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Feb 24 '12

Word of the Day: 줄이다

*Definition*

[verb] - to reduce, to diminish

*Common Phrases*

기간을 줄이다 - to reduce the term
기록을 줄이다 - to break the record
비용을 줄이다 - to reduce expenses
목숨을 줄이다 - to shorten one’s life  
고통을 줄이다 - to alleviate (someone’s) pain
가치를 줄이다 - to diminish the value (of something)
예산을 줄이다 - to make a retrenchment in the budget
생산량을 줄이다 - to curtain productions
생활비를 줄이다 - to cut down one’s family budget
3분의 1을 줄이다 - to reduce one-third (of something) 
3분의 1로 줄이다 - to reduce (something) to one-third
죄를 1등급 줄이다 - to reduce a penalty by one degree
옷의 길이를 줄이다 - to take in a garment 
월급을 10% 줄이다 - to reduce (someone’s) salary by 10 percent 
생활비를 바짝 줄여서 살다 - to exercise rigid economy in one’s living expenses
휴가를 일주일로 줄이다 - to cut down the vacation to a week 
신체 단련으로 지방을 줄이다 - to train off fat  
문장의 길이를 3분의 1로 줄이다 - to condense a passage to a third of its length
수천 단어를 2, 3페이지로 줄이다 - to boil down several thousand words to a couple of pages  

*Sample Sentences*

소매를 줄여 드리겠습니다.
I will take in the sleeves for you.

가스불을 줄이세요.
Turn down the gas.

체중을 좀 줄였다.
I’ve lost some weight.

인구가 많이 줄었다.
The population has decreased much.

술과 담배를 줄여라.
Cut down on your drinking and smoking.

소리를 좀 줄여 주시겠어요?
Could you turn the volume down a little? 

이렇게 하면 비용을 줄일 수 있을 것이다.
You will be able to cut down your expenses in this way.

기계는 시간과 노력을 많이 줄여 준다.
Machinery saves us much time and labor.

그녀는 살을 빼기 위해 식사량을 줄였다.
She cut down on her food to lose weight.

그는 200m 평영에서 세계 기록을 1.2초 줄였다.
He shaved 1.2 seconds off the world record in the 200 meter breaststroke.

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