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day 58aches & pains

unit 8 · body & health

    aches & pains

    Describe aches, itches and pains, talk about health risks and side effects, and give a likely reason with -어서인지.

    today’s words

    • 손톱 sontop · fingernail
    • 신체적 sinchejeok · physical, bodily
    • 심장 simjang · heart (the organ)
    • 오른발 oreunbal · right foot
    • 육체 yukche · the body, flesh
    • 육체적 yukchejeok · physical
    • 인체 inche · the human body
    • 종아리 jongari · calf (of the leg)
    • 주먹 jumeok · fist
    • 침 chim · saliva, spit
    • 턱 teok · chin, jaw
    • 팔꿈치 palkkumchi · elbow
    • 간지럽다 ganjireopda · itchy; ticklish
    • 고통 gotong · pain, suffering
    • 고통스럽다 gotongseureopda · painful, agonizing
    • 독 dok · poison, toxin
    • 들리다 deullida · catch (a cold), be taken ill
    • 말기 malgi · the last stage, the end (of a period)
    • 병들다 byeongdeulda · fall ill; (a plant) become diseased
    • 부작용 bujagyong · side effect
    • 비만 biman · obesity
    • 시력 siryeok · eyesight, vision

    sentences

    • 어제 많이 걸어서인지 종아리가 아파요. · My calves hurt, maybe because I walked a lot yesterday.
    • 밤에 스마트폰을 봐서인지 시력이 나빠진 것 같아요. · I think my eyesight has got worse, maybe from looking at my phone at night.
    • 이 약은 부작용이 있어서 신체적으로 힘들 수 있어요. · This medicine has side effects, so it can be physically hard on you.
    • 비만은 심장에도 안 좋아요. · Obesity is bad for the heart too.
    • 이 버섯에는 독이 있어서 먹으면 안 돼요. · This mushroom is poisonous, so you mustn't eat it.