friend.
not figure out for the life of me why he was doing that.
Suddenly, someone said something to me. I made an un-
But a few moments later, when I saw the still-closed comprehending face and said in English that I didn’t speak
ticket booth for Ch’ŏngp’yŏng Temple, my question was an- Korean. When I replied in English, the person asked again,
swered. He was the man selling tickets there. in English. Aha, [I thought,] it seems like this person speaks
good English.
lesson two
I was so flustered, but pretending nothing was the mat-
But They Say, “When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do,” ter, I concocted a sentence busily inside my head and then
Don’t They? answered him in English. After he was gone, I wiped away
the cold sweat [on my brow], and resolved to myself: “Better
Once, some time ago, I went to Rome and lived there for not speak in English ever again!”
two years. At the time, the most difficult thing for me was
getting used to the driving customs of the Romans. lesson four
There was one time when all the cars were backed up In My Country, Vodka Is So Common We Have More
near the Vatican because of a big traffic accident. So I was Than Enough to Go Around
sitting in my car for a good thirty minutes without being
able to move even an inch. At that point, the cars around A Russian, a Cuban, and an American were travelling
me started making U-turns. If it had been any other day, I with an American lawyer on a train.
would have waited a bit longer, but because I had an impor-
tant appointment that day, I turned my car around like the After they had been enjoying an interesting conversa-
others. Then—out of nowhere—a police officer came up to tion for some time, the Russian produced a large bottle of
me and ordered me to pull over to the side of the road. He vodka. He poured each of them a glass, and then tossed the
then asked me to show him my driver’s license. I was a bit bottle—which still had more than half remaining—out the
worried but, using the Italian that I had been learning all that window. Amazed, the American asked him why he would
time, said to him: throw away such a precious thing. The Russian told him that
in his country, vodka was so common they had more than
“But they say, When in Rome, do as the Romans do,’ enough to go around.
don’t they? The only thing I did was to do just like the Ro-
mans did.” A little bit later the Cuban handed out a cigar to each of
them. And then he, too, after two or three puffs, threw his
But these words didn’t cut it with the police officer. And cigar out the window.
so I ended up getting a ticket.
“Wait a minute. I heard things aren’t so good in Cuba.
lesson three Why are you throwing it away without smoking it all?”
Better Not Speak in English Ever Again “In Cuba, cigars are so common we have more than
As of today, it has been exactly one year since I came to enough to go around.”
Korea. When I first came to Korea, I had a difficult time When the American heard this, he suddenly jumped up,
because I wasn’t able to communicate. Let me tell you an picked up the lawyer, and threw him out the window.
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lesson six lesson seven
Proverbs Annie, I Kept Thinking about You a Lot
Every language has proverbs. There is no way to know Dear Annie:
who first thought up any of the proverbs or when they came How are you, Annie? I’m doing fine.
into being, but we can say that proverbs are words of wis- My, it’s already been nearly two months since you left
dom created by the experience of our culture and passed Korea. Time sure does fly, eh? I mean, the times we spent
down to us from our ancient ancestors. together in Seoul seem like just yesterday. Even now when
I close my eyes, the days I spent together with you are fresh
Proverbs are pithy sayings, but their meanings are deep in my mind.
and vast. The reason we don’t easily forget proverbs once we I’ll fill you in on some of the news here. Do you remem-
hear them is because their meaning comes across clearly in ber teacher Ch’oe who taught us in the beginner’s class? Ap-
just a few words. parently, [they say’] he’s getting married on December 25.
Who knows if that’s what he’s so happy about these days,
Moreover, because proverbs contain the lives and but he is all smiles.
thoughts of our ancestors, they teach us many morals for Also, not long ago I went to Mt. Tobong with our class-
our everyday lives. mates. You have no idea how much trouble it was to get all
the way to the top. On the way down my legs were trembling
There is a proverb that goes, “The village schoolhouse so much it drove me nuts.
dog recites poetry after three years.” This proverb means that It would have been nice if you had gone, too; I kept
even uneducated people, if they spend a lot of time with peo- thinking about you the whole time.
ple who are studious, naturally come to acquire knowledge How are you doing? Is life at school fun? I’m curious to
of the world. There is another proverb that goes, “If your tail know how you’re doing, so as soon as you receive this letter,
is too long, it gets stepped on.” Needless to say, this means write me back, okay?
that you can fool somebody once or twice, but if you keep I would like to see you soon. You’re definitely going to
on doing it over and over again you are bound to get caught. come back next summer, right?
Well, Annie, don’t forget to write back, and take care of
Besides these, there is the proverb, “He doesn’t even yourself.
know the letter ’ (k) if you place a sickle in front of him.”
The shape of a Korean sickle is similar to the hangul letter From Mori in Seoul, Oct. 28, 2004
. If you still don't know the letter after seeing a Korean lesson eight
sickle, doesn't that mean you’re truly ignorant?
What on Earth Happened to Make You Look Like That?
Do you know the proverb "Get slapped on Chongno then A few days ago, I was on my way to work riding a small
go to the Han River to vent one’s anger”? It means being un-
able to say anything right then and there when one’s been of- motorbike. Because very few cars travel on the road from
fended, and ending up venting one’s anger somewhere else. my house to the office, I was driving the motorbike very fast.
Also, rumors that get transmitted from mouth to mouth end But suddenly, a big dog dashed out into the middle of the
up spreading far and wide in an instant. That’s why, as the say- road. I almost crashed into the dog. In my surprise, I jerked
ing goes, “Horses [a homonym with word(s)’] without feet the handlebars to the right in order to avoid the dog. In the
go a thousand li,” as once a rumor spreads, nobody can stop it. next instant, I fell off the motorbike and ended up landing in
a puddle at the side of the road.
Have you heard the proverb, “After suffering comes joy?”
It means that after undergoing something difficult or upset- Because I didn’t have sufficient time to go back home and
ting, nice and enjoyable things are bound to come. You can change clothes, I had no choice but to go to work with my
use this to show sympathy for a friend who is having trouble clothes all mud-stained just as they were. When I got to the
with something. office, my colleagues all stared at me in surprise and asked,
Besides these, there are also all sorts of proverbs com- “What on earth happened to make you look like that?”
posed primarily of Chinese characters. For example, there I told them, with slight exaggeration, what had happened
is a saying “Even the Diamond Mountains should be seen on the way to work. After hearing my story, one of my col-
after eating,” which means that no matter how captivat- leagues said:
ing something might be, you can only really get into it on
a full stomach. Likewise, the saying “Two birds, one stone” “Wait a minute—if the dog was so big, why did you try
means to “kill two birds with one stone”, and the proverb to avoid it? You should have just driven between its legs!”
“One hundred hearings are not like one seeing” means that
hearing about something a hundred times doesn’t stack up
to seeing it once. That is, it means that seeing something
once in real life is better than hearing about it several times
in words alone.
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lesson nine up as a comparatively well-behaved child without any she-
nanigans. But the boy was so full of mischief that he made
It Happened Last Sunday, Which Was Unusually Busy life difficult for me and my wife from the time he started to
for a Weekend crawl.
