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Question 1

가슴(이) 저리다

Answer 1

heartbreaking

Question 2

가슴에 못(을) 박다

Answer 2

deeply hurt sb’s feelings

Question 3

가슴이 내려앉다

Answer 3

greatly surprised/ startled

Question 4

가시방석에 앉다

Answer 4

on pins and needles/ feel nerve-racking

Question 5

가시밭길을 가다/ 가시밭길을 걷다

Answer 5

follow a thorny path, live a tough [hard] life

Question 6

간(이) 떨어지다

Answer 6

be extremely startled, be scared out of one’s wits/ to death

Question 7

간담이 서늘하다

Answer 7

be scared [frightened] out of one’s wits

Question 8

골치 아프다

Answer 8

annoying [troublesome]/ pain in the neck

Question 9

골칫덩이

Answer 9

nuisance

Question 10

국수를 먹다

Answer 10

wedding reception

Question 11

굴뚝 같다

Answer 11

eager, anxious

Question 12

귀(가) 따갑다/ 귀(가) 아프다

Answer 12

be tired of hearing, one’s ears are sore

Question 13

귀(에) 익다

Answer 13

sounds familiar

Question 14

굴뚝 같다

Answer 14

be anxious [eager] (to do)

Question 15

날을 잡다

Answer 15

fix/ set the date

Question 16

귀(에) 익다

Answer 16

sounds familiar, be accustomed to hearing

Question 17

귀가 가렵다/ 귀가 간지럽다

Answer 17

feel one’s ears burning

Question 18

귀가 뚫리다

Answer 18

one’s ears become clear, begin to understand

Question 19

귀를 의심하다

Answer 19

think sth is hard to believe

Question 20

귀에 거슬리다

Answer 20

offend one’s ear, be jarring on the ear

Question 21

귀에 들어가다

Answer 21

come to sb’s knowledge

Question 22

기가 막히다

Answer 22

be dumbfounded/ at a loss for words, incredible/ amazing

Question 23

기가 죽다

Answer 23

be dispirited/ disheartened

Question 24

깨소금 맛

Answer 24

“the flavour of sesame seeds with salt”

serves sb right (for doing sth), be bitter-sweet

Question 25

날개 돋치다

Answer 25

give [allow] full play to sth

Question 26

눈(꼴)이 시다

Answer 26

hate to see

Question 27

눈알이 빠지게[빠지도록] 기다리다

Answer 27

wait desperately to an extent that one’s eyeballs fall out

Question 28

눈(앞)이 캄캄하다

Answer 28

feel shocked/ disoriented, feels like one was knocked out/ blacked out/ plunged into darkness

Question 29

눈(에) 띄다

Answer 29

attract attention/ catch sb’s eye, be noticed/ seen

Question 30

눈(을) 돌리다

Answer 30

avert one’s eyes from sb/sth, divert one’s attention away

Question 31

눈(을) 맞추다

Answer 31

meet sb’s eyes

Question 32

눈(을) 밝히다

Answer 32

fix one’s eye (on sb/sth), be on the alert (for sth)

Question 33

눈(을) 붙이다

Answer 33

get some sleep [shut-eye]/ little nap

Question 34

눈(을) 속이다

Answer 34

deceive sb’s eyes, trick sb into sth

Question 35

눈(이) 많다

Answer 35

be in front of [before] many eyes

Question 36

눈(이) 꺼지다

Answer 36

one’s eyes become hollow??

Question 37

눈(이) 높다

Answer 37

have high standards [expectations]/ a good eye for sth

Question 38

눈에 거슬리다

Answer 38

be an eyesore

Question 39

눈(이) 삐다

Answer 39

sprain one’s eyes???

Question 40

눈에 불을 켜다

Answer 40

sb’s eyes are blazing (with greed [interest]), anger in sb’s eyes

Question 41

눈에 밟히다

Answer 41

at the back of one’s mind/ engraved in one’s heart [memory]

Question 42

눈에 불을 켜다

Answer 42

sb’s eyes are blazing (with greed), anger in sb’s eyes

Question 43

눈에 익다

Answer 43

look familiar, be accustomed to seeing

Question 44

눈에서 벗어나다

Answer 44

get out of sb’s sight, escape from sb’s watch

Question 45

눈을 끌다

Answer 45

attract/ catch sb’s attention

Question 46

눈을 의심하다

Answer 46

doubt one’s eyes

Question 47

눈이 벌겋다/ 눈이 시뻘겋다

Answer 47

sb’s eyes are burning with greed, be eager to gain sth (from doing sth)

Question 48

머리(를) 하다

Answer 48

get one’s hair don

Question 49

닮고 닮다

Answer 49

???

Question 50

담을 쌓다

Answer 50

have no interest at all, cut oneself off from sth

Question 51

뜸(을) 들이다

Answer 51

beat around the bush, be sluggish

Question 52

마음(을) 비우다

Answer 52

clear/ empty one’s mind (of sth)

Question 53

맛을 들이다

Answer 53

acquire a taste for sth, take a liking for sb/ sth

Question 54

머리(를) 하다

Answer 54

get one’s hair done

Question 55

머리(를) 하다

Answer 55

get one’s hair done

Question 56

머리(를) 하다

Answer 56

get one’s hair done???

Question 57

머리(가) 썩다

Answer 57

???

Question 58

머리(를) 굴리다

Answer 58

put one’s brain to work/ thinking cap on