Let’s learn words and sentences from Korea TV

<Let’s learn words and sentences from Korea TV>

1. 믿음직스럽다 : be reliable; be trustworthy; be dependable

• 그는 별로 믿음직스럽지 못하다 : He is not too reliable[dependable]

2. 천하무적[天下無敵] : invincible

• 천하무적이다 : have no rival[be unrivaled, be matchless] in the world

• 천하[天下] : [=세상] the world; [=나라 전체] the whole country

• 무적[無敵] : invincibility

- 무적하다 (be) invincible, matchless, unconquerable, unrivaled, unequaled

3. 왜 나만 모르는 것 같지~ : It seems that I'm the only one who doesn't know

• ...는[ㄴ] 것 같지~ : It seems that... ; I think that ...

• 모르다 : don’t know

4. 가지가지한다 : You really do a lot of things that I or we don't like(너는 정말 내가 혹은 우리가 마음에 들지 않는 짓을 여러가지 한다)

• 가지가지 : various kinds, a variety, all sorts, every kind, all manner

• 마음에 들지 않다 : don’t like

5. 장독대 : platform for crocks of sauces and condiments

• 장[醬] : [=간장] soy (sauce); [=된장] soy bean paste; [=고추장] soybean paste with pepper

• 독대 : platform for a jar or an earthenware pot, etc

• 독 : an earthenware pot; a crock; a jar; a pitcher; a vase; a jug; an urn; a vat

ㆍ 독 틈에 탕관 : a rabbit surrounded by lions / a mouse between giants

ㆍ 밑 빠진 독에 물 붓기 : be like throwing water on thirsty soil / be nothing more than a drop in the bucket

ㆍ 독 안에 든 쥐가 되다 : be in a fine fix / be quite in a helpless situation / be in a tight box

ㆍ 그는 이제 독 안에 든 쥐다 : Now he is like a rat in a trap

• 대[臺] : (1) [=받침] a stand; a rest; a rack; [=탁자] a table; [=버팀] a support; [비석 등(tombstone, etc)]a pedestal; [=지주] a support; a stool (2) [차·기계 등을 세는 단위(unit counts like car, machine)] a car; a cart; a plane; a TV

• 독[毒] : poison; venom

6. 독 안에 든 쥐 (사람이나 동물이 궁지에 몰려서 벗어날 수 없는 처지를 비유한 말) : a rat in the trap[<— a jar](a metaphor for a situation in which a person or animal is cornered and cannot escape)

• 독 : a jar; a pot

• 안(에) : [=내부(에)] the inside, interior

• 들다 : (1) [밖에서 안으로(into)] enter, go in(to), walk in(to); (2) [=안에 담겨 있다] have, contain, hold (3) [=손에 잡다] hold, take; [=집어 올리다] pick up; [=몸에 지니고 다니다] carry (4) [=위로 올리다] raise, lift (up), put up (5) [예·이유 등(example•reason, etc)] give, quote, cite

• 든 : entered into <— 들다(go into; ㄹ erased) + ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb past tense)

• 쥐 : (1) rat; [=생쥐] mouse (mice); [=들쥐] field mouse; [=집쥐] house mouse (2) ([=근육 경련] cramp, (muscle) spasm, (Am, inf) charley horse

7. 나무를 보지 말고 숲을 봐라 (사소한 일[것]에 목숨 걸지 말고 큰 그림을 봐라 / 사소한 것에 집착하지 말고 큰 그림을 봐라) : Look at the forest, not at the trees (Don't risk your life for a trifle. Look at the big picture / Look at the big picture instead of obsessing about the small things)

• 나무 : [식물(plant)] tree; [=목재] wood; [=땔감] firewood

• 숲 : [=수풀] forest; wood, the woods; grove; [=덤불숲] thicket; [=삼림지대] woodland(s)

• 보지 말고 : don’t look (at) and <— 보다 + 지(a suffix connect a verb with another verb) + 말다 + 고(and)

• 보다 : (1) [눈(eye)]see, watch, look (at), catch sight (of); [처음으로(at first)] set eyes (on); [=목격하다] spot, witness (2) [TV·영화 등(cinema, etc)] watch, see (3) [사람(human being)] see, meet (with) (3) more

• 보지 : [=여성의 외음부] vulva, (slang) muff, (offensive) pussy

• 말다 : (1) [=그만두다]) stop; [이야기(talk)] break off (2) [=아니하다] don’t do (3) [=제외하다] except, debar, foreclose, rule out, preclude, shut off (3) [=감아 싸다] roll (up)

• 말고 : not... but...; instead of...; except; but

• 사소[些少]하다 : be trivial, be minor, be insignificant, be unimportant, be trifling, be petty

• 사소한 : a adjective form of "사소하다”

• 일 : (1) [=인간의 신체적·정신적 활동] work; [=힘든 일] labor; [=임무] duty, task; [=직업] job, employment (2) [=용무] business (3) [= 문제] matter, affair, concern (4) [=날] a day

• 목숨 : [=생명] life

• 걸다 : (1) [그림·옷 등(picture•clothing)] hang (up) (2) [돈 등(money, etc)] [=내기하다] bet; [계약금·보증금 등(down payment•guaranty money, etc)] deposit; [현상금(prize, purse)] offer (a prize for sth); [사업·도박 등(biz•gambling, etc)] risk, stake (3) [목숨·명예 등(life•honor, etc)] risk (one's life), stake (sth on sth) (4) [=입이 험하다] foul-mouthed

• 크다 : be big; be large; be bulky; be great

• 큰 : big; large <— 크다 + ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb adjective)

• 그림 : picture

• 봐라 : an imperative form of “보다"; Loot st something or somebody <— 보다 + 아라(a verb ending suffix makes a verb imperative form)

• ~하지 말고 : don’t do something and ... <— ~하다(a verb ending suffix makes a noun a verb) + ~지 말고(don’t ~ and)

• 집착[執着] : obsession

• 집착하다 : obsess (about/over)

• 집착하지 말고 : Don't be obsessed and