사례를 하다: give one’s thanks to someone for ~, reward someone for ~, reward, compensate, offer cordial thanks

→ Pay someone in return.

→ Ex) 공책 찾아주신 사례를 하고 싶어요: I want to return my thanks to you for finding my notebook.

~ 하기나 해라: Just do ~

The English term comes from Japanese Tofu (豆腐), borrowed from the original Chinese equivalent dòufu, literally "bean" + "curdled.” A reference to the word "towfu" exists in a letter dated 1770 from the English merchant James Flint to United States statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin. This is believed to be the first documented usage of the word in English.

밑져야 본전이다: have nothing to lose, here goes nothing, trying wouldn’t hurt

밑지다: to lose

본전: an original cost, principal

~ 해야 (해봤자) ~ 이다: even though ~, it’s still

Ex) 공부해봐야 소용없다: Even if you study, it’s no good.

→ Even if you do a losing business, you’ll still be left with the initial amount of money.

→ You won’t make any profits out of what you invested, but you’ll get what’s worth of how much you invested.

→ You have nothing to lose.

-Tuho!

: enjoyed among royal families

: throw arrows into a jar

-Yutnori

: a board game, played with wooden 4 sticks

: 4 sticks cast to determine how far a token can advance on the board

: stick –one side flat, the other side round

: count how many sticks are over

: each combination has a name

- Reality Genres

- How Real Is Reality?

- ‘Fake’ Love Vs. ‘Real’ Love

- Tolerance Towards Normality

- Media/Entertainment Trend

한 시름 덜다 (놓다): that’s a relief, what a relief, to lighten a burden, to let go of your anxiety

한 시름: a big worry, a big burden

Ex) 시름에 잠기다, 시름에 빠지다: to be deep in anxiety (잠기다: to sink, 빠지다: to fall into)

덜다: to allay, to take, to lessen, to lighten

놓다: to let go of ~

→ To let go of/to lighten one’s burden

1. Valentine's Day

- What people do on Valentine's Day

- How about for singles?

- Top couple destinations

2. What's on this week!

- FORNASETTI: PRACTICAL MADNESS at Seoul DDP]

- Test events for PyeongChang Olympics

- 2017 Red Snow Crab Festival in Sokcho

면접: interview

결과: result

긴장하다: be nervous

붙다: pass a test, pass an interview… etc.

미리: in advance

설레발 치다: to be overzealous

설레발: a behaviour of being noisy and rushing things.

설레발 치다: being noisy, putting the cart before the horse, being overzealous

긍정적: positive <-> 부정적: negative

1. 정월대보름

- Korean new year celebration lasted for 15 days until 정월대보름, according to the historical records

- the day after 정월대보름 was considered the real “new year”

- the celebration started on the day before 정월대보름 until the evening

2. Food related to 정월대보름

- One familiar custom is to crack nuts with one's teeth. It is believed that this practice will help keep one's teeth healthy for the year

3. Nuts and grains in winter

- in the past, malnutrition was very common, and Daeboreum was a good seasonal celebration to restore your nutrients by eating special food

4. Daeboreum food from the perspective of Korean Medicine

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