It happened last Sunday, which was unusually busy for a One time, the following episode happened. It was when
weekend. As I had two weddings to go to that day, as well as he was about four years old. My wife had just returned from
an article I had to write and hand in to the magazine publish- the market and was claiming that the two chogi fish she had
er’s office by Monday, I was losing my mind. So, I postponed put on the kitchen table had disappeared. At first I didn’t pay
doing housework until later and started writing the article. it any mind, but because my wife kept looking around for
them and saying how strange it was, I started to look with
Due to working the night before and only sleeping for her.
two hours, everything was finished at around 11 a.m. Next,
I hurriedly got myself ready, and dropped by the two wed- My wife said that she had clearly put the fish on the kitch-
dings in Kangnam before coming back home. I was com- en table in order to make side dishes for our supper. But, she
pletely wiped out physically. claimed, the chogi had disappeared when she went into the
anpang briefly to put down her purse. We turned the kitchen
But then the phone rang. It was from some college class- upside down, but the chogi were nowhere to be seen. So, we
mates I hadn’t seen for about two years, and the gist of it was concluded that the cat from next door must have come in
that they were about to come to our house. At that moment, and made off with them, and we gave up looking. My wife
I started cleaning the house like a mad person. Because I seemed to be really upset. But, a few moments later my wife
hadn’t cleaned the house properly for several days, the place called to me in a loud voice from the bathroom. When I
was a mess. I was able to clean my bedroom and the living went into the bathroom, I discovered two chogi floating in
room OK, but didn’t have time to do the dishes. So I had no the bathtub. Needless to say, it was the work of our son. But
choice but to throw the dirty dishes inside the oven. even more amusing was our son’s response to our question-
ing: “But fish need to live in water, right? That’s why I put
A few moments later my friends arrived, and in their them in the water.”
hands was a frozen pizza.
lesson thirteen
lesson eleven
Think Nothing of It!
Like, We Wouldn’t Know That? Lately I’ve been working at a parking lot. Now, among
An anthropologist went to investigate a village in the Af-
our customers there are sometimes people who leave their
rican jungle. keys in the ignition and lock the car door behind them.
When the scholar arrived, the young children were play- Whenever this happens, I use a piece of thick wire to open
the door for them.
ing a peculiar game, standing up and sitting down, stand-
ing up and sitting down. Thinking to himself that this had But recently there was an episode that was quite serious.
worked out nicely, the scholar was just about to take a pho- Perhaps it was because the rainy season had just finished,
tograph when—wouldn’t you know, the children were all but the weather was steaming hot. Thinking to buy myself
shouting and pointing their fingers, as if objecting. a refreshing beverage or something, I went to the conveni-
ence store. I bought myself a saida and was just leaving the
The somewhat embarrassed scholar went up to the chil- store when I saw two young ladies struggling to open their
dren and began to explain that their souls wouldn’t escape car door in front of the store. I was going to pretend not to
when he took their picture. And he also told them this and notice and just walk right by, but then I stopped to watch
that about the camera. The children tried to interrupt him the ladies’ actions.
and say something several times, but the scholar didn’t give
them a chance to speak. The women struggled to get the door open, but the door
wouldn’t open. Thinking I should probably help them, I
A short while later, after he figured that the children un- took out the wire from my back pocket and walked up to
derstood what he had said, the scholar gave the children the car. It took not even a minute to open the door. With a
an opportunity to speak, whereupon they said, “We know look of amazement on their faces, the ladies thanked me. I
perfectly well that our souls won’t leave us when you take a felt great. But one phrase that came out wrong distorted the
photograph. We just wanted to tell you that the camera lens look on their faces, which dashed my spirits:
cap was on.”
“Think nothing of it! This is how I make my living.”
lesson twelve
But Fish Need to Live in Water, Right?
If you take care of children for a while, you end up both
amazed and amused at the silliest things.
I have one son and one daughter. Our daughter grew
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lesson fourteen “Oh, good, so I guess you have a little time to chat. Boy,
am I upset.”
To My Dear Wife
Today is my wife’s birthday. For a few days now, I have “Lately the students from our department get together
in the mornings and study, you see? But there’s this one stu-
been agonizing over what to give my wife for her birthday. dent who never shows up on time. I mean, for him, thirty
I have lived with my wife for close to thirty years now. The minutes late is early, and usually he’s an hour late every time.
older I get, the more precious my wife feels to me. So this And am I busy lately or what? So I told him once before to
time I resolved to give my wife a present full of my love and be on time, but of course it’s just no use. He was a good hour
sincerity—a present that would amaze her. But no matter or so late again today, so I scolded him again. But then he’s
how much I thought about it, no good ideas came to mind. the one who gets all angry!”
So yesterday I had no choice but to go to a department store
and buy a necklace. “And you know, it wasn’t like I’d told him just once or
twice. I told him so many times before! Anyway, you can talk
But, since I really don’t like this present, here I am this to him as many times as you like—it’s like talking to a brick
morning at the crack of dawn lying awake under the cov- wall. Really—I’ve never seen anything like it. If I ever do
ers and still thinking. After thinking about this and that, I anything with him again, take me out back and shoot me.”
recalled something that happened fifty years ago.
“But now that I’ve spoken with you, I feel a bit better. Be-
It happened when I was eleven years old. Because our fore I called just now, I was in such a bad mood. Hey would
family was in farming, our parents worked constantly without you look at that, we’ve been talking for quite a while. I’m
a break. And because I was the eldest son, I had to help my going to let you go now. Sorry... I did all the talking. I’ll call
parents. What I hated most was getting up early in the morn- again. Bye!”
ing and feeding the cow. My father came into our room every
morning and shook awake his son who didn’t want to get up. lesson seventeen
My father’s birthday was coming up soon. I wanted to Even If She Ran for It, It Was Obvious She Would Be
make my father happy, this man who was always suffering Caught Nearby
for us. But I had no money. Then, I had a really neat idea.
Everyone had gone away on vacation, and the city
On the day of my father’s birthday, I got up about an seemed empty. It seems everybody thought that, rather than
hour and a half earlier than the time my father usually woke stay in the middle of town in such sweltering weather, it
me, and then went outside. And ever so quietly, so as to not would be better to leave town.
wake my parents, I boiled up the cow’s mush, fed the cow,
and came back to my room. “What kind of face will Father This was especially true of P’yŏngch’angdong, where
make when he sees that?” I lapsed into happy thoughts like many rich people live. All that was there were streetlights
this as I lay beneath the covers. illuminated here and there. But a woman appeared in the
darkness and, with deft movements, entered a house.
A few moments later I heard the sound of my father’s
voice calling me along with the sound of the door to my She went straight up to the study on the second floor
parents’ room opening. Although I had heard the sound of and, with expert dexterity, removed a painting. The moment
my father calling, at first I stayed quiet and pretended not she opened the secret safe behind it, an alarm began to ring.
to hear. Then, after my father had called three or four times, For a moment, the woman was at a loss. In about three min-
I got up and went outside. As my father was passing by the utes, the police would likely come running. Even if she ran
stable, he saw that the cow was already eating its mush. for it, it was obvious she would be caught nearby.
Then, startled, he stared over in my direction. I just gave a
quiet, sheepish smile. As anticipated, a few minutes later the doorbell rang. The
sound of the doorbell gradually grew louder and louder. Just
As I thought these thoughts, the emotions from that at the moment when the police officers were about to force
time came back to me, and I felt a sudden urge to cry. And their way in through the main door, a lady with a shower cap
then it occurred to me what would be the best present to on her head and massage cream all over her face opened the
give my wife. I got up immediately, crossed over to my study, door. It seemed as if she had just finished her shower. Now it
and began to compose a letter to my wife: was the police who were at a loss.
