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More vocabulary from 어린 왕자.
pp 21-31
까다롭다: complicated, intricate, difficult, vexing; faultfinding, critical, exacting; particular, fastidious, choosy
숨: breath
뚫어나다: pierce, bore
별: star
귀담아 듣지 않다: take no notice; pay no attention; give no heed; be deaf to; let (an insult) go by.
엉뚱하다: pert, saucy, impertinent, impudent; different, wrong; unexpected, strange, fantastic, about, extravagant
조금씩조금씩: little by little, bit by bit
나쁜 풀: lit. "bad grass," a literature word says Good Man.
pp 31-38
삼켜버리다: to swallow something entirely, to drink it all up (to swallow + to throw away)
부숴버리다: to break something entirely (to break/smash + to throw away)
미리미리: ahead of time, in advance
쓸쓸하다: lonesome, desolate, dreary
거의: nearly
떨어지다: to fall down, to drop down; to run out of
신경: a worry; sensitivity
날카롭다: pointed, sharp; violent, cutting
가시: a thorn
먹어버리다: eat something up entirely, eat it all up (to eat + to throw away)
심각하다: serious, grave, keen
쓸모: usefulness, utility; convenience; merit; value
pp 38-46
심술: a cross temper, ill nature, cantankerousness
연약하다: to be weak, feeble; effeminate
숨다/숨기다: to hide
중요하다: to be of importance, consequence, magnitude
아무렇지 않다: no matter what, in any case
무사하다: be without mishap, safe
차지하다: be first place, head the list
겸손(하다): modesty, humility
두렵다: to be fearful, scared, afraid of; to be in awe
찌증: fret, annoyance; temper; irritation
내뱉다: spit out; say over one's shoulder
짜증이 나다: lose one's temper
verb-느라고: because of doing
-느라니까: now that ~ when one tries to
-느라면: while doing
Second clause is the result of first clause, second clause is usually contrary to the speaker's wishes or expectations, first verb must be an action verb, the continuation of first clause leads to the undesired second clause (KGIL p 261)
어린 왕자 p 36
그러나 그 날 나는 물도 거의 떨어져가고 엔진을 고치느라 신경이 날카로워져 있었다.
verb-았/었/였구나: wow! so! hot damn!
-(는)근(요)/구나
-겠그나
-근요
Good Man said -라구 means the same sort of exclamatory ending.
어린 왕자 p 40
버섯! 버섯이라구!
I found many examples of grammar patterns I recently learned in Sogang. Two examples:
어떤 날은 해지는 걸 마흔네 번이나 구경했어. (p 33)
...얼마 후, 나는 그 꽃에 대하여 좀더 알게 되었다. (p 42)