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day 100look around!

unit 13 · town & travel

    look around!

    Describe how people look, glance and watch, and use N(이)란 again to define a word.

    today’s words

    • 한가운데 hangaunde · the very middle
    • 내다보다 naedaboda · to look out, to look ahead
    • 내려다보다 naeryeodaboda · to look down (at)
    • 노려보다 noryeoboda · to glare at, to stare angrily
    • 눈길 nungil · gaze, eye (attention)
    • 돌아보다 doraboda · to look back, to look around
    • 두리번거리다 duribeongeorida · to look around nervously, to glance about
    • 둘러보다 dulleoboda · to look around, to take a look round
    • 들여다보다 deuryeodaboda · to look into, to peer into
    • 띄다 ttida · to stand out, to catch the eye
    • 몰라보다 mollaboda · to fail to recognise
    • 시선 siseon · gaze, line of sight
    • 시야 siya · field of view, outlook
    • 엿보다 yeotboda · to peek at, to peep
    • 올려다보다 ollyeodaboda · to look up (at)
    • 지켜보다 jikyeoboda · to watch over, to keep an eye on
    • 한눈 hannun · (taking your) eyes off, a glance
    • 각국 gakguk · every country, various countries
    • 고국 goguk · homeland, one's home country
    • 고장 gojang · home area, locality
    • 교류 gyoryu · exchange (cultural)

    sentences

    • 길 한가운데에서 두리번거리면 길을 잃은 사람처럼 보여요. · If you look around anxiously in the middle of the road, you look like someone who's lost.
    • 아이는 창밖을 내다보면서 눈이 오기를 기다려요. · The child looks out of the window and waits for the snow.
    • 산 위에서 내려다보니까 도시 전체가 시야에 들어왔어요. · Looking down from the mountain, the whole city came into view.
    • 한눈을 팔다가 지하철을 놓쳤어요. · I got distracted and missed my subway.
    • 오랜만에 만난 친구를 처음에는 몰라봤어요. · I didn't recognise my friend at first, after so long.