“To my dear wife...” “I was hoping somebody would come, and you did! The
emergency alarm started ringing, and I didn’t know what to
lesson sixteen do.”
Am I Busy Lately or What? “Wait a minute—who are you, miss?”
(on the phone) “I’m the niece of the owner of this house. I’ve come to
“Sŏnyŏng, is that you? It’s me, Sumi. What’re you do- watch the house for a few days. Please come in quickly and
make that alarm stop.”
ing?”
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The policemen came in, stopped the alarm, went so far as Lesson Nineteen
to explain everything kindly to the woman, and then went
away. About ten minutes later, the young lady who had just I’m Afraid to Go Out
said she was the homeowner’s niece left the house carrying If you work in a hospital for a while, all manner of strange
what she had come for.
patients come in.
lesson eighteen Three or four months ago, a woman came to see me and
Surely a Bear Couldn’t Have Become a Human? said,
“Daddy, when did Korea come into existence? Who “I’m concerned about how overweight I am; is there no
made it?” way for me to lose weight?”
My daughter, who had just turned six, must have had a So I said jokingly, “Actually, there are no secret tricks or
lot of questions on her mind, as she was always pestering anything to losing weight.”
me. So I explained to her the Tan’gun myth in an easy-to- But the woman kept complaining about how she was so
understand way.
fat that she couldn’t wear the clothes she wanted to, how she
“I’m going to tell you now, so listen closely. This is a story looked older, and was afraid to go out with her husband.
from a long, long time ago when tigers smoked pipes. There
was this god living in heaven called Hwanin, you see? He I told her about the methods I knew. But, she asked if
had a son called Hwanung, and Hwanung wanted to come there wasn’t any other method. She had already tried the
down to earth and live here. So Hwanung asked his father methods I had mentioned, but she said it was all no use.
to let him come down to earth and live here, whereupon his
father gave him ministers to control the wind, the rain, and Joking again, I told her a funny story I had read once
the clouds, three thousand people, and told him to go down before somewhere. It was the method of losing weight by
to earth and live here. pinning up a photo of a slim woman in a swimming suit in-
side the fridge. The story went that you’ll end up seeing the
“Hwanung came down to Mount T’aebaek and was liv- photo every time you open the fridge door, and when you
ing there when one day, a bear and a tiger call on him and tell see the photo, you’ll end up resisting your desire to eat.
him they want to become humans. So Hwanung told them
that if they ate mugwort and garlic without seeing the sun- After the patient left, I forgot all about the visit. But to-
shine for one hundred days, then they can become humans. day, with there being no patients and all, I was thinking I
So the bear and the tiger each took a bundle of garlic and should go get some lunch and was just about to leave the
mugwort and went into a cave. But whereas the bear stuck consultation room when a slender young lady came in.
it out until the very end, the tiger was unable to endure and
came running out of the cave after a few days.” “Do you remember me?”
“Now who were you again? You’ll have to forgive me, but
“Seems like the bear was able to last because it’s dumb I can’t recall.”
and slow-witted.” “I’m the person who came in once to ask about ways to
lose weight.”
“Anyway, after a hundred days had passed, the bear When she said this, I remembered her. She had truly be-
turned into a very pretty woman, and married Hwanung. come slim beyond recognition.
The child they gave birth to is our ancestor, granddaddy “Doctor, your method was really effective. What do you
Tan’gun. When grandfather Tan’gun grew up, he founded think—pretty amazing, eh?”
the state called Ancient Chosŏn, and that was all five thou- When I expressed my amazement and wonder, she told
sand years ago.” me of a new concern.
“My husband has gained ten kilograms; is there no way
“Come on—surely a bear couldn’t have become a hu- for him to lose weight?”
man? And there’s one other strange thing. I mean, Koreans
now really like tigers—so why is our ancestor a bear and not
a tiger? It’d be better if it was a tiger.”
“Hmm... I wonder why? Daddy doesn’t know, either.”
KOREAN-ENGLISH PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
: it is not the case that 3.1.
7.6.
: Lead-ins and Follow-ups 13.4.
: Causatives 13.4.
2.6.
: Causatives 19.5.
: Eventual Development of an Action 6.1.2.
6.1.1.
: now that one has done it...; once one did it... 16.1.
: even after... –ing 16.1.
: after... –ing
: Sudden Realization 19.1.
13.5.
: Sudden Realization 19.1.1.
: does / is all right, but... 19.1.2.
19.1.3.
: Whadda ya mean, VERB? 8.4.
(I): really does/is; sure does/is; does/is, indeed 16.5.
(II): does / is both x and y 17.5.
: does nothing but...; only ...–s [does only...] 3.5.
19.6.
: because 6.4.
: even 3.4.
4.6.
: seems... 18.4.
: contrary to expectations... 7.5.
: while you’re at it... 1.3.
: Quoted Statements 7.2.
11.3.
: Is it true that...? 11.3.
: Let me tell ya; They say... 17.2.
: as soon as...; in accordance with... 6.2.
4.4.2.
: on top of... –ing 16.3.
: I mean, in spite of the fact that... 1.5.
: like...; as if... 8.2.
: seems... 3.8.
: seems that... 9.6.
: Generalized Truths 16.7.
19.2.
: thinks / assumes / knows that...
: Colloquial for
: perhaps because...
: just as it is, as it stands, with no change
: Pretends to
: be on the... –ing side
: It was so... [let me tell you]
: it’s all the same whether one does it
or not whether one does it or not, it makes no difference
320 KOREAN-ENGLISH PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
: seems... 3.5.
: or something; or the like 19.3.
: Expanded Quotation 4.1.
: Contracted Quotation 4.1.
: Now let me think—who was it? 19.4.
: Expanded Quotation 4.1.
: Contracted Quotation 4.1.
: rather than... one ought to...; it would be best to 17.1.
: because of... –ing 7.3.
: seems... 3.5.
: contrary to expectations... 19.6.
You know how...? And, you know... 16.2.
: Sudden Realization 16.1.
: Sudden Realization 16.1.
: on the way to... 3.3.
: one is just on the way to... 3.3.
: while you’re at it... 6.4.
: Quoted Statements 3.4.
: Is it true that...? 4.6.
: Let me tell ya; They say... 18.4.
: as soon as...; in accordance with... 7.5.
: on top of... –ing 1.3.
: I mean, in spite of the fact that... 7.2.
: in the course of... –ing 6.5.
: like...; as if... 11.3.
: seems... 11.3.
: seems that... 17.2.
: because; on account of 2.1.
: Generalized Truths 6.2.
: sometimes stuff happens 6.7.
: thinks / assumes / knows that... 4.4.2.
: Colloquial for 16.3.
: perhaps because... 1.5.
: pretends to 3.8.
: Be on the... –ing side 9.6.
[and then steps back to reflect on it]... 12.1.
: it appears that / one feels that QUOTE 11.2.
: if / when one tries doing it over a period of time, then 1.4.
: Transferentive 1.2.
: Warnings 6.3.
: Quoted Statements 3.4.
: Let me tell ya; They say... 18.4.
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Pattern Section
: Quoted Commands 2.3.
9.4.
: in accordance with and as soon as 7.4.
1.1.
: Startling Close-ups 4.3.
: Startling Close-ups Again 7.4.4.
16.6.
: Retrospectives 7.4.2.
