Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on

Start watching Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo S1E6 wherever you stream it, and skip to 10:00. Press Start the moment you are there — then tap a word the instant you hear it. This run lasts about ten minutes. You won't see subtitle lines here — just the words. You're training your ear, not reading along.

You've got about six seconds either side, so aim rather than stab. The first word doesn't come up until around the 1-minute mark — quiet before that is the episode, not a bug.

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Teaching with this? Choose the words yourself and you get a link and a QR code to hand out.

Or practice ten minutes of it

• 0–10 min 19 words
• 10–20 min 20 words
• 20–30 min 20 words
• 30–40 min 19 words
• 40–50 min 19 words
• 50–64 min 20 words

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Preview — the 20 words you'll practice in 10–20 min

• noun 체급 weight class
• verb 올리다 raise
• noun 선수 player, athlete
• noun 닭 chicken
• noun 메달 medal
• noun 정신 mind, spirit
• adjective 쉽다 easy
• adjective 궁금하다 curious, wonder
• noun 기분 mood, feeling
• noun 꿈 dream
• verb 끊다 to cut off, quit
• adjective 뻔하다 obvious, almost
• verb 들어주다 grant, listen to (request)
• verb 따지다 argue, question
• noun 결정 decision
• noun 허락 permission
• noun 스트레스 stress
• noun 컨디션 condition
• verb 결심하다 decide, resolve
• verb 늘리다 increase, expand