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눈을 감다: to close one’s eyes

눈을 뜨다: to open one’s eyes

눈을 내리깔다: to lower one’s eyes

눈을 비비다: to rub one’s eyes

눈을 가리다: to cover one’s eyes

눈을 깜박거리다: to blink

눈이 멀다: to be/become blind

눈이 맵다: for one’s eyes to burn

눈이 휘둥그래지다: for one’s eyes to widen

눈이 낮다: to have low expectations/standards

눈이 높다: to have high expectations/standards

예문

그녀는 눈을 감고 숨을 깊이 들이마셨다. (She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply.)

그가 눈을 뜨자 방이 빙글빙글 도는 것 같았다. (When he opened his eyes, the room was reeling.)

그녀는 계속 눈을 내리깔고 있었다. (She kept her eyes lowered.)

그는 눈을 비비고 하품을 했다. (He rubbed his eyes and yawned.)

그녀가 햇살을 피해 눈을 가렸다. (She shaded her eyes against the sun.)

그녀는 용감하게 눈을 깜박거리며 눈물을 참았다. (She bravely blinked back her tears.)

의사들은 그가 눈이 멀게 될 것이라고 생각한다. (Doctors think he will go blind.)

선블록 로션이 눈에 들어가서 눈이 맵다. (My eyes are burning after getting sun lotion in them.)

그녀의 두 눈이 놀라서 휘둥그레졌다. (Her eyes widened in surprise.)

내가 눈이 낮은 것인지 몰라도 비싼 옷이 꼭 좋다고 생각되지 않는다. (I may have low expectations, but I don't think expensive clothes are necessarily good.)

그는 여자친구가 없다고 불평하지만, 사실은 눈이 너무 높다. (He complains about being single, but he has such high standards.)

As I've started taking German classes and have done quite a few lessons by now, I think posting vocab lists could do great.

sprechen - to speak

sagen - to say

sehen - to see

schauen - to look, to watch

hören - to hear, to listen

lesen - to read

fragen - to ask

ergänzen - to complete, to fill in

markieren - to mark

passen - to suit, to fit

zuordenen - to arrange, to classify

buchstabieren - to spell

studieren - to study

zeigen - to point, to show, to display

passieren - to happen, to occur, to take place

meinen - to mean, to intend

raten - to advise, to counsel

lieben - to love

heißen - to be called

bauen - to build

fahren - to drive, to ride

kommen - to come

schreiben - to write

machen - to make, to do

rechnen - to calculate

backen - to bake

studieren - to study

stehen - to stand

außstehen - to stand up, to get up

kosten - to cost

funktionieren - to function, to work

pflegen - to nurse, to foster

wachsen - to grow

checken - to check

chatten - to chat (texting!)

calentar = to heat

cocinar = to cook

cortar = to cut

echar = to add, to throw in

freίr = to fry

guardar = to save, to keep

hornear = to bake, to roast

mezclar = to mix

medir = to measure

pelar = to peel

picar = to chop

tostar = to toast

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~에 눈이 멀다: to be blinded by something

그는 돈에 눈이 멀어 뇌물을 받았다. He was blinded by money and took a bribe.

그는 탐욕에 눈이 멀어 남의 돈을 훔쳤다. He was blinded by greed and stole someone else’s money.

일이 틀어지다: for a situation to go wrong

언제부터 일이 틀어지기 시작했는지 모르겠다. I don't know when it started to go wrong.

걔네가 싸운 뒤론 일이 틀어졌다. Things turned sour after their fight.

안도의 한숨을 내쉬다: to sigh in relief

안도의 한숨을 내쉬며 레스토랑 주차장에 차를 대었다. With a sigh of relief, he pulled into the restaurant parking lot.

Hello! A lot of you have been asking me where and how I’ve learn multiple languages and well, after a few hours of digging through my browser history and bookmarks, I was able to collect all of these resources. I have personally used all of these, so I can assure you they are useful! If there is something wrong with a website or a link, please let me know. Also, if you have any questions or if you want a learning buddy, my ask box is open. (I speak English and Spanish. I’m learning Korean, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Italian, and Esperanto)

Note: Learning a new language requires a lot of dedication, more than you actually think! Especially if you’re learning multiple languages at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it will take time. And by time I mean months and/or years! So please, be patient. Take your time. Don’t rush. Keep in mind that you will mess up and that’s okay. Practice as much as you can. Practice out loud. Talk to yourself if you can. It doesn’t matter if people think you’re crazy. They won’t be thinking the same when you become a polyglot, so don’t mind them. This is for you and your future.

Get started:

Everything listed below is FREE! Some sites do require you to sign up, but that’s for you to keep track of your own process.