: Retrospectives Again 7.4.3.
11.3.
: [Base +~]: as if...; like... 11.3.
: [Base + ~]: seems... 19.6.
1.7.
: Contrary to expectations... 11.3.
: for fear lest... 11.3.
4.2.
: like...; as if... 8.6.
: seems... 17.2.
: to the extent that... 8.1.
: is worth doing 2.5.
14.2.
: seems that... 8.3.
: almost did something 4.5.
: all one does/did is/was... 4.5.
: the more... the more... 4.4.2.
4.4.1.
: have no choice but to 2.2.3.
: to the extent that... 18.1.
2.2.1.
: is to the extent that... 2.2.
: thinks / assumes / knows that... 11.3.
2.3.
: know-how 3.4.
: since it is the expectation that... 13.2.
: since it is the expectation~intention that... (again) 4.6.
18.4.
: Expressing Intentions 13.3.
: it is the expectation~intention that... 3.2.
18.2.
[Modifier + ~]: as if... 4.2.
: Quoted Commands 7.2.1.
14.2.
: Quoted Statements
: NOUN or something; NOUN or the like
: Is it true that...?
: Let me tell ya; They say...
: was just going to... but / when...
: Instrumental Particle
: [did it] in the space of...; after an interval of...; within...
: as much as / as... as NOUN
: the more... the more...
322 KOREAN-ENGLISH PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
: while; even while; even though... 14.5.
: Now let me think—what was it? 19.4.
9.3.
+VERB: to start by VERBing 9.3.
: from NOUN on down; starting with NOUN 2.5.
14.3.
: it is only / simply a case of NOUN 18.5.
: Lexical Causative Derivations 7.1.
18.3.
: Surely... not...? Surely... wouldn’t...? 3.7.
12.2.
: does it all the way, to the end, thoroughly, through and through 9.2.
: does for future reference 11.4.
: does for future reference (again) 3.7.
12.2.
: Emphasizing Displacement 1.6.
: even if...; even though... 1.6.
3.7.
: does for future reference 12.4.
: does for future reference (again) 17.3.
13.1.
any... at all 13.1.
: no... at all 3.6.
14.1.
: when I... –ed, [I discovered]… 6.8.
: even supposing one VERBS... [outcome will be all the same] 11.1.
12.3.
: perhaps it was [so] because [I don’t know, but]... 17.4.
: perhaps it is [so] because [I don’t know, but]... 17.4.
7.1.
: has to / must do [of course / don’t ya know] 18.3.
3.7.
: Pseudopassives 12.2.
: Alternating or Interrupting Actions 9.2.
11.4.
: Remote Past 3.7.
: I [rather stiffly and formally] request you to... for me... 12.2.
: Would you mind... –ing [for me]? 19.4.
19.4.
: does it all the way, to the end, thoroughly, through and through 3.7.
: does for future reference 12.4.
: does for future reference (again) 17.3.
: Emphasizing Displacement
: even if...; even though
: does for future reference
: does for future reference (again)
: Now let me think—where was it?
: Now let me think—how was it?
: when I... –ed, [I discovered]...
: even supposing one VERBS... [outcome will be all the same]
323KOREAN-ENGLISH PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
13.1.
: perhaps it was [so] because [I don’t know, but—]... 13.1.
: perhaps it is [so] because [I don’t know, but—]... 14.1.
3.6.
: has to / must do [of course / don’t ya know] 6.8.
: Pseudopassives 19.4.
11.1.
: Now let me think—when was it? 12.3.
: Alternating or Interrupting Actions 17.4.
17.4.
: Remote Past 6.6.
: I [rather stiffly and formally] request you to... for me... 14.4.
: Would you mind... –ing [for me]? 9.5.
12.3.
: according to and by 19.4.
for Causes: [be surprised, happy, angry, etc.] at, upon, on account of 19.2.
: Transferentive Directionals 4.1.
: Remote Past 4.1.
2.3.
: Now let me think—why was it? 13.3.
: it’s all the same whether one does it or not; whether one 3.2.
does it or not, it makes no difference 14.2.
14.5.
: Expanded Quotation 3.5.
: Contracted Quotation 19.6.
: Quoted Commands 6.4.
: was just going to... but / when... 7.5.
: Instrumental Particle 1.3.
7.2.
: The more... the more... 11.3.
: whilst; even while; even though... 11.3.
: seems... 17.2.
: contrary to expectations ... 6.2.
: while you’re at it... 4.4.2.
: as soon as...; in accordance with... 16.3.
1.5.
: on top of... –ing 8.2.
: I mean, in spite of the fact that... 3.8.
: like...; as if 9.6.
: seems... 19.6.
: seems that... 1.7.
: Generalized Truths
: thinks / assumes / knows that...
: Colloquial for
: perhaps because...
: just as it is; as it stands; with no change
:petends to
: be on the... –ing side
: contrary to expectations...
: for fear lest...
324 KOREAN-ENGLISH PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
: like...; as if 11.3.
: seems... 11.3.
4.2.
: to the extent that... 8.6.
: is worth doing 17.2.
: seems that... 8.1.
: almost did something 2.5.
: all one does/did is/was... 14.2.
8.3.
: the more... the more... 4.5.
: have no choice but to 4.5.
4.4.2.
: to the extent that... 4.4.1.
: is to the extent that... 2.2.3.
: thinks/assumes/knows that... 18.1.
2.2.1.
: know-how 2.2.
: since it is the expectation~intention that... 3.1.
: since it is the expectation~intention that... (again) 19.3.
16.7.
: Expressing Intentions 3.4.
: it is the expectation~intention that 13.2.
4.6.
: it is not the case that 18.4.
: or something; or the like 12.3.
7.7.
: it was so... [let me tell you] 2.4.
8.7.
: Quoted Statements 8.5.
: NOUN or something; NOUN or the like... 8.5.
16.4.
Is it true that...? 4.4.
: Let me tell ya; They say... 9.1.
11.5.
: Remote Past 11.3.
: You know [how]...? 11.3.
11.3.
: Rhetorical Retorts 13.2.
18.2.
: You should [have]...; Why didn’t / don’t you...? 13.5.
: Rebukes 16.7.
in Rhetorical Questions
: for a NOUN; considering it’s [just] a NOUN
: Derived Passives
Base + : like...
Base + : seems...
Modifier + : seems...
NOUN– : NOUN or something; NOUN or the like...
Time Expression + : in the space of / after an interval of / within
VERB : Whadda ya mean, VERB?
WH– : it was so... [let me tell you]
ENGLISH-KOREAN PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
6.6.
according to: NOUN 6.1.1.
18.2.
after... –ing: 2.5.
19.2.
after an interval of... Time Expression + 18.3.
8.1.
all one does/did is/was... 11.1.
16.2.
all the same whether one does it or not: 1.6.
11.2.
all the way [does it ~]: 4.2.
11.3.
almost did something: 8.2.
4.2.
Alternating or Interrupting Actions: 7.5.
4.4.2.
And, you know...: 14.4.
3.7.
any... at all: 9.6.
2.2.3.
appears that QUOTE [it ~]: 16.5.
2.1.
as... as NOUN: NOUN 7.3.
6.6.
as if...: Base + ; Modifier + 13.4.
14.4.
as it stands: 1.1.
16.3.
as much as: NOUN 2.3.
9.1.
as soon as...: 19.6.
