#싸이코

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grammar

• -ㄹ/을까: (used when asking a question to oneself) “shall I…”, “should I…”
  
• 이런: (determiner) like this, such [as this], this sort of…
  
• -이라 (contraction of -이다 and -라고): the thing that.., the fact that…
  
• -대(contraction of -다고 해요): (way of indirectly quoting someone) “[they] say that…”
  
• -고: and
  
• -인걸(contraction of -인 것을): (implies protest or regret)
  
• -게: so that, in order to, to allow for, to let
  
• -ㄹ/ㄴ 듯: like, as if, as though
  
• -다가도: (combination of -다가 [expressing that one action occurs after another stops] + -도 [“even though”]) indicates a sudden change of action
• -말야(contraction of 말이야): (1) added for emphasis, i.e. “what I mean is,” “I’m telling you,” “what I’m trying to say is,” etc.; (2) added when one is uncertain, i.e. “if I may say so,” “so to speak,” “as it were,” “that is,” etc.
• -지는 않다: (emphasizes a negative fact which may be contrary to one’s expectations)
  
• -ㄹ/을 뿐: just, simply
  
• -게 하다: to make (as in, to influence someone to feel or do something)
  
• -처럼: (indicates a comparison) like, as if
  
• -과/와: and, with
  
• -답다: (turns a word into an adjective; implies that something is “the way that it should be”)
  
• -어/아 보다: (a helping verb that expresses attempting or trying [to experience] something)
  
• -자: (added when suggesting that an action be done together) “Let’s…”
  
• -고 있다: (present progressive tense)

verbs/adjectives

• 좋다: to be good, nice, fine
  
• 심하다: to be severe, harsh, heavy
  
• 확실하다: to be sure, certain, positive, confident
  
• 별나다: to be strange, peculiar, odd, weird, eccentric
  
• 좋아하다: to like, love, be fond of, care for
  
• 알다: to know
• 이상하다: to be strange, unusual, peculiar
  
• 부서지다: to destroy, break, shatter
  
• 껴안다: to hug, cuddle, embrace, clasp
  
• 보다: to see, watch, look, catch sight of
  
• 말하다: to say, speak, tell
  
• 싸우다: to fight, battle, struggle [against]; to argue, quarrel
  
• 웃기다: to make someone laugh
  
• 어지럽다: to be dizzy, giddy, light-headed; to be chaotic
  
• 슬퍼지다: to fall into sadness
  
• 만나다: (1) to meet, see, encounter, come across; (2) to date, see someone (romantically)
• 오다: to come, to arrive; to turn/show up
  
• 이러다: to do this, to act in this way
  
• 두렵다: to be fearful, afraid, scared, frightened, terrified
  
• 다루다: to treat, handle, deal with
  
• 달래다: to soothe, calm down, pacify, comfort, coax
  
• 매섭다: to be severe, sharp, harsh, fierce, bitter
  
• 발로 차다: to kick with one’s foot
  
• 놓다: to release, let go of; to lay down, put in place
  
• 아름답다: to be beautiful
  
• 슬프다: to be sad, mournful, sorrowful
  
• 빛나다: to shine, sparkle, twinkle, gleam
  
• 느끼다: to feel, experience, sense

nouns

• 맘(contraction of마음): heart, feelings; mind; preference
  
• 첨 (contraction of 처음): first, forefront
  
• 조절: control, adjust, regulate
  
• 하나: one
  
• 마찬가지: being exactly the same, identical; alike, likewise, in the same manner
  
• 사이: relationship; (literally) gap, space between
  
• 이해: understanding, comprehension, grasp
  
• 바보: a fool or idiot
  
• 경고: warning, caution (against something)
  
• 따위: such things, things like that (typically has a negative connotation)
  
• 미소: smile
  
• 짓: act, action
  
• 달: moon
  
• 강: river

adverbs

• 어쩌면(conditional form of 어쩌다: accidentally, by chance): how, what; perhaps, maybe, possibly
  
• 또: and, also; again, once more
  
• 좀: a little, a bit; quite, somewhat
  
• 자꾸: repeatedly
  
• 잘: well, skillfully; properly, thoroughly
  
• 진짜: really, genuinely, truly
  
• 그냥: just, simply
  
• 너무: so, too [much]
  
• 참: really, truly; so, very, extremely
  
• 서로: each other, one another; mutually
  
• 그리곤(contraction of 그리고는): and, also, in addition; and then, next; (often used at the beginning of a sentence)
  
• 다시: again, once more
  
• 막: (1) just; (2) blindly, carelessly, wildly
  
• 원래: originally; naturally, by nature
  
• 가끔: sometimes, from time to time, occasionally
  
• 어떻게(adverbial form of 어떻다 [to be in what state]): how
  
• 마치: (indicates that a positive comparison is being made) exactly the same, as if, just like
  
• 그렇게: in that way, to that extent
  
• 온몸으로: with every fiber of one’s body

phrases/expressions

• 안돼(base form: 안 되다): should not, not supposed to be; not need to, not required to
  
• 쥐락펴락하다: literally means “to clasp and unclasp one’s hands around something”; an expression meaning: to lead [someone] by the nose; to completely control [someone]; to have [someone] wrapped around one’s finger, in the palm of one’s hand, in one’s pocket, etc.; to keep [someone] on a string
  
• 붙어 다니다: to hang out, stick together; from 붙다(to stick, adhere, cling) + 다니다(to go somewhere for a purpose, frequent, attend)
  
• 이해가 안 가다: literally, “the comprehension isn’t coming in”; means that one can’t see or understand the point of something
  
• 맞아(base form: 맞다): “That’s right.”
  
• 좋아 죽다: to like/love something to death (i.e. so much that you feel like you’d die from it); from 좋다 (to like) + 죽다 (to die)
  
• 기운 없다: to be in low spirits, feeling down; from 기운 (energy, vigor, vitality) + 없다 (to be lacking)
  
• 어쩔 줄 모르다: to not know what to do; from 어쩌다 (accidentally, by chance, somehow) + -ㄹ/를 줄 모르다 (indicates that one doesn’t know how to do an action)