Let's learn about "죄다"

* 죄다 has the following meanings

* 죈다 : present tense of 죄다 by '-ㄴ'

* 죄이다 : passive form of 죄다 by '-이-'

1. 동사(verb); a short form of 조이다

1) [느슨한 것을 죄다] tighten; make tight(er); strain; draw in; stretch; [=수축시키다] contract; [=조르다] strangle; wring

- 볼트를 죄다 : tighten (up) a bolt

- 나사로 죄다 : screw

- 바이올린의 줄을 죄다 : screw up[stretch] the strings of a violin

- 느슨한 줄을 죄다 : tighten[strain] a loose rope / stretch a loose rope tight

- 고삐를 죄다 : tighten[pull up] the reins

- 혁대를 죄다 : tighten a belt

- 기타의 줄을 죄다 : tighten the strings of a guitar

- 나사 돌리개로 나사를 죄다 : tighten a screw with a screwdriver.

2) [=벌어진 사이를 좁히다] put[place] close; [=자리를 좁히다) sit up; sit close[closely]

- 열과 열 사이를 죄다 = 열과 열 사이를 좁히다 : close the ranks

- 자리를 더 죄어 앉다 = 자리를 더 좁혀서 앉다 : sit up a little closer / sit closer together

3) [=마음을 조이다] feel anxious[uneasy / nervous] ; be fidgety; be worried ; worry (oneself)

- 결과가 어찌 될까 마음을 죄다 : be worried over the result / be worried over how it will turn out

- 돌아오기를 마음 죄며 기다리다 : wait in anxious suspense

2. 부사(adverb)

[=전부•몽땅] all; wholly; entirely; all through[together]; in all; altogether

- 죄다 자백하다 : confess everything

- 용돈을 죄다 써 버리다 : spend the last penny of one's pocket money

- 가지고 있는 것을 죄다 주다 : give everything that one has

- 죄다 훌륭한 것들이다 : They are all beautiful

- 내가 알고 있는 것은 죄다 말했습니다 : I have told you all I know

- 죄다 고백해라 Make a clean breast of it. / Own up! / Confess everything!

* 죄이다 has the following meanings

1) [물건이 죄이다] tighten; be tightened; be constricted; stiffen

- 가슴이 죄이는 느낌 : a constriction in the chest

2) [마음이 죄이다] feel anxious[uneasy / nervous]; be held[kept] in suspense

* 조마조마하다 = 조마조마 : feel nervous[timid / uneasy]; be in great fear ; be kept in suspense; be in a fidget[flutter]

- 조마조마해 하면서 : [불안으로 = 불안때문에(with anxiety)] in great fear / in thrilling[breathless] suspense / [기대 등으로(expectation etc)] with breathless interest

- 조마조마하게 하다 : put into a flutter / keep in suspense / make[drive] nervous

- 나는 불안으로 가슴이 조마조마했다 : I felt ill at ease. / My heart was filled with misgivings[anxiety]

- 네가 무슨 말을 꺼낼까 마음이 조마조마했다 : I was anxious[uneasy] about what you were going to say

- 보고만 있어도 조마조마하다 : It makes me feel uneasy[nervous] just to see it

- 나는 들킬까 봐 조마조마했다 : I was afraid[was in fear] of being found out

- 나는 경기의 처음부터 끝까지 조마조마했다 : The game kept me in suspense from start to finish

- 그녀는 무대의 막 뒤에서 조마조마한 마음으로 딸의 연기를 지켜보고 있었다 : She was watching her daughter's performance with bated breath from behind the curtain