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Hello there, language aficionados! I'm Michael and I'm a Korean student, just 18 years old. I've been studying for ACT and SAT subject tests to apply to universities in the US. I'm interested in automobiles and engineering, and I'm looking forward to do actual studies on them in university. Honestly, though, I want to take more time and explore different specific fields in which I'll pursue an actual career. Though not a very dedicated photographer, I enjoy taking photos. A lot. It's a small hobby of mine along with listening to music and drawing. I want to take pictures that are like drawings, but when that doesn't work out, I try to draw things like a picture XD Here in italki I've met many people and with some of them I became good friends. I learned much about my own language while teaching it to other people, and that's one of the reasons why I enjoy doing language exchange so much; Teaching is also learning. Of course, it doesn't always go as planned–quite often we may neglect the purpose and end up chatting in English. But that's still good! Getting to know new people with amazing personalities and stories, that's also what I seek here. Obviously I can't provide you a professional level of Korean lesson, nor can the lessons be regular (should there be any at all XD) Nevertheless, I look forward to being your friend! x Chloé
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    차라리 is the closest to 'rather'; It is used when you are comparing an action, choice or whatnot to another, and it implies that although the two(or more) choices are similarly unfavorable, one of them are what you would 'rather' choose. "아 비오네. 어떡하지? 기다릴까?" "Oh it's raining. What should we do? Should we wait(till it stops)?" "아니, 학교에 늦을 바에는 차라리 비 맞고 갈래." "No, I'd rather get wet than to be late for school." 오히려 can be used when you describe something that is contrary to the expectations or common senses. 입추가 지나면 좀 시원해질까 기대했는데, 오히려 더 더워지네. *입추 is one of lunar seasons. it means "entering autumn". I thought it will get cooler after 입추, but it only gets hotter. 90년대의 휴대전화와는 다르게 최신 스마트폰들은 오히려 크기가 커지고 있다. Unlike the cellphones in the 90s, the newest smartphones are getting bigger in size. 대신 is pretty much the same as 'instead'. 나는 새 카메라 렌즈 대신에 드론을 구매했어. I bought a drone instead of a new glass for my camera.
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    August 8, 2018
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    Interesting, I've always used quotation marks as in Rule 1
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    May 28, 2018
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    1. 않걸랑 is a conjugation of 않다. It has a meaning of [does not ~]. It is used in informal contexts such as when one is talking to one's close friends(It's almost a slang). Another forms with a similar meaning/usage is 않는다고, 않는다구(slang), 않거든. So if I were to translate that into an English equivalent, it would be something like this: "I, 진유미, am a sucker for thugs or playboys. But I would never fall for that naive nerd. Like ever. " 2. Indeed, ~느라고 means because of~ or due to~. With 하 added in front of it(~하느라고), it means because of doing ~. With 생각 added in front of that(생각하느라고), it means because of thinking(about ~). The whole phrase after the comma (내 생각하느라고?) means because of thinking about me? The phrase is used in anastrophe. When you move that in front of (늦잠을 잤나), you get this: 내 생각하느라 늦잠을 잤나? which then is easily interpreted as "Did he oversleep, thinking about me(last night)?" I'm not sure if the speaker is deluded or she's just cocky because she's good-looking but obviously she wants to(or already is) flirting with that 재준 guy. Surely you know. 3. ~이야, in this context, is an abbreviation of ~쯤이야. When you say [~쯤이야](with ~ being an action or an object), you're saying that this something is not of importance, that it is not a big deal. The speaker is saying that her makeup is no big deal because, as she mentioned in the preceding sentence, her today's makeup doesn't even match with how much makeup she used to wear in her previous school. Hope that helped.
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    September 5, 2017
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    My biscuit is gone My Biscuit is gone. And I'm not talking about someone with sweet tooth stealing my snack. Biscuit is a vocabulary flashcard app that I've used for about two years. I studied English, memorizing thousands of new vocabularies with its super-tidy green-white dual tone UI. Its usability is incomparable to any other flashcard/dictionary app on the App Store, and it was always there for me when I encountered a new word. It was absolutely a marvelous app-even a great language companion of mine, and it was almost exciting to learn new words with it. And now it's gone. Few days ago, I had to reset my iPhone to fix the unknown system error. Of course I backed up the phone on iCloud, and until I checked my restored phone I didn't expect this disaster to happen. The app was not reinstalled on the phone, and neither was it available on the App Store. I searched and searched, on and on for hours on app store, google, App Store community, everywhere. Then I had to embrace that the app was gone. (It's officially removed from the App Store, I double checked.) Maybe the developer stopped servicing the app, or apple removed the app for some unknown reason. Who knows? I couldn't even contact the developer, as the contact on the official page was invalid and the last update of the app was 2015. To think back, I remember having trouble logging into its service server since few months ago. It makes sense now, as it surely was not an error but the developer suspending service of the app. I have no idea why I keep coming back here and whine about my problems. But it was such a great loss to me to lose this app, and I know this might sound silly but I really, really miss the app. whoever is reading this, I'm sure you've got your own favorite app that you have a certain attachment to. awn I miss it so much p.s. don't bother correcting this notebook. although I will appreciate your kind corrections, should you make any nonetheless.
    June 1, 2017
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    College admission Anybody who's currently a Korean high school senior or had been one will understand that it's virtually impossible to do ANYTHING else than doing school courseworks and studying for 수능. I knew that, even before going to high school and as years past, from sophomore to junior, it came across more vividly. And now, as I'm typing this(virtually whining) so maybe someone will read it and save my soul, sympathize and console me, I can just feel that I'm wasting my time. Well, maybe it's not that much of a wasting. Maybe the admission office might find this notebook entry doing background evaluation. (Hey there.) so.. yeah
    January 28, 2017
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    usage of abbreviation in general context Is using abbreviations(like I am to I'm) in a general context(or writing situation) usually perceived as being 'unprofessional'?? Thanks.
    August 23, 2016
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    hmm. but trying itself isn't exactly negatory, is it?
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    February 20, 2016
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    February 18, 2016
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    February 18, 2016
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    Space is men's ultimate terra incognita, it's full of unknown facts and It's thought to be the only possible breakthrough for the current impasse in the field of Science. It's valid to think that Space exploration is not the most obvious thing we should do in the current situation(which I don't think it need further description). However, you must admit there are certain indisputable benefits in it, and It's turning many heads these days. 

