day 56worry and fear

worry and fear

Talk about worries, pressure and fear, and say what you would rather do with -느니 (차라리).

today’s words

• 걱정거리 geokjeonggeori · a worry, something to worry about
• 고생스럽다 gosaengseureopda · hard, full of hardship
• 불안감 burangam · (a feeling of) anxiety
• 긴장감 ginjanggam · tension, nervousness
• 공포감 gongpogam · fear, a sense of terror
• 겁내다 geomnaeda · be afraid (of), be scared
• 소름 soreum · goosebumps
• 무시무시하다 musimusihada · terrifying, frightful
• 끔찍하다 kkeumjjikada · horrible, dreadful
• 징그럽다 jinggeureopda · creepy, gross (bugs, snakes)
• 불길하다 bulgilhada · ominous, unlucky
• 애타다 aetada · be anxious, worried sick
• 다급하다 dageupada · urgent, pressing
• 갑갑하다 gapgapada · stuffy, shut in; frustrating
• 막막하다 mangmakada · hopeless, at a loss
• 골치 golchi · head (골치가 아프다: a headache, a pain)
• 부담감 budamgam · (a feeling of) pressure, burden
• 벅차다 beokchada · too much (for you); overwhelming
• 부치다 buchida · be beyond (your strength) (힘에 부치다)
• 질리다 jillida · be sick of, be fed up with
• 식상하다 siksanghada · be tired of (the same thing); stale

sentences

• 줄을 서서 한 시간을 기다리느니 다른 식당에 가는 게 낫겠어요. · Rather than queue for an hour, we’d better go to another restaurant.
• 이렇게 고생스럽게 사느니 차라리 시골에 내려가서 살겠다. · I’d sooner move down to the countryside than live with this much hardship.
• 기름기 많은 음식을 매일 먹었더니 이제 질렸어요. · I’ve had greasy food every day, and now I’m sick of it.
• 뻔한 이야기 때문에 그 드라마는 식상하다는 평가를 받았다. · Because of its predictable story, the drama was called stale.
• 혼자 짐을 다 나르기에는 힘에 부쳐서 친구를 불렀어요. · Carrying all the boxes on my own was too much for me, so I called a friend.