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Last Fantasy, Part 1

Last Fantasy (2011) is IU's second studio album, led by the single 너랑 나 and featuring guest turns from 윤상, 김광진 and 이적. The first seven tracks lean on plain, spoken Korean: keeping secrets, being rushed, getting nagged, quitting a bad habit, locking yourself in your room. This set pulls thirty-two everyday verbs, adjectives and nouns from those songs, each with an original example sentence set in the same situation.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
몰래	secretly, without anyone knowing	동생 몰래 선물을 준비했어요.I got the present ready without my little brother knowing.
숨기다	to hide something, to keep it from someone	저는 아무것도 숨기지 않았어요.I didn't hide anything.
쌓이다	to pile up, to accumulate	책상 위에 서류가 자꾸 쌓여요.Paperwork keeps piling up on my desk.
어설프다	clumsy, half-baked, not quite done right	제 요리 실력은 아직 어설퍼요.My cooking skills are still pretty clumsy.
가볍다	light, not heavy; light-hearted	이 가방은 생각보다 아주 가벼워요.This bag is much lighter than I expected.
달아나다	to run away, to flee	고양이가 문틈으로 달아났어요.The cat ran away through the gap in the door.
어김없이	without fail, every single time	그는 어김없이 아침 일곱 시에 와요.He shows up at seven every morning without fail.
지겹다	to be sick of something, tiresome	같은 노래만 들으니까 지겨워요.I'm sick of it, listening to the same song over and over.
깨우다	to wake someone up	내일 아침 일곱 시에 깨워 주세요.Please wake me up at seven tomorrow morning.
잘못되다	to go wrong, to be mistaken	일이 잘못될까 봐 걱정돼요.I'm worried things will go wrong.
이해하다	to understand	선생님 설명을 이제 이해했어요.I understand the teacher's explanation now.
서성거리다	to pace around, to hang about, to linger	그 사람 집 앞에서 한참 서성거렸어요.I hung around outside their house for a long time.
예전	the old days, a while back	예전에는 여기에 작은 서점이 있었어요.There used to be a small bookshop here.
주고받다	to exchange, to trade back and forth	우리는 매일 문자를 주고받아요.We text back and forth every day.
속삭이다	to whisper	친구가 귀에 대고 조용히 속삭였어요.My friend whispered quietly in my ear.
재촉하다	to rush someone, to hurry someone along	시간이 없어서 자꾸 재촉하게 돼요.I keep rushing people because we're short on time.
두렵다	to be afraid, scared	혼자 발표하는 게 조금 두려워요.I'm a little scared of presenting on my own.
알아보다	to recognize someone; to look into something	십 년 만에 만나도 저를 알아봤어요.She recognized me even after ten years.
벅차다	to be overwhelmed with emotion; to be too much to handle	합격 소식을 듣고 가슴이 벅찼어요.My heart swelled when I heard I'd passed.
반복	repetition, doing the same thing over	매일 같은 일의 반복이라 좀 지루해요.It's the same thing on repeat every day, so it gets dull.
닦다	to wipe, to clean off; to brush	식탁을 깨끗하게 닦아 주세요.Please wipe the table clean.
정리되다	to be tidied up, to be put in order	방이 깔끔하게 정리돼 있었어요.The room had been neatly tidied.
불안하다	anxious, uneasy	시험 결과를 기다리는 동안 불안했어요.I felt uneasy while waiting for the exam results.
속상하다	to be upset, to feel hurt about something	약속이 취소돼서 정말 속상했어요.I was really upset that the plans fell through.
잔소리	nagging, a lecture about small things	엄마 잔소리를 매일 아침 들어요.I get a lecture from my mum every morning.
끊다	to quit a habit; to cut off, to hang up	삼촌은 작년에 담배를 끊었어요.My uncle quit smoking last year.
닮다	to resemble, to take after someone	동생은 아빠를 많이 닮았어요.My younger brother takes after our dad a lot.
개구쟁이	a mischievous kid, a little rascal	옆집 개구쟁이가 또 창문을 깼어요.The little rascal next door broke a window again.
첫사랑	first love	첫사랑 이야기는 아직도 부끄러워요.Talking about my first love still embarrasses me.
잠그다	to lock; to turn off a tap	나갈 때 문을 꼭 잠가 주세요.Please be sure to lock the door when you go out.
잔인하다	cruel, brutal	그 영화는 너무 잔인해서 못 봤어요.That film was too brutal for me to watch.
달콤하다	sweet, sweet-tasting; sweet in a lovely way	이 딸기가 생각보다 훨씬 달콤해요.These strawberries are far sweeter than I expected.