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day 20heavy industry, strong points

unit 3 · the manager’s desk

    heavy industry, strong points

    Say “even if …, still” and “rather … than” with -을망정 / -을지언정, and weigh strengths and flaws: 강점, 결점, 결함, 두각, 공로, 걸맞다, 대수롭지 않다.

    today’s words

    • 원- won- · 원-: raw, original (prefix)
    • 원료 wollyo · raw material, ingredient
    • 자재 jajae · materials (for building, making)
    • 조립 jorip · assembly, putting together
    • 조선업 joseoneop · shipbuilding (industry)
    • 중공업 junggongeop · heavy industry
    • 철강 cheolgang · steel (industry)
    • 강점 gangjeom · strong point, strength
    • 걸맞다 geolmatda · befitting, suited to
    • 견주다 gyeonjuda · compare, measure against
    • 결여 gyeoryeo · lack, absence
    • 결점 gyeoljeom · flaw, weak point
    • 결함 gyeolham · defect, fault
    • 공로 gongno · merit, services, contribution
    • 공적 gongjeok · merit, achievements
    • 구태의연하다 gutaeuiyeonhada · stuck in old ways, outdated
    • 그르다 geureuda · wrong
    • 그릇되다 geureutdoeda · be wrong, be mistaken
    • 기묘하다 gimyohada · strange, curious, odd
    • 기이하다 giihada · strange, bizarre, unusual
    • 대수롭다 daesuropda · (대수롭지 않다) be no big deal
    • 두각 dugak · (두각을 나타내다) stand out
    • 떨치다 tteolchida · make (your name) known

    sentences

    • 원자재 값이 오르자 철강 회사들이 어려움을 겪고 있다. · Steel companies are struggling since raw material prices went up.
    • 이 비누는 천연 원료로 만들었다. · This soap is made from natural ingredients.
    • 공장에서는 자재를 들여와 부품을 조립한다. · The factory brings in materials and assembles the parts.
    • 한국은 조선업 같은 중공업으로 세계에 이름을 떨쳤다. · Korea made its name around the world in heavy industries such as shipbuilding.
    • 이 제품은 결함이 발견되어 판매가 중단되었다. · Sales of this product were stopped after a defect was found.