[Pachinko #2] # Chapter 8

 

 

 

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[Summarize this chapter]

Hansu wansn't wrong. The bomb was dropped in Nagasaki where Yoseb was working. And Hansu's employer found him with full of bandage in the hospital. Baek's family ended up reuniting finally. However, Yoseb kept feeling pain and he had to take an addictive pill to relieve his pain... Yet he should rely on alcholol since it was hard to get painkillers. 

Without anyone knowing, Yoseb noticed Noa is Hansu's son. And he also refuse to give Noa Hansu like Sunja. 

But... there was nothing to do for the poor.... Hansu said Yoseb's parents and in-law were dead by shot.... 

He kept persuading Sunja the boys need educated.  

 

 

Hansu wasn’t wrong. The bomb had been dropped on Nagasaki, where Yoseb was working. Hansu's employer found him in the hospital, covered in bandages. Eventually, Baek's family was reunited. However, Yoseb continued to feel pain and had to rely on addictive pills to relieve it. When painkillers became hard to get, he turned to alcohol.

Without anyone knowing, Yoseb realized that Noa was Hansu's son. However, he refused to give Noa to Hansu, just like Sunja.

But there was nothing to be done for the poor. Hansu informed Yoseb that his parents and in-laws had been killed by gunfire. He kept persuading Sunja that the boys needed an education.

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[Quotes that I liked ]

 

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[New Expression]

(Kindle export 할당량.. 끝났다고... 안뽑아짐.. 하나씩 복붙해야함... 젠장.. 방법을 찾고야 말거야) 흐흐 찾아따..

 

(p. 215) A bunker  had shielded Yoseb from the worst, but when he finally climbed out to the street, a burning wall from a nearby wooden shed struck his right side, engulfing him in orange-and-blue flames.

• shield somthing from  : (verb) to protect someone or something:
  She held her hand above her eyes to shield them from the sun.
  • 최악의 상황은 면했다 (~ from the worst) 추가로 다른 표현! 
    
    • The US economy dodged a bullet today.
      오늘날 미국 경제는 위기를 모면했어.
    • You really dodged a bullet yesterday!
      [출처] 직장인 생존 영어 회화 dodge a bullet  최악의 상황을 피하다 bad hair day 만사가 꼬이는 날|작성자 책읽는BOOK극곰struck:
  • strike- struck - struck
  • cf) stroke - stroked - stroked (쓰다듬다)
    
    • move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface, especially hair, fur, or skin), typically repeatedly; caress.
    • "he put his hand on her hair and stroked it"
• engulf: (verb)to surround and cover something or someone completely:
  • The flames rapidly engulfed the house.
  • Northern areas of the country were engulfed by/in a snowstorm last night.
  • The war is threatening to engulf the entire region.

(p. 215)  Someone he knew from the factory floor put out the fire,
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(p. 215)  Hansu's men found him at a pathetic hospital in Nagasaki at last.
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(p. 215)  after an extended season of cicadas,
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(p. 215)  Mozasu was the first to spot the truck,
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(p. 215)  quick boy darted to the pig stalls to retrieve the bamboo spears.
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(p. 215)  observing the truck as it came closer.
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(p. 215)  handing out the rattling, hollow spears to his mother,
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(p. 215)  Kim Changho was having his bath.
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(p. 215)  preparing for attack.
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(p. 215)  Noa's holey hand-me-down sweater hung loosely
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(p. 215)  He was tall for a six-year-old.
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(p. 215)  Put that thing down before you hurt yourself.”
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(p. 216)  two Koreans working for Hansu brought out a stretcher carrying Yoseb, who was bandaged and  deeply sedated.
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(p. 216)  Kyunghee let go of the spear,
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(p. 216)  she put her hand on Mozasu's shoulder to steady  herself.
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(p. 216)  Mozasu snuck glances at the soldier.
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(p. 216)  who was most often in charge of rations,
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(p. 216)  everyone must flee at the sight of any American  soldiers.
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(p. 216)    Death at your own hands was preferable to capture.
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(p. 216)  you have to wean him off it little by little.
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(p. 216)  you're trying to make it last."
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(p. 216)  They must be sterile.
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(p. 216)  He'll need the liniment because his skin is getting  tighter.
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(p. 217)  as if he had been consumed by an animal.
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(p. 217)    A short while later, Hansu and the men drove off  without saying good-bye.
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(p. 217)  the other Koreans did Yoseb's share of the work as  well as their own;
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(p. 217)  harvest season was approaching, and he would need them.
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(p. 217)  the farmer was determined to get as much work as  he could out of them before they left for home.
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• I determine vs I was determined
  • 결정하다(행동) vs 결심하다(마음)
  • "I determine my goals carefully because I am determined to achieve them no matter what."

