day 18climbing the ladder
unit 3 · the manager’s deskclimbing the ladder
Say “if you want to …, you need …” with -자면, and talk about careers: 출세, 임원, 정년, 재직, 정규, 자문, 타협.
today’s words
- 임원 imwon · executive, board member
- 자문 jamun · advice, consultation
- 재기 jaegi · comeback, recovery
- 재직 jaejik · being in office, serving
- 전담 jeondam · being in sole charge, dedicated
- 전략적 jeollyakjeok · strategic
- 전업 jeoneop · full-time (job)
- 전직 jeonjik · former (post)
- 접대 jeopdae · entertaining (clients), hospitality
- 정규 jeonggyu · regular, permanent
- 정년 jeongnyeon · retirement age
- 종사 jongsa · engaging in (a trade), working in
- 종사자 jongsaja · worker (in a field)
- 주력 juryeok · main, flagship
- 주선 juseon · arranging, good offices
- 주최 juchoe · hosting, organising (an event)
- 지침 jichim · guideline
- 직무 jingmu · duties, job (role)
- 직속 jiksok · directly under, direct (boss, junior)
- -진 -jin · -진: team, staff (suffix)
- 착오 chago · mistake, error, mix-up
- 추리다 churida · pick out, narrow down
- 출세 chulse · success in life, getting on
- 타협 tahyeop · compromise
sentences
- 아버지는 30년 재직한 회사에서 정년을 맞으셨다. · My father reached retirement age at the company he had worked for for thirty years.
- 그 시절에는 임원이 되는 것이 출세였다. · In those days, success meant making it to the board.
- 회사는 전직 장관에게 자문을 구했다. · The company asked a former minister for advice.
- 사업에 실패한 그는 재기를 꿈꾸고 있다. · After his business failed, he dreams of a comeback.
- 주력 상품인 이 여행에는 전담 팀이 있다. · This tour, our flagship product, has its own dedicated team.