Tips to get you started

Language Hacking tips (blog)

More language hacking tips (blog)

The Polyglot Project (Library with foreign books that lets you translate while reading)

How to Learn Any Language

Effective Language Learning

Ankidroid (flashcard maker)

Multiple languages, one website

Duolingo (Latin American Spanish, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian (Bokmål), Ukrainian, and Esperanto)

BBC Languages (40 languages)

Learn A Language (18 languages)

Conjuguemos (French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish)

L-lingo (21 languages)

101languages (167 languages)

Languagepod101 (31 languages)

Foreign Services Institute (44 languages)

My Languages (95 languages)

Surface Languages (43 languages)

Lingualia (Spanish)

Linguanaut (16 languages)

OmniGlot (All languages [basic info for some of them])

Memrise (Various languages) (flashcard system)

Livemocha (Various languages)

Polyglotclub

Sharedtalk

Interpals (specify in your profile you only look for language exchange because there can be some creeps in this one)

Couchsurfing

Babbel

Specific Languages

Korean:

Learn to read Korean in 15 minutes! - Really helpful as well

Learnkoreanlp - Focuses on grammar

k-is4korean

Talktomeinkorean

Learn-korean

korean-flashcards - Focuses on vocabulary

Easytolearnkorean

Korean.go.kr/ - Focuses on pronunciation

Lang-8 - Community to correct your entries

Dongsa - Conjugations for verbs

Howtostudykorean- EXTREMELY helpful when it comes to learning hangul and writing structure!

hangulpractice - This blog has some useful posts.

letstteok-korean

Talktomeinkorea (YouTube channel)

fluentkorean

sweetandtasty

seoulistic - For culture lessons

GenkiKorean

Korean Word Game

English-Korean Vocabulary Quizzes

Hangul Keyboard - This is also EXTREMELY helpful with Hangul/romanization. It also converts any romanized syllables into hangul

Korean - Reddit threat

Chinese/Mandarin:

Hackingchinese

Chinese-tools - Pretty helpful with pronunciation.

Chinese Open courseware

Chinese Language - Reddit threat

Chinese Textbook

Chineasy

Learn Mandarin

Chinese Hacks

yoyochinese

How can I learn Chinese

Why is Chinese so damn hard?

Japanese:

Learn Japanese I / II - YouTube

Guidetojapanese

Free Japanese lesson

Japaneseclass.jp

thejapanesepage

Japanesepod101

Tofugu

Erin’s Challenge!

Jplang

Yesjapan

Marugoto - Includes culture lessons

Kana Invaders - Fun game for learning Kana

Another great masterpost for Japanese - So many resources!!!

Esperanto:

Note: I did a research and supposedly Esperanto is an easy-to-learn language that helps you with other languages.

Esperantofre

Esperanto “library”

Esperanto Grammar

Esperanto (Duolingo)

German:

Learn German Online

German Language Guide

Mission Berlin - Mystery adventure game

Basic German

Deutsch Lernen

Slow German

Kids’ Games - For vocabulary

Italian:

MIT Open Courseware

Italian Language Guide

Italian Grammar

Italian For Beginners - YouTube

Latin:

Some Latin grammar

Latin Course - YouTube

Portuguese:

Oneness

Ta Falado

Portuguese (Duolingo)

French:

Learn French Guide

Coffee Break French

University of Texas: Francais interactif

Podcastfrancaisfacile

French Language Guide

Lingopolo/french

Le Journal en français facile

News in Slow French

Francolab

Cliffs Notes

Native French Speech

French Podcast

Spanish:

Spanish - About.com

@spanishskulduggery

Study Spanish

Cliffs Notes

Destinos

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Spanish (Latin America focused)

Thai:

Learn Thai Podcast

Woman Learn Thai

Let’s Talk Thai

Thai 101

Lingopolo/thai

Arabic:

Books to Learn Arabic

Mandinah Arabic

Arabic Verbs (PDF)

al3arabiya

Arabic Pronouns (PDF)

Arabic Alphabet / Also Here / And Here!

Arabic For Language Exchange

Peace Corps

Hindi:

A Door Into Hindi

Learning Hindi

NYU Hindi Course

Quillpad - Great for typing

Namaste Dosti

SU Hindi Course

ispeakhindi

Hindi Script

Vietnamese:

VietnamesePod101

Survival Phrases

seasite.niu.edu

Learn Vietnamese Online

Greek:

Some Greek Grammar (New Testament)

Romanian:

Rolang

One Minute Romanian

Welsh:

Say Something in Welsh

Welsh Vocab

Dutch:

Lingopolo/dutch

Learn Dutch

Russian:

Speak Russian

Russian Alphabet

Taste of Russian

Master Russian

Russian Open Courseware

Russian Handwriting

Swedish:

Klartext

SwedishLingQ

Survival Phrases

어중이떠중이: all sorts of people, every Tom, Dick, and Harry

요즘은 어중이떠중이 다 해외여행을 간다. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry travels abroad these days.

