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day 3just in time, all of a sudden

unit 1 · a fifth year

    just in time, all of a sudden

    Say “not a single …, only …” with N(이)라고는, and describe how people move and act: 바삐, 불쑥, 무작정, 막힘없이, 빈틈없이.

    today’s words

    • 이라고는 iragoneun · (+ negative) not a single N; all the N
    • 둥둥 dungdung · floating, bobbing along
    • 등지 deungji · and other places (after place names)
    • 딱히 ttaki · exactly, in particular
    • 때마침 ttaemachim · just then, at the right moment
    • 막연히 magyeonhi · vaguely, without a clear idea
    • 막힘없이 makimeopsi · smoothly, without a hitch
    • 무던히 mudeonhi · patiently, quite (hard)
    • 무럭무럭 mureongmureok · (growing) fast and well
    • 무심히 musimhi · absent-mindedly, without thinking
    • 무작정 mujakjeong · blindly, without a plan
    • 물끄러미 mulkkeureomi · blankly, vacantly (staring)
    • 바삐 bappi · busily, in a hurry
    • 바짝 bajjak · right up close; bone-dry; tight
    • 번쩍 beonjjeok · (lift) easily, high; with a flash
    • 별안간 byeorangan · suddenly, all at once
    • 부득이 budeugi · unavoidably, with no choice
    • 부디 budi · please, I do hope
    • 불과 bulgwa · only, a mere (+ number)
    • 불쑥 bulssuk · suddenly, out of the blue (appear, say)
    • 비단 bidan · (비단 …만이 아니다) not merely
    • 비스듬히 biseudeumhi · at an angle, slanting
    • 빈틈없이 binteumeopsi · thoroughly, with no gaps

    sentences

    • 사무실에 가구라고는 책상 하나밖에 없어요. · The only furniture in the office is a single desk.
    • 지갑에 돈이라고는 천 원뿐이었다. · All the money in my wallet was one thousand won.
    • 하준이는 요즘 무럭무럭 자라고 있어요. · Hajun is shooting up these days.
    • 이 도시락은 서울, 인천 등지로 배달돼요. · These lunchboxes are delivered to Seoul, Incheon and other places.
    • 딱히 갈 곳이 없어서 집에 있었어요. · I had nowhere in particular to go, so I stayed home.