13 two-turn dialogues about 신체 부위, illustrating 6 words from this category at 4급. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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가슴 부분이 좀 끼는데요?
The chest area is a bit tight.
그럼 품을 좀 늘려 드릴게요.
Then I'll let it out a bit.
품에 끼고 있는 것은 뭐야?
What are you holding against your chest?
아, 새로 산 지갑이야.
Oh, it's the wallet I just bought.
웬 일이야? 버스에서 자리를 양보하고?
What's this? Giving up your seat on the bus?
아기를 품에 앉은 여자가 앞에 있는데 당연히 양보해야지.
There's a woman holding a baby in her arms, so of course I should give it up.
오늘 바둑은 정말 재미있었던 것 같아.
Today's Go game was really interesting, wasn't it?
응, 두 기사의 두뇌 싸움이 정말 볼 만했어.
Yeah, the battle of brains between the two players was quite a sight.
지식인이 되려면 이 많은 책들을 정말 다 읽어야 하는 걸까?
Do I really have to read all these books to become an intellectual?
한 사회의 두뇌가 되려면 이 정도 독서는 해야 되지 않겠어?
To be the brain of a society, you'd need at least this much reading.
조직폭력배의 두뇌가 검거되었다면서?
I heard the mastermind of the gang was arrested.
응, 일을 계획하던 사람이 없어졌으니 그 조직도 곧 문제가 생길 거야.
Yeah, with the planner gone, that gang will soon run into trouble.
이 사진 좀 봐. 우리 집 강아지야.
Look at this photo. It's my dog.
어머, 얼굴에는 얼룩이 있는데 몸통은 까맣네.
Oh, it has a spot on its face, but its torso is black.
저 국회의원이 이번 뇌물 사건의 몸통이야.
That congressman is the mastermind behind this bribery case.
제대로 된 처벌이 이루어져야 할 텐데.
They should be properly punished.
엄마, 강아지한테 먹이 줘도 돼요?
Mom, can I feed the puppy?
안 돼. 저렇게 이빨을 드러내고 으르렁거리는데 가까이 다가가면 큰일 나.
No. It's baring its teeth and growling like that, so if you get close, you'll be in big trouble.
어제 발레 공연은 잘 보고 왔어?
Did you enjoy the ballet performance yesterday?
응. 발끝으로 땅을 지탱하고 춤을 추는 모습이 인상적이었어.
Yeah. The way they balanced on their tiptoes while dancing was really striking.
디자인 실력이 아주 많이 늘었구나.
Your design skills have improved a lot.
그래도 아직 우리나라 최고 디자이너들의 발끝도 못 따라가는 실력이에요.
Still, I'm nowhere near the level of the country's top designers.
높은 구두만 신고 다녀서 그런지 걸을 때 발꿈치가 너무 아파.
Maybe it's because I only wear high heels, but my heels hurt so much when I walk.
정형외과에 한번 가보는 게 어때?
Why don't you see an orthopedist?
학자로서의 저의 자질은 선생님의 발꿈치에도 못 미치는 것 같아요.
As a scholar, I feel I don't even measure up to the heel of your foot, teacher.
그런 소리 말게. 자네는 아주 큰 잠재력을 지니고 있다네.
Don't say that. You have great potential.
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These 13 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 6 4급 words in this category — 품, 두뇌, 몸통, 이빨, 발끝 and the rest. Each is two turns, so what you see is not only how the word is used but what it is usually said in answer to.
They are written examples rather than transcribed speech, so they are tidier than a real conversation and shorter. What they are not is translated English: they were written in Korean, by Korean lexicographers, to show how the word behaves — which is why the speech levels and the sentence endings in them are worth copying.
Dialogues, translations and word meanings from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.