어중이떠중이가 다 모였다. Anybody and everybody was at the gathering.

입맛이 달아나다: to lose your appetite

그 얘기를 들으니 입맛이 싹 달아나 버렸다. I’ve lost my appetite after hearing that story.

또 내일 또 회사에 간다고 생각하니까 입맛이 확 달아나네. Thinking about going to work again tomorrow makes me lose my appetite.

입에 오르내리다: to be the talk of the town, gossiped about

(lit. to be on everyone’s lips)

그 소문은 만인의 입에 오르내리고 있다. The rumor is the talk of the town.

미국에서 가장 많이 입에 오르내린 여가수가 첫 앨범을 발매한 지 오랜 시간이 지났습니다. It’s been a long time since the most gossiped about diva in the U.S. released an album.

~에 따라 다르다: to depend on, vary according to

그것은 또한 누구에게 묻느냐에 따라 다르다. It also depends on whom you ask.

운임은 거리에 따라 다르다. The rates vary according to the distance.

긁어 부스럼 만들지 마: don’t go asking for trouble, don’t open a can of worms, let sleeping dogs lie, leave something alone

(lit. don’t scratch your skin and create a boil)

괜히 긁어서 부스럼 만들지 말고 그냥 가만히 있어! Don't go asking for trouble, just relax!

당신은 흐트러진 모습을 보이는 사람들은 주의해야 합니다. 긁어 부스럼을 만들고 싶지는 않겠지요. You should be cautious with people who are upset. You don't want to open Pandora's box.

입이 심심하다: to feel like having a snack, have the munchies

(lit. for your mouth to be bored)

입이 심심한데 뭐 먹을 거 좀 없어요? I feel like having a snack. Don't you have anything to eat?

why is the tumblr gif search so cromulent!!! anyways let's look at some vocab from the new album!

I need the whole stadium to jump Put your phone down, let's get all the fun I got my eyes on the row in the front The vibe is high, if we bein' blunt The vibe is high, let the building (Hey) B-T-uh, from everywhere to Korea 총 칼 키보드 다 좀 치워 인생은 짧아 증오는 비워 It's big in real life 뭘 체면 따져 내려놔, 야 인마 Hop in 좀 더 가까이 와 skin to skin

→ 총 - gun → 칼 - knife → 치우다 - to put away (in this context) → 증오 - hatred → 체면 - face → 내려놓다 - to put down

I need some body to body All of your body beside me 저기 저 달에 닿게 손에 손, 너와 나, we on and on, yeah Sunrise, but we don't go home

→ 달 - the moon → 닿다 - to reach → 손 - hand

It's so tight I mean, 너와의 사이 I mean, 우리만의 그 style I mean, we livin' the life 두 눈을 감지 않을 이 밤, uh 솟구치는 겨레의 마음, mm Be about it, be about it, be about it You could see about it or you read about it

Also the Korean word "manhi" and the English word "many" sound similar and have similar meaning but aren't related or come from the same origin as well.

Random Korean Gen-Z Slangs

1. 래전드 (raejeondeu) – Derived from the English word “legend,” this term is used to describe someone or something that is legendary or incredibly impressive. 

2. 미친 개쩐다 (michin gaejjeonda) – This phrase translates to “crazy awesome” and is used to express that something is extremely cool or amazing. 

3. 열받네 (yeolbatne) – An expression used when someone is frustrated or annoyed, equivalent to saying “I’m so irritated” or “That’s infuriating.” 

4. 구라치지마 (gurachijima) – A warning to “stop lying” or “don’t bullshit,” used when someone suspects that another person is not being truthful. 

5. 감성있네 (gamseonginne) – This phrase means “That’s emotional” or “That has a lot of feelings,” used to describe something that is touching or sentimental. 

6. 농협은행 (nonghyeop eunhaeng) – Literally translating to “Agricultural Cooperative Bank,” this term has humorously become slang for “You are so pretty,” stemming from a misunderstanding where a foreigner’s question about the bank was misinterpreted as a compliment. 

7. 새금 더 내라 (saegeum deo naera) – Originally meaning “Pay more money,” this phrase is humorously used to express jealousy, often in response to someone showing off or having something desirable. 

8. 추구미 (chugumi) – A cute way of saying “I’m cold,” often used in a playful or childish manner. 

9. 느좋 (neujot) – Short for ‘느낌 좋다,’ meaning ‘good vibes.’ You can use it to describe anything that gives you a good feeling. 

10. 코스크 (koseukeu) and 턱스크 (teokseukeu) – These terms refer to wearing a mask incorrectly: ‘코스크’ (koseukeu) describes wearing a mask below the nose, and ‘턱스크’ (teokseukeu) refers to wearing it on the chin.