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Get Up
The 2023 EP Get Up is the group's most sparing writing — short English hooks with Korean surfacing in quick bursts, so this set is smaller by design. Super Shy hands over the language of nerves: trembling, standing side by side, eyes suddenly shining. ETA supplies the rest, and it is the most conversational Korean in the catalogue — a friend telling you to stop wasting your time, that he's been caught looking elsewhere, that she'll help you end it. Cool With You and ASAP round it out with expressing yourself, crossing a distance, and hanging up a call too soon.
Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 드디어 | finally, at last | 드디어 시험이 끝났어.The exams are finally over. |
| 얼마나 | how much, how long | 얼마나 더 준비해야 해?How much longer do we have to prepare? |
| 떨리다 | to tremble, to be nervous | 발표 전이라 목소리가 떨려.My voice is shaking because the presentation is coming up. |
| 나란히 | side by side, in a row | 둘이 나란히 앉았어.The two of them sat side by side. |
| 갑자기 | suddenly, all of a sudden | 갑자기 비가 쏟아졌어.It suddenly started pouring. |
| 빛나다 | to shine, to glow | 그 순간 표정이 환하게 빛났어.Their face lit up brightly in that moment. |
| 누구보다도 | more than anyone else | 누구보다도 네가 잘 알잖아.You know better than anyone. |
| 원래 | originally, normally, by nature | 원래 계획은 이게 아니었어.This wasn't the original plan. |
| 낭비하다 | to waste (time, money, effort) | 주말을 그냥 낭비하고 싶지 않아.I don't want to just waste the weekend. |
| 서두르다 | to hurry, to rush | 서두르지 않으면 늦어.We'll be late if we don't hurry. |
| 답답하다 | to feel frustrated or stifled; to be exasperating | 말이 안 통해서 답답해.It's frustrating that we can't get through to each other. |
| 눈빛 | the look in someone's eyes | 눈빛만 봐도 무슨 생각인지 알겠어.I can tell what they're thinking just from the look in their eyes. |
| 눈부시다 | to be dazzling, blindingly bright | 햇빛이 눈부셔서 눈을 못 뜨겠어.The sunlight is so dazzling I can't open my eyes. |
| 혼나다 | to get told off, to be scolded | 숙제를 안 해서 선생님한테 혼났어.I got told off by the teacher for not doing my homework. |
| 헤어지다 | to break up, to part ways | 둘이 지난달에 헤어졌대.I heard the two of them broke up last month. |
| 멋있다 | to be cool, to look great | 오늘 입은 코트 진짜 멋있다.That coat you're wearing today looks really great. |
| 도와주다 | to help someone out | 이사할 때 친구가 도와줬어.A friend helped me out when I moved. |
| 표현하다 | to express, to put into words | 고마운 마음을 잘 표현하지 못했어.I wasn't able to express how grateful I felt. |
| 돌아오다 | to come back, to return | 출장에서 다음 주에 돌아와.They get back from the business trip next week. |
| 놓다 | to let go of, to put down | 너무 무거워서 상자를 잠깐 놓았어.It was so heavy that I put the box down for a moment. |
| 결말 | an ending, the conclusion of a story | 이 영화 결말이 너무 슬퍼.The ending of this film is so sad. |
| 거리 | distance, the space between two things | 우리 사이의 거리가 좁혀졌어.The distance between us has closed. |
| 건너다 | to cross over | 길을 건너서 왼쪽으로 가.Cross the road and go left. |
| 누르다 | to press, to push (a button) | 빨간 버튼을 누르면 꺼져.It turns off if you press the red button. |
| 끊다 | to hang up; to cut off | 인사도 없이 전화를 끊었어.They hung up without even saying goodbye. |
| 빨간색 | the colour red | 빨간색 우산을 들고 왔어.They came carrying a red umbrella. |
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