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Health and lifestyle
Sleep, diet, exercise, stress and the habits in between.
Much of this vocabulary is built from a few syllables: 력 (strength) in 면역력 and 근력, 량 (amount) in 운동량, and 금 (forbid) in 금연 and 금주, which mean both giving up smoking or drinking and a ban on it, as on a sign. Korean talks about the stomach where English talks about feeling: when 속이 안 좋아요, you feel queasy.
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섭취하다to take in, consumeVerb4
더운 날에는 물을 충분히 섭취하세요.Drink plenty of water on hot days.
과식하다to overeatVerb4
어젯밤에 과식해서 아침까지 속이 안 좋았어요.I overate last night and felt queasy until the morning.
편식하다to be a fussy eaterVerb4
어릴 때는 편식해서 채소를 하나도 안 먹었어요.As a child I was a fussy eater and would not touch vegetables.
This list belongs to The body and health — seven lists and 281 words that can also be practised as a whole.
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