Interactive vocabulary exercise from “A Jewel in the Palace” Eps. 32-33

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   adoptive      banned      comrades      diagnoses      encourage      excellence      gratitude      grave      humble      informs      insecure      methodically      misgivings      mound      ostracized      persistence      pride      professor      resting place      revenge      sake      selection      supposedly      surely      trainees   
Episode 32: The young master

Jang Geum is ordered arrested and brought to Hanyang for aiding the pirates.

While in Hanyang, Jang Geum is visited by her parents and by Dr. Jeong. Min Jung Ho wants to return to Jeju with Jang Geum, but she tells him that he must stay in Hanyang for her .

On the way back to Jeju, Jang Geum visits Lady Han’s . While Gang Duk Gu and the Jeju officer are building a for Lady Han, a young master orders them to stop.

Jang Geum correctly the young master’s sickness and treats him. Out of , the young master’s father offers a better for Lady Han. He also Jang Geum about the and training for new lady physicians.

Despite Dr. Jeong’s about Jang Geum and her desire for , he allows her to become part of the training.

Episode 33: Dr. Shin and the training for lady physicians

On the first day of the training, Dr. Shin, the in charge of the medical training, warns Jang Geum that he will fail her. On the other hand, the Confucian-classics professor praises Jang Geum and turns over the class to her.

Because of Dr. Shin’s anger towards her, Jang Geum is by her fellow . The only one who agrees to be her study partner is a shy and trainee named Shin-bi.

Because they have been from selling their goods to the Palace, Gang Duk Gu and his wife swallow their and seek Choi Pan Sul’s help. Meanwhile, Min Jung Ho tries to his former to rejoin the government.

Despite Jang Geum’s and her that includes washing the laundry of the other trainees, Dr. Shin tells her that she doesn’t have what it takes to be a lady physician.

Jang Geum becomes friends with Shin-bi, a fellow trainee. By observing how Shin-bi questions patients, she learns what her mistakes are and how to become .