YBM 고등 기본 영어 김수연 Lesson 5

empty

a. 빈, 비어 있는
He went into an empty cottage and fell asleep.

cottage

n. 오두막집
He went to the empty cottage and hid himself.

swing

v. ~을 흔들다
Whenever they swung it, plenty of food and drinks appeared out of nowhere.

out of nowhere

불쑥, 갑자기
Whenever they swung it, plenty of food and drinks appeared out of nowhere.

frighten

v. ~을 놀라게 하다, 겁먹게 하다
Frightened by the sound of the cracking nut, all of the dokkaebi ran away,

crack

v. ~을 깨뜨리다, 부수다
When a group of dokkaebi appeared, he bit a nut, making a loud cracking sound.

greedy

a. 욕심 많은
This news reached a greedy neighbor, who went to find a dokkaebi’s club for himself.

beat

v. ~을 때리다
They found the greedy man inside the cottage and beat him up.

date back to

~까지 거슬러 올라가다
It dates back to the age of the Three Kingdoms.

trick

n. 속임수
However, dokkaebi’s tricks are mostly funny and childlike.

ancestor

n. 조상, 선조
They show that our ancestors imagined dokkaebi as familiar creatures that lived with them.

creature

n. 생물, 생명체
They show that our ancestors imagined dokkaebi as familiar creatures that lived with them.

horn

n. 뿔
While many of us picture them as big monsters with horns, traditional Korean dokkaebi do not look like this.

invisible

a. 보이지 않는
In others, they are invisible.

characterize

v. ~의 특징을 짓다, ~을 …라고 묘사하다
In many cases, dokkaebi are characterized by their transformative power.

transformative

a. 변화시키는
In many cases, dokkaebi are characterized by their transformative power.

mysterious

a. 신비로운
Despite their mysterious powers, dokkaebi are funny and familiar rather than frightening.

rather than

~보다는
Despite their mysterious powers, dokkaebi are funny and familiar rather than frightening.

similar to

~와 유사한, 비슷한
In fact, they are very similar to Korean people, who love singing, dancing, and having fun.

mischievous

a. 장난꾸러기의
They are also childlike and enjoy surprising people with mischievous tricks.

deceive

v. ~을 속이다
Dokkaebi neither deceive people nor act cruelly.

cruelly

ad. 잔인하게
Dokkaebi neither deceive people nor act cruelly.

mistake ~ for …

~을 …으로 오해하다
They mistake the sound of the cracking nut for something far worse and run away.

debt

n. 빚, 부채
A dokkaebi keeps bringing him the same sum of money every night, forgetting that he already paid the debt.

status

n. 지위, 신분
Most dokkaebi stories are about ordinary people who are neither wealthy nor of high status.

reflect

v. ~을 반영하다
These stories also reflect ordinary people’s simple desires—wealth, health, safety, and a fair reward and punishment.

desire

n. 소망, 욕구
These stories also reflect ordinary people’s simple desires—wealth, health, safety, and a fair reward and punishment.

reward

n. 보상
These stories also reflect ordinary people’s simple desires—wealth, health, safety, and a fair reward and punishment.

punishment

n. 벌, 처벌
These stories also reflect ordinary people’s simple desires—wealth, health, safety, and a fair reward and punishment.

grave

n. 무덤
A dokkaebi helps a loving son visit his father’s grave in the heavy rain by guiding him.

steal

v. ~을 훔치다
A man is caught and beaten when he steals from others with the help of a dokkaebi’s hat.

fond of

~을 좋아하는
Dokkaebi are fond of singing and dancing, and capable of both powerful magic and silly mistakes.

sentiment

n. 정서, 감정
Dokkaebi represent the humorous and easygoing sentiments of Korean people.

alongside

prep. ~의 옆에, 나란히
In many songs and stories, they have lived alongside Korean people.