11.5.
assumes that...: 18.2.
9.2.
at [be surprised, happy, angry, etc. ~]: Particle for Causes 19.1.
19.1.2.
Auxiliary Verbs: 12.2.
19.1.3.
be on the... –ing side:
because it is the expectation that...:
because:
because:
because of... –ing:
by: NOUN
Causatives:
Causes: [be surprised, happy, angry, etc.] at, upon, on account of
Close-ups in
Colloquial for
Commands in
considering it’s [just] a NOUN: NOUN
contrary to expectations...:
Derived Passives
did it in the space of...: Time Expression +
Displacement:
does all right, but...:
does both x and y: (II)
does for future reference:
does nothing but...:
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Pattern Section
19.1.1.
does, indeed: (I) 9.2.
6.1.2.
Emphasizing Displacement: 11.4.
17.3.
even after... –ing: 14.5.
11.4.
even if...: 14.5.
17.5.
even supposing one VERBS... [outcome will be all the same]: 2.6.
2.2.
even though...: 18.1.
19.6.
even though...: 7.5.2.
2.2.1.
even while: 11.2.
7.6.
even: 9.1.
1.7.
Eventual Development of an Action in 9.3.
6.2.
expectation that...: 14.1.
3.6.
expectation / intention that... [since it is the ~]: 8.3.
17.4.
expectations [contrary to ~]...: 7.2.
12.1.
according to:
1.4.
Expressing Intentions with 7.5.
6.5.
feels that QUOTE [one ~]: 18.2.
17.1.
Follow-ups with : ..., you see? 3.2.
2.2.
for a NOUN: NOUN 2.2.1.
11.1.
for fear lest...: 19.1.
19.1.2.
from NOUN on down: NOUN 4.6.
4.5.
Generalized Truths: Modifier + 8.6.
has been doing until now:
has to do [of course / don’t ya know]:
have no choice but to:
I [rather stiffly] request you to... for me...:
I mean, in spite of the fact that...:
if one does something over a period of time
[and then steps back to reflect on it]:
if one tries doing it over a period of time, then:
in accordance with...:
in the course of... –ing:
in the space of [did it ~]...: Time Expression +
instead of... it would be best to:
Instrumental Particle
intention that...:
Intentions with
Interrupting or Alternating Actions:
is all right, but...:
is both x and y: (II)
Is it true that...?:
is to the extent that:
is worth doing:
Pattern 327ENGLISH-KOREAN PATTERN INDEX
is, indeed: (I) Section
19.1.1.
it’s all the same whether one does it or not: 19.2.
11.2.
it appears that QUOTE: 3.1.
2.2.
it is not the case that: 2.2.
16.7.
it is the expectation that...: 8.2.
13.3.
it is the intention that...: 4.4.1.
4.4.2.
It was so... [let me tell you]: WH– 7.6.
1.7.
just as it is: 18.4.
14.3.
just going to... but / when... [was ~]: 11.3.
19.2.
know-how: Prospective Modifier with 3.6.
3.7.
knows that...: 1.6.
8.3.
Lead-ins with : ..., you see? 3.1.
13.2.
lest...: 13.2.
19.4.
let me tell ya: 19.5.
14.4.
Lexical Causative Derivations 2.1.
9.6.
like...: Base + ; Modifier + 3.3.
1.3.
makes no difference whether one does it or not: 19.5.
11.2.
must do of course / don’t ya know: 3.3.
19.1.3.
New Auxiliary Verbs: 2.5.
19.3.
no... at all: 13.2.
13.2.
no choice but to: 19.3.
1.5.
not the case that: 13.1.
NOUN or something: NOUN
NOUN or the like...: NOUN
Now let me think—WH [at, y, o, en, etc.] was it?: (etc.)...
now that one has done it...:
on account of [be surprised, happy, angry, etc. ~]:
on account of:
on the... –ing side:
on the way to...:
on top of... –ing; what’s more...:
once one did it...:
one feels that QUOTE:
one is just on the way to...:
only... –s [does only...]:
only a case of NOUN: NOUN
or something:
or something: (NOUN)
or the like...: (NOUN)
or the like:
perhaps because...:
perhaps it is [so] because [I don’t know, but—]...:
328 ENGLISH-KOREAN PATTERN INDEX
Pattern Section
13.1.
perhaps it was [so] because [I don’t know, but—]...: 4.4.
3.8.
Postmodifier 6.8.
2.3.
pretends to: 4.1.
4.1.
Pseudopassives in 3.4.
17.1.
Quoted Commands in 19.1.1.
8.5.
Quoted Questions (Contracted) in 12.3.
2.4.
Quoted Questions (Expanded) in 7.4.
7.4.2.
Quoted Statements in 7.4.1.
16.6.
rather than... one ought to...: 16.4.
2.4.
really does / is: (I) 2.2.3.
3.5.
Rebukes in 17.2.
11.3.
Remote Past: 2.5.
18.1.
Retorts in 16.7.
6.7.
Retrospective Aspect 9.3.
9.3.
Retrospective Modifier: 4.3.
1.1.
Retrospective Sentences 6.7.
16.1.
Retrospectives: 17.3.
19.1.1.
Rhetorical Questions: 18.5.
14.2.
Rhetorical Retorts in 18.4.
4.4.2.
seeing as it is the expectation that ...: 18.3.
3.7.
seems...: 18.3.
seems that...: Modifier +
seems...: Modifier + ; Base +
simply a case of NOUN: NOUN
since it is the expectation~intention that...:
so... [let me tell you] [It was ~]: WH–
sometimes stuff happens:
start by VERBing + VERB
starting with NOUN: NOUN
Startling Close-ups Again:
Startling Close-ups:
stuff happens:
Sudden Realization:
supposing one VERBS... [outcome will be all the same] [even ~]:
sure does / is: (I)
Surely... not... / ...wouldn’t ...?:
the more... the more...:
They say...:
thinks that...:
thoroughly[does it ~]:
Three New Auxiliary Verbs:
through and through[does it ~]:
Pattern 329ENGLISH-KOREAN PATTERN INDEX
to the end[does it ~]: Section
18.3.
to the extent that...: 4.2.
4.5.
to the extent that: 1.2.
9.5.
Transferentive 14.4.
7.2.1.
Transferentive Directionals: 8.7.
6.3.
upon [be surprised, happy, angry, etc. ~]: 13.3.
8.4.
Usage of 13.5.
12.4.
Using 1.4.
19.2.
Warnings: 6.4.
14.5.
was just going to... but / when...: 8.5.
8.2.
Wh– ...–ever ...?: 18.2.
8.6.
Whadda ya mean, VERB?: VERB ? 17.4.
7.7.
when I... –ed, [I discovered]...: 16.2.
8.5.
when one tries doing it over a period of time, then:
whether one does it or not, it makes no difference:
while you’re at it...:
whilst:
Why didn’t / don’t you...?:
with no change:
within...: Time Expression +
worth doing:
Would you mind... –ing [for me]?:
You know [how]...?:
You know how...?:
You should [have]...:
330 ANSWER KEY
ANSWER KEY
Chapter 1, page 27, exercise 2 8. last night; I’m a bit dizzy.) ĺ
(On the way home I’ll have to stop by the
1. library.) Chapter 3, page 62, exercise 6
(It had been 1.
