day 45scoops and suspects
unit 7 · courts, crime & disastersscoops and suspects
Ask a friend what they saw with -던? (so, how was it?), and follow a crime story: 검찰, 검거, 관련자, 폭로, 파문, 기자 회견, 편파적.
today’s words
- 익명 ingmyeong · anonymity, anonymous
- 인지도 injido · name recognition, how well known
- 특집 teukjip · special (feature, programme)
- 파문 pamun · a stir, a ripple (of controversy)
- 파장 pajang · repercussions; wavelength
- 편파적 pyeonpajeok · biased, one-sided
- 폭로 pongno · exposure, revelation (of wrongdoing)
- 활자 hwalja · (printing) type; print
- 회견 hoegyeon · (press) conference, interview
- 가담 gadam · taking part (in wrongdoing), joining in
- 감금 gamgeum · confinement, illegal detention
- 강간 ganggan · rape (legal term)
- 강제적 gangjejeok · compulsory, forced
- 개정 gaejeong · revision, amendment (of a law)
- 걸려들다 geollyeodeulda · fall into (a trap), get caught
- 검거 geomgeo · arrest, rounding up (of suspects)
- 검문 geommun · spot check, stop-and-search
- 검찰 geomchal · the prosecution, prosecutors’ office
- 고의 goui · intent; (고의로) on purpose
- 공포 gongpo · promulgation (of a law)
- 관련자 gwallyeonja · those involved (in a case)
- 기도 gido · attempt (to do something unlawful)
- 기만 giman · deception, deceit
sentences
- 검찰은 기자 회견을 열고 관련자 다섯 명을 검거했다고 밝혔다. · The prosecution held a press conference and announced it had arrested five people involved.
- 이번 폭로는 여야가 첨예하게 맞서 온 정계에 큰 파문을 일으켰다. · The revelation caused a big stir in political circles, where the ruling and opposition parties have long been sharply at odds.
- 전문가들은 이 사건의 사회적 파장이 오래갈 것으로 내다봤다. · Experts expect the social repercussions of the case to last a long time.
- 일부 언론의 보도가 편파적이라는 비판도 나왔다. · Some media coverage was also criticised as biased.
- 경찰은 차량을 검문하다가 도망치던 남성을 붙잡았다. · While checking cars, the police caught a man who was trying to run away.