• I prepare vs I am prepared
  • 준비하다(행동) vs 준비됐다, 준비된 상태다 (결심, 마음가짐)
  • "I prepare for my presentations in advance to ensure I am prepared for any unexpected questions."
• I close vs I am closed
  • 닫다(행동) vs 의견이 닫혀있다 (마음)
  • "She closes every argument too quickly, which makes others feel that she is closed to different perspectives."

(p. 217)  they grumbled about the dirtier tasks and openly  refused to work alongside foreigners.
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(p. 217)  crying in agony.
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(p. 217)  he tried to help out on the farm,
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(p. 217)  the pain was too great for him to work.
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(p. 217)  Now and then, Tamaguchi, who abhorred alcohol,  gave him some holiday sake out of pity.
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(p. 218)  he had no intention of having a drunk on his property.
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(p. 218)  Hansu appeared at ease in the barn, indifferent to  the harsh smells of the animals and the cold drafts.
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(p. 218)  Hansu studied the man's scarred face, the ragged  edges of a once- sloping jawline.
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(p. 218)  "We owe you a debt- something we may never be able to repay."
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(p. 218)  It was always better to say less.
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(p. 218)  you have no business being around him.
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(p. 218)  Noa had his younger brother's mannerisms-from  the way he spoke in Isak's measured cadences to  the way he ate his meals in modest bites, chewing  neatly.
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(p. 219)  In time, Noa would see this.
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(p. 219)  Though he shouldn't, Yoseb hated this man—
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(p. 219)  his unchecked confidence,
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(p. 219)  He hated him for not being in pain.
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(p. 219) He had no right to claim his brother's child.
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(p. 219)  Everyone would be dead
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(p. 219) Yoseb shifted to his side a little and winced from  the pain.
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(p. 219)  It doesn't make sense for anyone to go through all  this trouble,
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(p. 220)  It was almost out of respect for Yoseb's directness.
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(p. 220)  "We're going back home,"
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(p. 220)  "Pyongyang's controlled by the Russians, and the  Americans are in charge of Busan.
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(p. 220)  "It's not going to be like that forever,"
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(p. 220)  "I'm done with Japan."
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(p. 220)  You can't even walk down the length of this farm."
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(p. 220)  Hansu could say with confidence that the Japanese  were pathologically intractable when they wanted  to be.
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(p. 220)  In this, they were exactly like the Koreans except  their stubbornness was quieter, harder to detect.
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(p. 221) They'll work for week-old bread.
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F  (p. 221)  The lie had to be told,
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(p. 221)  They could have very well been shot.
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(p. 221)  In the scheme of things, it was preferable for Yoseb  and Kyunghee to lose their parents, because Sunja  would have followed them blindly out of some preposterous sense of duty.
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(p. 221) Yoseb and Kyunghee would be better off in Japan for now, anyway.
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(p. 222)  Yoseb was sleeping soundly.
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(p. 222)  Hansu said hello to her first and waved her toward  him openly, no longer feeling the need to be discreet.
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(p. 222)  Sunja was a pragmatic woman,
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(p. 222)  "It's not your decision to make.
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(p. 223) Out of Yoseb's hearing, the three women talked  about this all the time.
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(p. 223)  It wasn't that she was ungrateful.
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(p. 224)  Kim will make the arrangements.
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(p. 224)  Refusing my help would be selfish. You should give your sons every advantage.
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(p. 225)  I didn't get pecked even once this morning when I  got the eggs.
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(p. 225) cradling the thick volumes of the examination  books in his arms.
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(p. 226)  I was the first one in school to know them by heart."
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