9.
cloudy since morning but it started raining (On the way to school I met Yangjin). 2.
in the evening.) ĺ
2. 10. (It was
(I haven’t slept for a few days so I’m a bit raining and then suddenly it stopped.) 3.
tired.) ĺ
3. 11.
(I was working for a company 4.
(I ate too much for dinner yesterday ĺ
and now my stomach hurts.) in Korea and then came to Canada.)
4. (It 12. 5. ĺ
had been a while since I had met him— ĺ ĺ
boy had he grown!) (On the way to the library I met a friend.)
5. 13. 6. ĺ
(Yesterday was cold but today is hot.) 7. ĺ
6. (I happened to find this photo while 8.
I was cleaning my office.) 9. ĺ
(Yesterday your voice sounded weak on 14. (I 10.
the phone but it seems you are much bet- injured my knee while exercising.)
ter today.) 15. 11. ĺ
7. ĺ
(As I was listening to music my 12.
(You bought bread, so why are you thoughts turned to my girlfriend.) ĺ
eating rice? 13.
8. Chapter 2, page 43, exercise 4 ĺ
(I bought bread, so why are you eat- 1. (I told 14.
ing rice?) Man’gu to go over there and sit down.)
9. Chapter 3, page 63, exercise 7
2. (I asked 1. ĺ
(I saw Sumi for the first Chuyŏn to put some pepper in for me.) 2. ĺ
time in a while and I didn’t recognize her.) 3. ĺ
10. 3. 4. ĺ
(I told Sujan not to forget tomorrow’s 5. ĺ
(It had been 6. ĺ
a long time since you’d seen Sumi, but did appointment.) 7. ĺ
you really have that much to talk about?) 4. (I asked my 8. ĺ
9. ĺ
Chapter 1, page 27, exercise 3 mother for some pocket money.) 10. ĺ
5. (I 11. ĺ
1. 12. ĺ
(I waited for an hour in the recep- told Sŏnyŏng not to tell anybody.) 13. ĺ
6. (I told 14. ĺ
tion room and then left.)
2. Sumi to give Mijin some water.) Chapter 3, page 63 exercise 8B
7. (I asked 7.
(He was eating and then suddenly 8.
his complexion became strange.) Albert to lend me his dictionary.)
3. 9.
(I was using chopsticks but switched to a Chapter 2, page 44, exercise 6
fork.)
4. 1. (This is all I have
(I was writing my report until late in the in the way of change.)
night and then fell asleep.)
5. (I fell 2.
down getting off the bus.) (We’re the only ones who
6.
(For a few days I ate nothing but fish and can come out early tomorrow morning.)
now I’m sick.) 3.
7.
(The only people who really
(I was watching the worry about me are my parents.)
news but it was so boring I just switched 4.
the TV off.)
(All we did was meet
once or twice; we don’t have a special
relationship.)
5.
(I’m not in pain
anywhere; it’s just that I’m a bit tired, so
please don’t concern yourself.)
6.
(It’s just that I stayed up all night
ANSWER KEY 331
10. Or Chapter 4, page 77, exercise 3 17. ? What would you like to
eat?
11. 1. What are you doing? → a.
12. (a) (Present: asks) b.
(b) (Past: asked)
Chapter 3, page 63, exercise 9 18. Do you think
2. Whom are you that movie will be interesting?
1. going to meet? a.
2. a. b.
3. b.
4. Chapter 4, page 77, exercise 4
5. 3. What book are 7.
6. you reading?
a. 8.
Chapter 4, page 76, exercise 2 b.
9.
1. (asked if 4. What are
the weather is good) you thinking about? 10.
a.
2. (asked b. 11.
where somebody is going)
5. Is that book inter- 12.
3. esting?
(asked whom he met yesterday) a. 13.
b.
4. Chapter 4, page 78, exercise 6
(asked what she’s going to do during 6. Where does it hurt?
a. 7.
her time off this time) b. 8.
5. 9.
7. Are you in a good 10.
(asked who she’s calling) mood?
6. a. 11.
b. 12.
(asked if it looks like it’s going to rain) 13.
7. (asked 8. Do you want to rest? 14.
a. 15.
how he’s feeling) b. 16.
8. 17.
9. Does it look like 18.
(asked what they would do if they it’s going to rain?
suddenly had a hundred million wŏn) a. Chapter 4, page 80, exercise 8
9. b. 1. Is it
(asked if Sumi was somebody she 10. Aren’t you tired? true you’re going to the United States next
knew) a. week?
10. b. 2.
(asked him if he likes movies)
11. (asked 11. Isn’t Chinsu Is it true that that bar is Professor
where this place is) coming? Lee’s regular hangout?
12. a. 3. Is it true that it’s
b. going to snow tomorrow?
(asked if there were a lot of 4. Is it
people on the bus this morning) 12. Who is that? true that he suffered a lot during the war?
13. a. 5. Is it
(asked if he was in a bad mood) b. true that you hate movies like that?
14. 6.
(asked if he didn’t like dogs) 13.
15. What country is Thomas from? Is it true that Eric’s father is a
a. famous scholar?
(asked if they had grilled the ribs b. 7.
nicely)
16. 14. What did you do Is it true that your father wants to
(asked where they were going to go in the yesterday? go swimming?
afternoon) a.
17. b.
(asked when she had come to Korea)
18. 15. Did it hurt a lot?
(asked her what time she usually gets up) a.
19. b.
(asked him how the woman was he 16.
had yet yesterday) Was this a coffee shop before, too?
20. (asked a.
if the bag is heavy) b.
332 ANSWER KEY
8. 10. you’ll end up getting sick.
Is it true that Minhee is It seems he has no concept
4.
holding your bag outside now? of shame even after stealing somebody
9. else’s things. If all you do is play you’re
11.
Is it true that Such’ŏl died in a car ac- likely to fall behind other people.
cident? In the evening I
10. Is it true come home and rest and then I prepare 5.
that you can’t live without kimch’i? dinner in the kitchen.
11. 12. If you trust
Is it true that there was big trouble I heard Mom calling me but only him you’ll end up as an example of
because the company went bankrupt? nevertheless pretended I hadn’t heard.
12. 13. I drank but the proverb ‘trust is the mother of deceit’
nevertheless pretended I hadn’t drunk.
Is it true that even though [‘getting stabbed in the top of your foot by
you’re not sick anymore you’re not taking 14.
good care of yourself? your trusty axe’].
13. Is it true Chinsu failed the test and yet only
that you’re going to escort the president? plays. 6. A: I heard
14. 15.
you’re going back to your hometown?
Is it true that in the You ate so much just now and yet
end they couldn’t last long and declared you’re still hungry? B:
bankruptcy? 16.
15. Is it true Yes, because I fig-
that your friend is going to get married? The troubles of youth cannot be
16. bought for gold. ured that if I stayed any longer I wouldn’t
Is it true that that lady is very well-man-
nered? Chapter 6, page 103, exercise 3 feel like going back anymore.
17.
Is it true that you have to submit your 1. If you 7. A: I heard you
thesis in April? break the law you will be punished.
18. stopped drinking alcohol?
2.
Is it true that you’re attending swim- If you borrow money you definitely B:
ming lessons with Sangbŏm?
have to pay it back. Yeah, be-
Chapter 6, page 102, exercise 2 3. Good
cause it seemed if I kept drinking alcohol
1. people are generally blessed with good
In the morning first I wash my face fortune. every day like this my health would suffer.
