닭찜 : Braised chicken and vegetables, (sometimes 찜닭) Recipe from Maangchi 

닭 = Chicken 
찜 noun form of 찌다 = To steam, braise 

면 = Noodles
간장 = Soy sauce
설탕 = Sugar
식물성 기름 = Vegetable oil
감자 = Potatoes
마늘 = Garlic
오이 = Cucumber
당근 = Carrot
양파 = Onion
후추 = Ground black pepper
참기름 = Sesame oil
참깨 = Sesame seeds

김치 볶음밥 : Kimchi fried rice, recipe from Maangchi

볶음 noun form of 볶다 = to pan fry, braise, stir fry
밥 = Rice 

고추장 = Hot pepper paste
참기름 = Sesame oil
식물성 기름 = Vegetable oil (식물 = Plants)
참깨 = Sesame seeds
물 = Water 
김 = Seaweed 

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~(으)려던 참이다 = was just about to, was planning to 

안 그래도 전화하려던 참이었어 = I was just about to call you anyway.
제가 밥을 먹으려던 참이었어요 = I was just about to eat some rice
지금 나가려던 참이었어요 = I was about to leave now.
얼굴을 세수하고 잠을 자려던 참이었어요 = I was about to wash my face and go to sleep.
안 그래도, 밥을 먹으려던 참이었어요. 15분 후에 돌아오세요 = Actually, I was about to eat a meal. Come back in 15 minutes.

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~(으)려던 참에

나가려던 참에 너는 사무실에 왔어요 = I was about to leave when you came to the office.
책을 사려던 참에 저는 돈이 없는 걸 알았어요 = I was about to buy the book when I realised I didn’t have any money.
홍콩에 이사하려던 참에 먼저 소포를 많이 보내고 있어요 = I’m about to move to Hong Kong so I’m sending a lot of parcels beforehand.
버스를 타려던 참에 그를 만났다 = As I was just about to get on the bus, I met him.

Intensifiers

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진짜 – real, really
정말 – really

진짜?/진짜요? – Really?
정말? – Really?

아주 – very, so, exceedingly
그는 아주 정직하고 사려가 깊다 – He is very honest and considerate
그녀는 연기를 아주 잘 했다 – She acted very well

매우 – very, extremely
대단히 – very much, extremely
대단히 미안합니다 – I am very sorry

극히 – extremely
참 – truly, very, so, extremely 
세월 참 빠르다 – The years go by so quickly/Time flies.
그것 참 안됐다 – That‘s too bad/What a shame. 
참 재미있었다 – I really enjoyed myself. 

무한 – infinite, limitless   
무한 감사 드려요 – Thank you so much

너무 – too much, excessively, very, quite

너무 졸려요 – I’m too sleepy/i’m very sleepy 
너무 바빠요 – I’m too busy/i’m very busy 
너무 보고 싶어요 – really miss you
너무 좋아요 – It’s really good 
너무 잘 했어요 – really well done 
한식이 너무 매워요! – Korean food is too spicy!
이건 너무 위험해 – It is very dangerous
저 사람 너무 멋있어요! – that guy is really cool 
이거 너무 좋아요 – I really like this 
여기 너무 시끄러워요 – it’s too noisy here 
너무 좋아요. 그런데 너무 비싸요 – it’s really good. but it’s too expensive.

많이 – a lot (verbs)
꽤 – quite
조금 – a bit (adjectives or verbs)
특히 – especially/particularly