요즈음, 그녀는 일을 열심히 하고 있는 중이다. ~~~고 있는 중이다.

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요즈음, 그녀는 일을 열심히 하고 있는 중이다. 

~~~고 있는 중이다. <<<<<> These days she's in the middle of working very hard".  

     Again, very strange.  Do you say it that way (above sentence) in Korean?

     No need to write more sentence examples - I understand the grammar - it's just strange to me and hard to know when to use because we don't express it like that in Engligh.  

Thanks.

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요즈음, 그녀는 일을 열심히 하고 있는 중이다. 
These days she’s working very hard. 

Question : Where is "in the middle of" here? (Not in Korean, I can see where the grammar is in Korean - but in translation - we in English don't say .... 

answer: These days she’s in the middle of working very hard.
Korean people think like this way.

"in the middle of~" we think ~~~ing. progressive.

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You can take it as a most **lively** version of 'These days she's working very hard. Then '요즘 그녀는 일을 열심히 하는 중이다', then '요즘 그녀는 일을 열심히 하고 있다.' 

Hope this helps.

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