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Last Fantasy, Part 2

The back half of Last Fantasy (2011) turns inward: a girl waiting for a phone call she is too proud to make, a stray dog asking to be taken home, and an insomniac counting headlights at four in the morning. The vocabulary is mostly plain feeling-words — feeling lonely, being let down, losing your nerve — the kind that come up constantly in ordinary conversation.

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	Example
짜증	irritation, annoyance	기다리다 보니 짜증이 조금 났어요.Waiting around got me a little irritated.
거짓말	a lie	친구한테는 거짓말을 하지 않으려고 해요.I try not to lie to my friends.
뻔하다	to be obvious, to be predictable	결말이 너무 뻔해서 재미없었어요.The ending was so predictable it wasn't fun.
멈추다	to stop, to come to a halt	버스가 갑자기 멈춰서 깜짝 놀랐어요.The bus stopped suddenly and startled me.
낯설다	to feel unfamiliar, to seem strange	이사한 동네가 아직 좀 낯설어요.The neighbourhood I moved to still feels a bit unfamiliar.
어느새	before you know it, somehow already	어느새 저녁 시간이 다 됐네요.It's already dinnertime before you know it.
바뀌다	to change, to be replaced	약속 장소가 어제 갑자기 바뀌었어요.The meeting place changed suddenly yesterday.
기대다	to lean on, to rely on someone	힘들 때는 가족에게 기대도 괜찮아요.It's okay to lean on your family when things are hard.
당연하다	to be natural, to be a matter of course	처음이니까 실수하는 건 당연해요.It's only natural to make mistakes the first time.
넘어지다	to fall over, to trip	빙판길에서 넘어지지 않게 조심하세요.Be careful not to slip and fall on the icy road.
외롭다	to be lonely	혼자 사는 게 가끔은 외로워요.Living alone is lonely sometimes.
서툴다	to be clumsy at something, to be inexperienced	저는 아직 운전이 서툴러요.I'm still not very good at driving.
움츠러들다	to shrink back, to lose one's nerve	사람들 앞에 서면 자꾸 움츠러들어요.I keep shrinking back when I stand in front of people.
걱정	worry, concern	그런 걱정은 안 하셔도 괜찮아요.You don't need to worry about that.
습관	a habit	일찍 자는 습관을 들이고 싶어요.I want to get into the habit of going to bed early.
힘겹다	to be a struggle, to be hard to bear	혼자 짐을 옮기기가 힘겨웠어요.Moving the luggage on my own was a struggle.
어른	an adult, a grown-up	어른이 되면 책임질 일이 많아져요.When you become an adult you have more to answer for.
깜빡이다	to blink; to flicker	졸려서 눈을 자꾸 깜빡였어요.I kept blinking because I was sleepy.
안쓰럽다	to feel sorry for someone, to be pitiful to look at	비 맞는 강아지가 정말 안쓰러웠어요.The puppy out in the rain looked so pitiful.
욕심	greed, wanting more than one's share	그건 제 욕심이었던 것 같아요.I think that was me being greedy.
붙잡다	to catch hold of, to grab, to keep someone from leaving	떠나는 친구를 차마 붙잡지 못했어요.I couldn't bring myself to stop my friend from leaving.
흥얼거리다	to hum to oneself	설거지하면서 노래를 흥얼거렸어요.I hummed a song while doing the dishes.
촉촉하다	to be moist, to be damp in a pleasant way	비가 와서 공기가 촉촉해요.The air is damp because it rained.
흔적	a trace, a mark left behind	눈이 녹아서 흔적도 남지 않았어요.The snow melted and left no trace at all.
정신없다	to be hectic, to be too busy to think straight	아침부터 정신없이 바빴어요.It's been frantically busy since this morning.
실망하다	to be disappointed	결과를 듣고 조금 실망했어요.I was a little disappointed when I heard the result.
스치다	to brush past, to graze	어깨가 살짝 스쳐서 사과했어요.Our shoulders brushed, so I apologised.
짓밟다	to trample on, to crush underfoot	누가 화단을 짓밟고 지나갔어요.Someone trampled through the flower bed.
초라하다	to look shabby, to feel small and pathetic	혼자 앉아 있으니 좀 초라해 보였어요.Sitting there alone, I looked a bit pathetic.
감싸다	to wrap around, to shield someone	담요로 아이를 따뜻하게 감쌌어요.I wrapped the child up warmly in a blanket.