2월 1일 - Apps for Buying and Selling Used Stuff
1. return (something) for a refund : ~을 반품하여 환불을 받다
You can't return it for a refund without a receipt.
2. a win-win : 양쪽 모두에게 이득
Not every solution to a problem is a win-win.
3. meet in person : 직접 만나다
We can't meet in person right now because of the coronavirus.
- a quarter of : ~의 4분의 1 = one out of four
Statistics show that roughly a quarter of all Koreans use these apps.
- throw away items : 물건을 버리다
- get a good price : 좋은 가격에 구하다
- earn a profit : 수익을 얻다 = make a profit
- a stone's throw away : 가까운 거리
The seller is just a stone's throw away, people can meet in person for a sale.
- haggle over the price : 가격을 흥정하다
- buy something used : ~을 중고로 구입하다
- work just fine : 멀쩡하게 작동하다
- keep going back to something : ~을 반복적으로 사용하게 되다
★ This way, others can make use of the items again, preventing a waste of resources.
- make use of : ~을 활용하다
- a waste of resources : 자원 낭비
2월 2일 - Skincare in the Winter
1. get flaky : 각질이 일어나다
In these conditions, it's very common for one's skin to get flaky.
2. skincare product : 피부 관리 제품, 기능성 화장품
I rarely used skincare products when I was younger.
3. a generous amount : 충분한 양
They gave us a generous amount of time.
- in the wintertime : 겨울철에
- get stuffy and dry : 답답하고 건조해지다
- dry out : 건조해지다
- apply moisturizer : 보습제를 바르다
- ointment : 연고
- completely absorbed : 완전히 흡수된
You should use a generous amount and massage it into your skin until it is completely absorbed.
- at an appropriate level : 적정 수준으로
- in the household : 가정에
- get scaly : 피부가 까칠해지다
- have a humidifier running : 가습기를 틀어 놓다
- set the thermostat at : 실내 온도를 ~도로 맞추다
It's best to set the thermostat at 20 or 21 degrees Celsius.
★ People with atopic dermatitis or eczema can especially suffer from itchy skin or skin inflammation.
- atopic dermatitis : 아토피성 피부염
- eczema : 습진
- suffer from : ~로 고생하다
- itchy skin : 가려운 피부
- skin inflammation : 피부 염증
2월 4일 - Doing the Dishes
1. free up space : 공간을 확보하다
You can free up space by throwing away things you don't need.
2. squeaky-clean : 매우 깨끗한
The kitchen is squeaky-clean, but I haven't cleaned the bathroom yet.
3. rinse thoroughly : 깨끗이 헹구다
My skin get itchy if I don't rinse the laundry thoroughly.
- put away : (제자리에) 넣어 두다, 치우다
- dish rack : 식기 건조대 / cloth rack : 의류 건조대
- cupboard : 찬장
- sort the dirty dishes : 설거지거리를 분류하다
- greasy : 기름이 묻은, 기름진
- soak something in water : ~을 물에 불리다
- scrub dishes : 그릇을 문질러 닦다
- wrap things up : 마무리 짓다
- wipe down : (헝겊 등으로) 말끔히 닦다
- right after : 직후에
- stack something up : ~을 쌓아 놓다
- all at once : 한꺼번에
- take a while : 상당히 시간이 걸리다
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