day 39the ruling party and the opposition

the ruling party and the opposition

Complain that something always gets in the way with -을라치면, and talk about the ruling party, the opposition and parliament: 여당, 야당, 여야, 의원, 임기, 유권자, 유세.

today’s words

• 세 se · power, force (of a group)
• 수립 surip · establishing, drawing up (a plan)
• 신임 sinim · trust, confidence
• 심의 simui · deliberation, review
• 야당 yadang · the opposition party
• 억압 eogap · oppression, suppression
• 여당 yeodang · the ruling party
• 여야 yeoya · the ruling and opposition parties
• 완화 wanhwa · easing, relaxing (rules, tension)
• 우파 upa · the right (in politics)
• 위원 wiwon · committee member
• 유권자 yugwonja · voter, the electorate
• 유세 yuse · campaigning, a campaign rally
• 의원 uiwon · member (of an assembly), MP
• 의회 uihoe · parliament, assembly
• 임기 imgi · term of office
• 임명 immyeong · appointment (to a post)
• 자본주의 jabonjuui · capitalism
• 장려 jangnyeo · encouragement, promotion (of a habit)
• 장악 jangak · gaining control, seizing
• 저항 jeohang · resistance
• 정계 jeonggye · political circles, the political world

sentences

• 내가 말을 할라치면 꼭 누가 끼어든다. · Whenever I try to say something, someone always cuts in.
• 주말에 좀 쉴라치면 회사에서 전화가 온다. · Whenever I try to rest at the weekend, the office calls.
• 야당 의원들은 정부 예산에 강하게 반대했다. · Opposition members strongly opposed the government’s budget.
• 위원들은 의회에 올라온 안건을 꼼꼼히 심의했다. · The committee members went carefully through the items put before parliament.
• 정부는 규제를 완화하고 투자를 장려하기로 했다. · The government decided to ease regulations and encourage investment.