day 32deals, wholesale and gold
unit 5 · money & marketsdeals, wholesale and gold
Say what easily goes wrong with -기(가) 쉽다 and -기 십상이다, and talk about wholesale and retail, rentals, gold, peak seasons and value for money.
today’s words
- 개척 gaecheok · pioneering, opening up (new markets)
- 들여오다 deuryeooda · bring in, import
- 도매 domae · wholesale
- 소매 somae · retail
- 대여 daeyeo · rental, lending
- 무상 musang · free (of charge)
- 복권 bokgwon · lottery ticket
- 황금 hwanggeum · gold
- 다이아몬드 daiamondeu · diamond
- 호화 hohwa · luxury
- 실속 silsok · real value, substance
- 소모 somo · consumption, using up
- 소비량 sobiryang · (amount of) consumption
- 애용 aeyong · regular use, being a fan of
- 취급 chwigeup · handling, dealing in
- 팔아먹다 parameokda · sell off (badly), cheat by selling
- -액 -aek · -액: amount (of money) (수출액)
- -어치 -eochi · -어치: worth (만 원어치)
- 항공사 hanggongsa · airline
- 주류 juryu · alcoholic drinks
- 잡화 japhwa · general goods, sundries
- 성수기 seongsugi · peak season
- 완공 wangong · completion (of a building)
sentences
- 여름 성수기에는 항공사들이 표값을 올리기 쉽다. · In the summer peak season, airlines easily push up ticket prices.
- 올해 한국의 자동차 수출액이 크게 늘었다. · Korea’s car exports rose sharply this year.
- 죄송하지만 저희 가게는 주류를 취급하지 않습니다. · I’m sorry, but we don’t sell alcoholic drinks.
- 새 터미널이 완공되면 잡화 매장과 식당이 생긴다. · When the new terminal is finished, general-goods shops and restaurants will open there.
- 겨울에는 난방 때문에 에너지 소비량이 크게 늘어난다. · In winter, energy consumption rises sharply because of the heating.