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가난하다 means "to be poor" (referring to money or wealth). When describing a noun, it appears as 가난한 such as the 가난한 나무꾼.

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곧 is an adverb that describes an action that must be done, or that is strongly suggested to be done, or definitively occured. Sometimes it can be translated as "please" but 곧 is a stronger agreement rather than a request.

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금 means "gold". This refers to the metal used in many objects, and even can refer to days (i.e., 금요일 [Friday]).

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나무 means tree, and can also be used to refer to wood.

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낡다 is an adjective that means "to be old" referring to things or objects (not people). In the story, it refers to the 남꾼's axe - 낡은 도끼.

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도끼 means axe. In the story, you will axes described in several ways.

낡은 도끼: And old axe. The adjective 낡은 is used to describe things (not people) that are old.

금도끼: This is a compound noun with the word 금 (gold) added to the word axe.

은도끼: This is a compound noun with the word 은 (silver) added to the word axe.

쇠도끼: This is a compound noun with the word 쇠 (metal) added to the word axe.

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돈을 벌다 means "to make money". The expression has two parts: 돈 (money) and 벌다 (to earn). In the story, the wood cutter needs his axe to work and earn money.

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맞다 means "to be correct" or "to be right".

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묻다 is a verb that means "to ask". This verb belongs to a category of verbs where the final consonant  'ㄷ' becomes 'ㄹ' when used in certain ways. For example, 나무꾼에게 물었어요.

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미소를 짓다 means "to smile". It has two parts: 미소 (smile) and the verb 짓다.