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day 3carefully, quickly

unit 1 · a fourth year

    carefully, quickly

    Say someone is pretending with -는 척하다 / -는 체하다, and describe how things are done: 신중히, 차근차근, 쏜살같이, 흠뻑.

    today’s words

    • 척 cheok · pretence (-는 척하다: pretend)
    • 체 che · pretence (-는 체하다, written)
    • 강력히 gangnyeoki · strongly, firmly
    • 신속히 sinsoki · quickly, promptly (formal)
    • 신중히 sinjunghi · carefully, cautiously
    • 엄격히 eomgyeoki · strictly
    • 적절히 jeokjeolhi · suitably, properly
    • 정성껏 jeongseongkkeot · with all your heart, lovingly
    • 차근차근 chageunchageun · step by step, methodically
    • 차분히 chabunhi · calmly
    • 편안히 pyeonanhi · comfortably, peacefully
    • 유심히 yusimhi · closely, attentively
    • 온전히 onjeonhi · wholly, entirely
    • 소홀히 soholhi · carelessly; neglect (소홀히 하다)
    • 척척 cheokcheok · readily, without a hitch
    • 쏜살같이 ssonsalgachi · like a shot, as fast as an arrow
    • 금세 geumse · in no time, soon
    • 속속 soksok · one after another (arriving)
    • 줄줄이 juljuri · one after another, in a row
    • 모조리 mojori · all, every last one
    • 흠뻑 heumppeok · (soaked) through, thoroughly
    • 훌쩍 huljjeok · (time) flies by; in one go
    • 딱 ttak · abruptly, (stop) dead
    • 뚝 ttuk · (stop) suddenly; (drop) with a plop
    • 똑 ttok · exactly (alike)

    sentences

    • 하준이가 소파에서 자는 척하더라고요. · I saw Hajun pretending to be asleep on the sofa.
    • 비가 딱 그치고 해가 났어요. · The rain stopped dead and the sun came out.
    • 주민들은 공사 계획에 강력히 반대했다. · Residents strongly opposed the construction plan.
    • 이 건물에서는 규칙을 엄격히 지켜야 합니다. · In this building the rules must be strictly followed.
    • 정부는 문제를 신속히 해결하겠다고 밝혔다. · The government said it would resolve the problem quickly.