Korean Phone Words 23

나이를 먹다

to get older

나 스무 살 먹었어.

I'm twenty years old.

나이를 먹을 만큼 먹다

to be plenty old; to have reached an age when one should know better. (“to have eaten as much age as one could.”)

나이를 먹을 만큼 먹은 사람이 왜 그런 거짓말을 해?

Why would someone who's old enough to know better tell a lie like that?

그렇게 오래 살고도 그걸 모르다니, 나이를 헛먹었네.

I can't believe you lived this long and still don't know that. You've learned nothing with age. (헛 = to do in vain)

나이만 먹다

to age physically but not mentally

나이만 먹었지, 하는 짓은 애야.

You're older, but the way you act is childish.

우리도 나이를 먹긴 먹었나 봐

I guess we're getting older after all.

구절

verse, line; also paragraph, passage

복습하다

to review / to revise / to go over something previously studied.

활용하다

To utilize; to make effective use of something; to put something to practical use.

복원

Restoration, reinstatement, recovery, reconstruction

회복

recovery (health)

복구

repair (restoration)

진행자

host or moderator

미루다

to postpone or put off until later

분명하다

to be clearly distinguishable or plainly evident.

마치다

to finish, complete, conclude, bring something to an end.