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day 107around the house

unit 16 · home & daily life

    around the house

    Talk about the things in a house and how to pack them: 밧줄, 매듭, 망치, 사슬, 솔, 깡통, 등, and say what has faded, rusted or worn out (바래다, 녹슬다, 밑창이 닳다).

    today’s words

    • 구슬 guseul · bead; marble
    • 기저귀 gijeogwi · nappy, diaper
    • 깃 git · collar
    • 깡통 kkangtong · tin can, tin
    • 껴입다 kkyeoipda · put on (in layers), wear one over another
    • 널리다 neollida · be hung out; be strewn about
    • 노크 nokeu · knock (on a door)
    • 녹슬다 nokseulda · rust, get rusty
    • 담장 damjang · (garden) wall
    • 등 deung · lamp, lantern
    • 막대 makdae · stick, rod
    • 망 mang · net, mesh
    • 망치 mangchi · hammer
    • 맞춤 matchum · made to measure, tailor-made
    • 매듭 maedeup · knot; (매듭을 짓다) wrap up
    • 머리맡 meorimat · the head of the bed, bedside
    • 물들이다 muldeurida · dye; tinge
    • 밑창 mitchang · sole (of a shoe)
    • 바래다 baraeda · fade (colour)
    • 밧줄 batjul · rope
    • 복장 bokjang · dress, clothes (worn for an occasion)
    • 부착 buchak · attaching, putting up (a sign, a label)
    • 빗기다 bitgida · comb (someone else’s hair)
    • 사슬 saseul · chain
    • 솔 sol · brush

    sentences

    • 옛날에는 기저귀를 빨아서 다시 썼다. · In the old days, nappies were washed and used again.
    • 마당에 빨래가 가득 널려 있었다. · The yard was full of washing hung out to dry.
    • 구사일생으로 살아남은 뒤로 타지 않은 자전거의 사슬이 녹슬었다. · The chain of the bike I haven’t ridden since my narrow escape has rusted.
    • 이삿짐은 밧줄로 단단히 묶고 매듭을 지어야 한다. · Moving boxes must be tied firmly with rope and knotted.
    • 햇볕에 오래 두었더니 커튼 색이 바랬다. · I left the curtains in the sun too long and their colour faded.