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day 76pushing your luck

unit 11 · character & conduct

    pushing your luck

    Talk about effort, pressure and pushing too hard with set phrases: 심혈을 기울이다, 안간힘을 쓰다, N을 무릅쓰고, 밀어붙이다, 떠넘기다, 마지못해, 시늉만 하다.

    today’s words

    • 도모 domo · promoting, seeking (도모하다)
    • 떠넘기다 tteoneomgida · shift (blame, work) onto
    • 마다하다 madahada · refuse, turn down (마다하지 않다)
    • 마지못하다 majimotada · (마지못해) reluctantly, unwillingly
    • 매진 maejin · devoting yourself (N에 매진하다)
    • 무릅쓰다 mureupsseuda · brave, risk (N을 무릅쓰고)
    • 밀어붙이다 mireobuchida · push ahead (with), push through
    • 밀어주다 mireojuda · back, support (a candidate, a junior)
    • 방치 bangchi · leaving neglected (방치하다)
    • 범하다 beomhada · commit, make (an error, a crime)
    • 벼르다 byeoreuda · be set on, wait for a chance
    • 봐주다 bwajuda · let off, overlook (a fault)
    • 부응 bueung · living up to (N에 부응하다)
    • 부추기다 buchugida · stir up, egg on
    • 불어넣다 bureoneota · breathe into, instil
    • 속셈 soksem · ulterior motive, hidden intention
    • 속임수 sogimsu · trick, deception
    • 순응 suneung · adapting, conforming (순응하다)
    • 숨죽이다 sumjugida · hold your breath, keep still
    • 시늉 sinyung · pretence, going through the motions (시늉만 하다)
    • 심혈 simhyeol · (심혈을 기울이다) put your heart and soul into
    • 안간힘 anganhim · (안간힘을 쓰다) strain every nerve
    • 안주 anju · complacency, settling (현실 안주)

    sentences

    • 두 나라는 이번 회의에서 협약을 맺고 경제 협력을 도모하기로 했다. · At this meeting the two countries signed an agreement and agreed to promote economic cooperation.
    • 그는 교묘하게 자기 실수를 후배에게 떠넘겼다. · He cunningly shifted the blame for his own mistake onto a junior.
    • 그녀는 힘든 일도 마다하지 않고 먼저 나선다. · She never turns down hard work and is always the first to step forward.
    • 아이는 엄마의 잔소리에 마지못해 방을 치웠다. · After his mum’s nagging, the boy reluctantly tidied his room.
    • 그는 졸업 후 연구에만 매진했다. · After graduating he devoted himself entirely to research.