4. You
then I shampoo my hair. should always keep promises. 8. A: Why
2. 5.
are you eating so little at meals?
He told a lie and then his face sud- If you don’t study you don’t do
denly turned red. well on tests. B:
3. I get 6.
dressed and then I eat breakfast. Because it seemed I’d get fat
4. When you violate traffic laws you
get ticketed. if I kept eating so much.
I brush my teeth after eating my 7. When
meal and then go out to the bus stop. you’re sick you think of home. 9. A:
5. 8.
Why can’t we watch TV from here?
If you’re going to be so If you skip
lazy, when are you going to finish all your meals and don’t sleep properly your health B:
work? will decline.
6. 9. If you watch TV
If you study hard you will succeed.
I go to school 10. Sum- from so close, your eyes will go bad.
and finish my homework in the library and mer is hot and winter is cold.
then I go to class. 10. A:
7. Chapter 6, page 103, exercise 4
Why are you suddenly trying to learn
Is it okay to not pay all of 1.
the money and take the goods with me? If you spend about computers?
8.
your time so lazily the day will surely come B:
In the afternoon I practice when you regret it.
piano and then I go to the gym. 2. Because I figured I’d fall behind
9.
Let’s change clothes and do a little exercise. If you’re lazy you could fail if I remained ignorant about computers.
the test.
3. 11. A: Do
If you worry so much you call home whenever you’re going to be
late?
B:
Of course.
Because I’m afraid that if I don’t call, my
mother will scold me.
12.
If you live so extrava-
gantly, you’ll soon use up all your money.
13.
If you let yourself be treated
to meals every time, your friends will hate
you.
14.
If you don’t exercise and only
eat, you will gain weight.
15.
If you don’t earn money
and only spend it, you will go into debt.
Chapter 6, page 104, exercise 5
1.
ANSWER KEY 333
Seeing as we’re down- B: This drive is used B:
town, shall we drop in at a department They’re not showing it because of extenu-
store and do some shopping? for saving data. ating circumstances at the broadcasting
2. 3. A: station.
4. A:
While we’re thinking of it, let’s
call her. B: B:
3. Of That is decided by the readers.
5. A:
As long as we’re preparing them course. One should always observe the
anyway, let’s write the reports well. proper etiquette necessary to preserving B:
4. friendship. They elect the president by citizens’
4. A:
Since we’re buying one any- vote.
way, let’s buy a decent nice-looking one. B: 6. A:
5. When you
B:
Since we’re already going all learn a foreign language, the most essential I’m going on account of my department
the way to England let’s do some sightsee- things are time and effort. chief ’s orders
ing in France, too, before coming back. 5. A: 7. A:
6.
B: )
Since I’ve come to the library When you B: It was
anyway, I suppose I should read a newspa- deleted by the administrator.
per or something. want to do well on a test, the most impor- 8. A:
7. tant thing is consistent effort [they say].
6. A:
Since you’ve already come
to my house, why don’t you eat lunch or B: It’s
something before you go. determined by genetics.
8. B: 9. A:
. In developing
As long as you’re cleaning, will you B:
clean my room too? their country, all citizens have to put in an Yes. It was damaged by high blood pressure.
9. effort.
7. A: Chapter 6, page 106, exercise 8
Since you’re doing laundry any-
way, could you please wash these trousers B: 1.
for me too? It will be of use to you Sometimes even
10.
all in making your choice. when you work hard the results can turn
As long I’m learning Korean 8. A: out not so good.
anyway, I guess I should learn some Chi- 2.
nese characters too? B:
11. Eating eel is known to be At times like recently when the traffic is
Seeing as you’re already up could you congested, the subway can be faster than a
please close that window for me? good for increasing your stamina. taxi.
12. 9. A: 3.
As long as you’re going to the post B: On a
office, could you mail a letter for me? When crowded bus you can sometimes step on
13. other people’s feet by accident.
I was writing my report I got some help 4.
Do things when the opportunity pre- from my Korean roommate.
sents itself [proverb: ‘Since you’ve espied If you get flustered
a rice-cake, you might as well conduct an Chapter 6, page 104, exercise 7 when you’re taking a test, sometimes you
ancestral rite’]. 1. A: can miss questions you know the answer
14. to.
Since the topic has come up, please do this B: 5.
for me too. Due to extenuating circumstances it
15. If you tell a lot of lies, you might
turned out that I couldn’t go on my trip. get caught.
While I was thinking of it, I also visited 2. A: 6. Is it
my friend’s parents. possible to live well without working?
B: 7. A:
Chapter 6, page 104, exercise 6 People’s characters are usually
B:
1. A: formed by their environment and heredity. When
3. A:
B: the weather is bad, planes can sometimes
This medicine is used for killing arrive later than their original arrival time.
mosquitoes.
2. A:
334 ANSWER KEY
8. A: 9. A: When B: It’s cold outside.
6.
B: was this book written?
Don’t go there. It’s dangerous.
There are so many places that look B: 7.
similar there that if you aren’t careful you
can lose your way. This book was written Recently I’ve been
9. A: swimming everyday. The pool’s close to
100 years ago. our house.
B: 8.
He Chapter 7, page 127, exercise 6
I have to take
is a busy person so if you don’t make an Part One warm clothes with me. The weather in the
appointment in advance you might not be 1. mountains often changes.
able to meet with him. 9.
10. A: Please tell her to call me as soon as
B: she gets in. I have to take rain
2. As soon as gear. Soon there will be many days of
If there are too few students it might it’s decided I’ll let you know. heavy rain.
be cancelled. 3. 10.
11. A:
As soon as you see her please tell her I’m studying Chinese charac-
B: to contact me right away. ters diligently. It’s interesting.
If it doesn’t agree with 4. As soon
as I lie down in bed I fall asleep. Chapter 7, page 128, exercise 8 You know
your constitution it could actually be 5.
detrimental. As soon as work finishes, hurry home. 1.
12. A: 6. As soon as what? Shh~ it’s a secret...
you see her, please contact us.
B: Part Two 2. “ ”
However if you’re not 1. Do as
the teacher says. Expressions like “Well, you
careful, you could be stabbed in the back. 2. I’m going know—whatchamacallit” and the like are
to go as soon as I finish work. increasing. You’re starting to sound like an
Chapter 6, page 106, exercise 9 3. Alzheimer’s patient!
3.
1. We plan to
Maybe the door is broken or some- move as soon as our father arrives from So, about my vision:
Korea. I used to have myopia, but now I’ve got
thing—it doesn’t close. 4. astigmatism.
2. The Please try writing it down according to 4. Know
how I say it. what? I’ve got a secret. [Anonymous bul-
ink has hardened so you can’t use it to 5. letin board]
write. Come home as soon as the meeting is 5.
3. over.
The lights went out and the movie started 6. Let’s Guess what? I saw this thing on the
right away. leave as soon as all the preparations are Internet...
4. finished. 6. So, you know,
7. Shall about this tree...
If you have a ballpoint pen that writes we depart as soon as the snow stops? 7. Uhh..., you know what?
well will you lend it to me? 8.
5. A: Chapter 7, page 127, exercise 7
B: It was 1. So, about entrance scholar-
made during the Chosŏn era. ships... [Kyŏngsŏng University bulletin
6. A: I couldn’t sleep at all last board]
When was Yonsei University established? night. I was talking with my older sister 9.
B: about this and that late into the night.
