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day 84nobody’s perfect

unit 13 · character & behaviour

    nobody’s perfect

    Talk about bad habits and unpleasant characters (arrogant, stingy, rude, careless), and dare someone with -을 테면 -어 봐.

    today’s words

    • 거만 geoman · arrogance (거만하다: arrogant)
    • 오만 oman · arrogance, haughtiness (오만하다)
    • 뽐내다 ppomnaeda · show off, flaunt
    • 권위적 gwonwijeok · authoritarian, bossy
    • 버릇없다 beoreudeopda · rude, ill-mannered
    • 제멋대로 jemeotdaero · as one pleases, selfishly
    • 경솔하다 gyeongsolhada · rash, careless (in words or acts)
    • 성급하다 seonggeupada · hasty, impatient
    • 불성실 bulseongsil · insincerity, lack of diligence (불성실하다)
    • 부도덕 budodeok · immorality (부도덕하다: immoral)
    • 악 ak · evil
    • 악의 agui · malice, ill will
    • 잔인하다 janinhada · cruel
    • 사납다 sanapda · fierce, wild; rough (weather)
    • 매섭다 maeseopda · fierce, biting, sharp
    • 심술궂다 simsulgutda · spiteful, mean
    • 인색 insaek · stinginess (인색하다: stingy)
    • 구두쇠 gudusoe · miser, cheapskate
    • 엄살 eomsal · making a fuss (about pain)
    • 시치미 sichimi · (시치미를 떼다) act innocent, feign ignorance
    • 싸다 ssada · loose-lipped (입이 싸다)
    • 둔하다 dunhada · slow, dull, insensitive
    • 멍청하다 meongcheonghada · stupid, foolish
    • 집착 jipchak · obsession, clinging (집착하다)

    sentences

    • 실력이 좋다고 거만하게 행동하면 사람들이 떠난다. · If you act arrogantly because you’re good at something, people leave you.
    • 성공한 뒤에 오만해지는 사람이 적지 않다. · Quite a few people grow arrogant after they succeed.
    • 화가 난다고 경솔하게 말하면 나중에 후회한다. · If you speak rashly because you’re angry, you regret it later.
    • 결과를 보기도 전에 성급하게 판단하지 마라. · Don’t judge hastily before you see the result.
    • 불성실한 그는 돈 문제에 얽힌 뒤 믿음을 잃었다. · Careless as he was, he lost people’s trust after he got mixed up in a money problem.