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day 116grip, crouch and spill

unit 17 · on the move & in the game

    grip, crouch and spill

    Describe grips, postures and spills (움켜잡다, 몸을 젖히다, 웅크리다, 엎다, 스며들다), and bring back -으리라고 for what nobody expected (이기리라고는 아무도 생각하지 않았다).

    today’s words

    • 뻗치다 ppeotchida · stretch out, reach (out)
    • 뿜다 ppumda · spout, spurt, breathe out (fire)
    • 뿜어내다 ppumeonaeda · give off, pour out
    • 서성거리다 seoseonggeorida · pace up and down, hang about
    • 손대다 sondaeda · touch; lay hands on
    • 솟아나다 sosanada · spring up, well up
    • 스며들다 seumyeodeulda · seep in, soak in
    • 스미다 seumida · seep, permeate
    • 쏠리다 ssollida · lean, tilt; (attention) be drawn
    • 어지럽히다 eojireopida · mess up, clutter
    • 얻어맞다 eodeomatda · get hit, be beaten
    • 엇갈리다 eotgallida · cross and miss; be divided
    • 엉키다 eongkida · get tangled
    • 엎다 eopda · turn over, overturn
    • 에워싸다 ewossada · surround, encircle
    • 움츠리다 umcheurida · hunch up, shrink back
    • 움켜잡다 umkyeojapda · grab (hold of)
    • 움켜쥐다 umkyeojwida · clutch; seize (power)
    • 웅크리다 ungkeurida · crouch, curl up
    • 이끌리다 ikkeullida · be led; be drawn (to)
    • 이다 ida · carry on your head
    • 잽싸다 jaepssada · quick, nimble
    • 젖히다 jeochida · bend back, lean back; push aside
    • 짊어지다 jilmeojida · carry on your back; shoulder

    sentences

    • 아내가 아이를 낳는 동안 남편은 복도를 서성거렸다. · While his wife was giving birth, the husband paced the hospital corridor.
    • 그는 팔을 뻗쳐 선반 위의 상자를 내렸다. · He stretched out his arm and took the box down from the shelf.
    • 그림 속의 용은 입에서 불을 뿜고 있었다. · The dragon in the picture was breathing fire.
    • 한낮의 도로가 뜨거운 열기를 뿜어냈다. · The road gave off a blazing heat at midday.
    • 남의 물건에는 함부로 손대면 안 된다. · You must not touch other people’s things carelessly.