day 83goodwill and hard times
unit 12 · society todaygoodwill and hard times
Talk about goodwill and hardship with set phrases: 사회에 환원하다, 곤경에 처하다, 고비를 넘기다, 편을 들다, 걸림돌이 되다, 헌신, 호의, 고충, 고달프다.
today’s words
- 특혜 teukhye · preferential treatment, special favour
- 패 pae · faction, camp, gang (패를 나누다)
- 편들다 pyeondeulda · side with, take someone’s side
- 폐쇄적 pyeswaejeok · closed, closed-off
- 포용 poyong · embracing, tolerance (포용하다)
- 푸대접 pudaejeop · cold treatment, being slighted
- 풍조 pungjo · trend, fashion (in society)
- 풍토 pungto · climate, culture (of a group, society)
- 해체 haeche · breaking up, disbanding (해체하다)
- 헌신 heonsin · devotion (헌신하다)
- 헌신적 heonsinjeok · devoted, selfless
- 협동심 hyeopdongsim · spirit of cooperation, teamwork
- 호의 houi · goodwill, kindness
- 호의적 houijeok · favourable, well-disposed
- 환원 hwanwon · giving back (사회 환원)
- 후원자 huwonja · sponsor, supporter, patron
- 걸림돌 geollimdol · obstacle, stumbling block
- 고난 gonan · hardship, suffering
- 고달프다 godalpeuda · exhausting, gruelling (of life)
- 고되다 godoeda · hard, gruelling (of work)
- 고비 gobi · critical moment, the worst point
- 고충 gochung · difficulties, troubles (고충을 털어놓다)
- 곤경 gongyeong · predicament, a fix (곤경에 처하다)
sentences
- 특정 기업에 특혜를 주는 정책은 공정하지 않다. · A policy that favours a particular company isn’t fair.
- 그 동네는 처음에 새로 온 사람들에게 폐쇄적이었지만 지금은 친화적으로 바뀌었다. · At first that neighbourhood was closed to newcomers, but now it has become friendly.
- 좋은 지도자는 다른 의견도 포용할 줄 안다. · A good leader knows how to embrace other opinions too.
- 외모를 지나치게 중시하는 풍조가 문제다. · The trend of valuing looks too much is a problem.
- 현실에 안주하지 않고 실패해도 다시 도전할 수 있는 풍토가 필요하다. · We need a culture where people don’t settle for things as they are and can try again after failing.