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day 12cause and effect

unit 2 · ideas & arguments

    cause and effect

    Name a belief or hope about the future with -으리라는 N (the hope that … will), and talk about causes and effects: 여파, 역효과, 유발, 원동력, 의존도, 이례적, 유례가 없다.

    today’s words

    • 짤막하다 jjalmakada · short, brief
    • 함축 hamchuk · implication, connotation
    • 형용하다 hyeongyonghada · describe (in words)
    • 여지 yeoji · room, scope
    • 여파 yeopa · aftermath, knock-on effect
    • 역동적 yeokdongjeok · dynamic, lively
    • 역효과 yeokhyogwa · opposite effect, backfiring
    • 연계 yeongye · link, tie-up
    • 외적 oejeok · external, outward
    • 요건 yogeon · requirement, condition
    • 우발적 ubaljeok · accidental, unplanned
    • 원동력 wondongnyeok · driving force
    • 원활 wonhwal · smoothness (원활하다: smooth)
    • 유동적 yudongjeok · fluid, changeable
    • 유례 yurye · precedent
    • 유발 yubal · causing, triggering
    • 의도적 uidojeok · deliberate, intentional
    • 의존도 uijondo · degree of dependence
    • 이례적 iryejeok · unusual, exceptional
    • 이면 imyeon · the other side, what lies behind
    • 이탈 ital · breaking away, leaving
    • 인위적 inwijeok · artificial, man-made
    • 인적 injeok · human, personal (resources, details)
    • 일관성 ilgwanseong · consistency

    sentences

    • 관광객이 늘면 마을이 살아나리라는 기대가 컸다. · There were high hopes that more tourists would bring the village back to life.
    • 언젠가 꿈을 이루리라는 믿음이 그를 버티게 했다. · The belief that he would one day achieve his dream kept him going.
    • 경제 위기의 여파로 여행객이 크게 줄었다. · In the aftermath of the economic crisis, the number of travellers fell sharply.
    • 무리한 홍보가 오히려 역효과가 났다. · The overdone publicity actually backfired.
    • 그것은 의도적인 일이 아니라 우발적인 사고였다. · It wasn’t deliberate: it was an accident.