Long Tails Either Get Caught or Get Stepped on

Start watching Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo S1E6 wherever you stream it, and skip to 40:00. 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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• 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 19 words you'll practice in 40–50 min

• noun 위 top, above
• noun 대회 competition, tournament
• verb 끊다 to cut off, quit
• noun 실수 mistake
• noun 증상 symptom
• noun 스타트 start
• noun 그때 that time, then
• verb 사다 to buy
• noun 입 mouth
• noun 이후 after/since
• verb 모자라다 be insufficient
• noun 문자 text message, letter
• noun 관리 management, administration
• verb 힘내다 cheer up, take courage
• verb 집중하다 concentrate, focus
• noun 트라우마 trauma
• adjective 시시하다 boring, trivial
• noun 등수 rank, place
• noun 악담 abusive language, slander