day 75keeping your nerve

keeping your nerve

Belittle something with N(이)라고 (이것도 선물이라고 사 왔어?), and talk about attitudes under pressure: 한결같다, 확고하다, 가다듬다, 감당, 감수, 단념, 게을리하다, 노리다.

today’s words

• 한결같다 hangyeolgatda · constant, unchanging
• 확고하다 hwakgohada · firm, unshakeable
• 가다듬다 gadadeumda · compose, steady (yourself, your voice)
• 감당 gamdang · coping with, bearing (감당하다)
• 감수 gamsu · accepting, putting up with (감수하다)
• 거듭나다 geodeumnada · be reborn, be transformed
• 거스르다 geoseureuda · go against, defy
• 건성 geonseong · (건성으로) half-heartedly, absent-mindedly
• 게을리하다 geeullihada · neglect, slack off on
• 경계 gyeonggye · vigilance, guard
• 고수 gosu · sticking to, holding on to (고수하다)
• 과시 gwasi · showing off, display (과시하다)
• 굴다 gulda · behave, act (귀찮게 굴다)
• 급급하다 geupgeupada · preoccupied only with (N에 급급하다)
• 기피 gipi · avoiding, evasion (기피하다)
• 꺼리다 kkeorida · be reluctant, shy away from
• 꾀하다 kkoehada · seek, aim at (변화를 꾀하다)
• 넘보다 neomboda · covet, eye (someone else’s thing)
• 노리다 norida · aim at, eye
• 눈여겨보다 nunnyeogyeoboda · watch closely, take note of
• 다지다 dajida · firm up, steel (resolve)
• 단념 dannyeom · giving up, abandoning (단념하다)
• 대들다 daedeulda · talk back, defy (an elder)
• 덩달다 deongdalda · (덩달아) along with others, following suit

sentences

• 그는 10년 동안 한결같은 마음으로 어머니를 세심하게 돌봤다. · For ten years he looked after his mother carefully, with the same steady devotion.
• 정부는 물가를 잡겠다는 확고한 의지를 밝혔다. · The government stated its firm resolve to bring prices under control.
• 발표 전에 숨을 고르고 마음을 가다듬었다. · Before the presentation I caught my breath and composed myself.
• 문제가 복합적이라 이 많은 일을 혼자 감당하기는 어렵다. · The problem has many sides, so it’s hard to cope with this much work on your own.
• 위험을 감수하지 않으면 아무것도 얻을 수 없다. · If you don’t accept some risk, you can’t gain anything.