2. You know how there are times like
It was established in this, right? The atmosphere is great, then
1885 by a man named Underwood. Lately I’m so busy suddenly because of something one guy
7. A: it’s killing me. It’s because school started says...
B: last week.
3. Chapter 8, page 140, exercise 8
It’s a school T-shirt
but it’s so old that all of the writing has My hand is killing me. I hurt it 1.
rubbed off. yesterday. Who all do you know from among
8. A: 4.
B: historical figures of Korea?
I’d rather go to the 2.
I don’t know. I guess it must have mountains than to the sea. I can’t swim.
come off in the subway. 5. A: Our view of the world is subjective.
Why are your hands so cold? 3.
When you are
ANSWER KEY 335
doing research you have to analyze data 8. A: The keep teasing me and calling me a pig.
objectively. 6.
4. Can meat is tough and can’t be chewed.
you give a concrete example? Sumi, please be sure to let me know when
5. B: Eat the you get married.
7.
pieces on this side.
Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day
9. A: so I’m going to play tricks on my friends.
8. “ ”
Why are you just standing
“Treasure hunt”
Picasso is a outside instead of going inside? is a game where you search for things hid-
den in an unknown place.
globally famous artist. Some people think B: 9.
his art is abstract. The door is shut so I can’t go in. Sŏnyŏng, the music
is too loud. Turn it down a bit, please.
6. 10. A: 10.
Doesn’t our Korean Sumi, tomorrow is Sunday so Studying just an hour
each day you can’t speak Korean well. You
teacher seem a bit conservative? get a good rest. have to increase your study time a little.
11.
7. A: Did you B:
Lately
understand everything? There’s so much I’m feeling a little depressed. It would be
nice to go and see a funny movie and laugh
B: to do piled up at home that I can’t even to my heart’s content.
12.
No, I only partially understood. rest.
Do monkeys also peel
8. 11. A: bananas when they eat them?
13.
Don’t react What’s up with the phone? It keeps I fill my piggy bank with coins.
14.
too emotionally, but try to think about it getting disconnected.
The road is so narrow that
logically once. B: the traffic is quite congested. They should
widen it a bit.
9. We’ll have to report that it’s broken. 15.
That person uses a lot of dramatic expres- 12. A: Did Maybe because
Chinsu is afraid of bugs or something, but
sions. you go to Lotte Department Store and buy he says he can’t even kill a cockroach.
16.
10. Is it?
Yŏngjin, your level is so high we
that person mentally healthy? B: can’t follow along. Please lower it a little.
17.
Chapter 11, page 168, exercise 6 No, I went to Lotte but it
Chŏngyun has done a lot of similar
1. A: Who was closed (“the door was locked”) so I work before so I’ll have to entrust this job
to her.
opened the door for you? went to Shinsegae Department Store and 18.
B: bought it there. What do you feed the baby
to make him so strong?
The door was open so I just came in. 13. A: Ouch, it hurts. 19.
2. A: Is business going B: What’s wrong? Leaving at 8
o’clock is going to be difficult. We’ll have
well? A: I got my to delay the time a bit.
20.
B: foot stepped on by the person next to me.
Take this report home and show it to your
Yeah, it’s hot lately so drinks 14. A: Where mother, have her stamp here, and bring it
back.
are selling well. could the treasure be?
Chapter 16, page 219, exercise 2
3. A: B: It’s
1.
Teacher, the writing is too small to probably hidden under that rock.
see. Chapter 14, page 202, exercise 4
B: OK, I’ll 1.
I read books until
write it a little bigger.
midnight and then went to sleep so don’t
4. A: Do wake me now.
2.
you eat food with chopsticks?
B:
Yes, I eat
food with chopsticks, but nothing catches
well with chopsticks so it is hard to eat My older brother was watching something
or other but when I entered the room he
with them. quickly changed the channel.
3.
5. A: What kind of
sound is this?
B:
Well, it sounds like the wind blowing. I spent my month’s allowance in one day
without leaving even a penny.
6. A: Where are 4.
you going to go on vacation?
B:
I’m thinking of going to snow- Maybe because lately it’s spring or
something, but I don’t have much of an
covered Sŏraksan. appetite, so please make some food that
will increase my appetite.
7. A: If you’re 5.
caught by me I’ll kill you. Mom, the kids in my class
B: Try to catch
me if you can!
336 ANSWER KEY
I When we were little big sister sort of thing people often bring along.
went to Namdaemun Market yesterday to and I fought a lot, didn’t we? 10. A:
buy clothes. But you know how clothes B: Boy, did you
there are so cheap? ever! Say, Sŏnju—where did
2. 5. A: you buy those clothes? They’re really
pretty.
I went to see a movie yesterday, but Because of Chŏngmin I’m B:
ended up coming back without seeing it. so angry I could die. I didn’t want to say
Wouldn't you know it—the tickets were all anything but he kept asking me about this A few days ago I was pass-
sold out. and that. ing the clothes shop in front of here and
3. B: Has he these were hanging outside. I liked them
always been clueless or what? so I bought them.
I went to watch base- 6. A: 11. A:
ball yesterday but wouldn’t you know it—I
was caught out completely in the rain. On Sunday I went on Sŏnyŏng,
4. a day trip to Sŏraksan and it was so tiring I you look like you’re in a good mood; you
could die. must have made up with your husband.
A few days ago I ran into Hŭisu B: B:
by chance in the street. But wouldn’t you
know it—she pretended not to see me and Isn’t that a bit far, or what? So Yeah, Ch’ŏlmin
just kept going. you went there and back on the same day? admitted he was wrong and apologised. So
5. I forgave him.
Chapter 16, page 220, exercise 5 A:
I keep trying to get up
early in the morning but it just doesn’t 6. A: You That’s why they say that
happen—you know what I mean? lovers’ quarrels are soon mended.
6. should have borrowed one from Sumi—
Chapter 17, page 231, exercise 5
why’d you buy one?
1. I’m
B: getting married next week.
How-
That restaurant’s food is so cheap, hey? I asked her to lend me one, but she ever busy you might be I hope you can
I went to pay and asked the price and was wouldn't. So I just bought one. come.
quite taken aback. 7. A:
2.
Chapter 16, page 219, exercise 3 Was Yŏngmin pleased when he The work
saw our present?
1. A: I B: is almost finished, so would you be so kind
as to wait a moment over there?
heard Chinsu was the first to come? Yes, he was very happy. 3. Would
And it fit him perfectly. you please be so kind as to lend me some
B: Yeah, is 8. A: money?
4.
she hard-working or what? Thomas,
how is studying at university? Do you Hello? Is that the kwajang?
She came at the crack of dawn and understand everything? This is Yi Yŏngjin speaking. I’ve got a bad
did everything, starting with packing the B: cold and am hoping I can rest at home
bags. today.
2. A: No, they 5.
speak quickly and there is a lot of vocabu-
I don’t have a clue about where lary I don’t know so I can’t understand it Because
anything is. all. we went to the ocean last year for our
B: Has 9. A: holiday, this time I’d like to go to the
Seoul really changed a lot, or what? mountains.
3. A: It is the first birthday 6.
of my friend’s child; what should I buy to
I heard bring him? Would
last time you went to noraebang Ch’ŏlmin you please be so kind as to ask him to call
was really popular? B: me at home as soon as he comes in?
B: Is he a good
singer or what? How about clothes or
4. A: toys? Thinking of my friends, that’s the
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