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grammar
- -도: too, also; even though, although
- -을 수 없다: can’t, unable to
- -는걸 (contraction of -는 것을): (adds emphasis to a statement; may imply that the speaker is informing one of a new fact that may be contrary to what the listener may know/be thinking)
- -만: just, only
- -(으)면: (indicates a condition) if, when
- -마저: including even…, going to the extreme of…, also [on top of everything else]…
- -게 만들다: to make [something] ___
- -까지: up to, down to, until
- -어/아 오다: (a helping verb that indicates an action is continuous and happens until the present, i.e. the time when the speaker speaks)
- -ㄹ까: (used when asking a question to oneself) “Shall [I]…”, “Should [I]…”
- -의: (indicates possession) of, -’s
- -잖아: (added to give a meaning of “you should know that…” or “as you know…” or “don’t forget that…”; affirms or reasserts something the person you’re talking to should already know; also used to provide background information or a backstory) “Isn’t it?”, “Don’t you know?”
- -어/아 놓다: (a helping verb that indicates the continuation of the result of a completed action; may also imply that the preceding action is done for later or future use)
- -면 돼: (indicates that the preceding word is sufficient or enough) “It’s enough that…”, “[You] just have to…”
- -진 않다 (contraction of -지는 않다): (emphasizes a negative fact which may be contrary to one’s expectations)
- -어/아 보다: (a helping verb that expresses attempting or trying [to experience] something)
- -ㄴ 줄 알다: (1) to know about or how to do something (2) indicates that what one previously thought is actually wrong and the speaker only realizes this now; “I thought… [but I was wrong]”
- -니: (a sentence ending which indicates a question)
- -와: and; with
- -어/아 내다: (a helping verb that implies doing something all the way/to the very end/up to completion; may also imply that though the task was difficult, the speaker accomplished it anyway)
- -ㄹ/ㄴ 듯이: like, as if, as though
- -게: so that, in order to, to allow for, to let
- -어/아 가다: (a helping verb that indicates that a continuous action goes on well into the future)
verbs/adjectives
- 어떤: what, which; what kind of; some, any; certain
- 대신하다: to replace, substitute, stand in for
- 필요 없다: to be unnecessary, needless
- 표현하다: to verbalize, articulate; to express, show
- 다르다: to be different
- 아찔하다: to be dizzying, exciting
- 아찔아찔하다: to be nervous, dizzy
- 아름답다: to be beautiful
- 미치다: to be crazy, to go insane, to go mad
- 작다: to be small
- 쓸다: to sweep [back]
- 끌리다: to be drawn to, attracted to
- 들키다: to get caught, to be discovered
- 길을 잃다: to get lost, to lose one’s way/bearings
- 무슨: what, what kind/sort of; some kind/sort of
- 말을 하다: to say, speak, tell
- 일깨우다: to awaken, evoke, arouse
- 그리다: to draw, paint, sketch
- 같다: to be the same, identical, equal, similar
- 대단하다: to be great, immense, enormous, huge, tremendous
- 사소하다: to be trivial, minor, insignificant, trifling, petty
- 쥐다: to hold, clasp, clutch, grasp, grip, seize
- 흔들다: to wave, shake, sway, swing
- 후회하다: to regret, to feel sorry [for/about]
- -고 싶다: “[I] want to…”
- 덤덤하다: to be calm, placid
- 아니다: to not be, no
- 티를 내다: to pose as, to give oneself the aura/air of…, to look like…
- 빠지다: to fall for, to fall into
- -을 향하다: to head towards, to face [something]
- 함께하다: to do something together; to share, to join
- 하얗다: to be [pure] white
- 유혹하다: to lure, tempt, allure, seduce, entice
- 무심하다: to be indifferent, inattentive
- 보여주다: to show, display, let [someone] look at [something]
- 지나치다: to pass by, go by; to be excessive, immoderate
nouns
- 말: word(s)
- 딴 건: something else, anything else
- 딴: another, other, different
- 것: thing(s)
- 실루엣: silhouette
- 그림자: shadow
- 행동: act, action, behavior
- 머리: hair
- 손짓: [hand] gesture, motion, signal, beckoning
- 손: hand(s)
- 짓: act, action
- 맘 (contraction of 마음): heart, feelings; mind; preference
- 지금: right now, currently
- 앞: fore, front, former
- 머릿속: the inside of one’s mind/head
- 상상력: imagination
- 가지: kind(s), sort(s), variety of
- 모습: image; figure, form
- 몸짓: gesture, motion (literally “body movement”)
- 전부: all, everything
- 목소리: voice, tone
- 이유: reason, cause
- 뭐 (contraction of 무엇): what
- 그게 (contraction of 그것이): that [thing], it
- 옆: side, vicinity, flank
- 척: pretense; to act/pretend as if…
- 손끝: fingertip(s)
adverbs
- 그저: just, only, merely
- 그래: like this/that; yeah, right
- 다: all, everything
- 살짝: slightly, lightly; a bit; sneakily, furtively, quietly
- 완전: absolutely, completely, totally, fully, perfectly
- 근데 (contraction of 그런데): but, however, be that as it may; by the way
- 수백: hundreds [of]
- 조심스레: carefully, cautiously; discretely; gently
- 한 목소리로: literally “with one voice”; in chorus, in unison, all together
- 하나로: with one…, with a single…
- 괜히: for nothing, in vain, uselessly, pointlessly, with no purpose
- 자꾸: repeatedly
- 몰래: secretly, in secret, surreptitiously, stealthily, furtively
- 점점: gradually, increasingly, bit by bit
- 또: and, also; again, once more
- 때로: sometimes, from time to time, occasionally, every now and then, every once in a while
- 좀 더: a little more, a bit more
- 어쩌면: maybe, perhaps, possibly
- 멈칫멈칫: hesitantly, waveringly, lingeringly