    Lunar regolith is basically a high density composition of titanium, iron, numerous other valuable metals and it also contains quite a lot of 3Helium, which is definitely going to be advantageous resource as a fuel for deuterium-He3 fusion. But the moon is only a tiny portion of the mystery and hope that lies within Space. There are literally millions of asteroids in the solar system, and till today we've discovered that there are thousands of NEO(Near Earth Object)s that are composed of unimaginable amount of metals and rare elements. If we can capture just a single NEO(let's say, an M-type asteroid made of nickel)(and we can-we're almost there to actual asteroid-mining), the entire globe can stop deforesting hundreds of hectares a day for a whole year. Not only is space exploration a next step of a development of science and technology, it is also considered as an open opportunity to saving the Earth as well.


    Although the current launch cost per kilogram is extremely high, this can eventually be overcome by continuous researches and development in aviation/aerospace. What's interesting and at the same time very fortunate is that the increasing public recognitions of the rising subject and financial/academic supports are finally giving the boost that the aerospace industry just needed, but in a different way it also did during the cold war era. Think about spaceshipX, Falcon, SLS, and Orion. They're not like Saturn V or Soyuz-they're developed by civilian ventures and they're the leading pioneers in the aerospace industry!! 



    Okay, this was supposed to be a correction to your essay, but I guess this is also worthwhile in its own right. Right? :)

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    February 18, 2016
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