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day 42looks & aches

unit 6 · body, health & sport

    looks & aches

    Guess from what you see with -는가 보다 (“it seems …”), and talk about looks, first impressions and everyday aches.

    today’s words

    • 미소 miso · smile
    • 미인 miin · a beauty, a beautiful woman
    • 빗다 bitda · comb (hair)
    • 생머리 saengmeori · straight (untreated) hair
    • 앞머리 ammeori · fringe, bangs
    • 여드름 yeodeureum · spot, pimple, acne
    • 외모 oemo · (outward) appearance, looks
    • 인상 insang · impression; (facial) look
    • 첫인상 cheodinsang · first impression
    • 통통하다 tongtonghada · chubby, plump
    • 파마 pama · perm
    • 표정 pyojeong · (facial) expression
    • 화장 hwajang · make-up
    • 가렵다 garyeopda · itchy
    • 갈증 galjeung · thirst
    • 눈병 nunbyeong · eye infection, eye disease
    • 대변 daebyeon · stool, faeces (formal)
    • 독감 dokgam · flu, influenza
    • 멍 meong · bruise
    • 몸살 momsal · aches and pains (all over)
    • 변비 byeonbi · constipation
    • 복통 boktong · stomach ache

    sentences

    • 사람들이 우산을 쓴 걸 보니 비가 오는가 봐요. · People have their umbrellas up, so it must be raining.
    • 요즘 스트레스가 많은가 봐요. 얼굴에 여드름이 났어요. · I must be stressed these days. I've got spots on my face.
    • 팔이 너무 가려워요. 모기 때문인가 봐요. · My arm's really itchy. It must be a mosquito.
    • 넘어져서 무릎에 멍이 들었어요. · I fell over and bruised my knee.
    • 조사한 결과, 채소를 적게 먹는 사람은 변비가 많았다. · The survey found that people who eat few vegetables are more often constipated.