Translating “Hilm”
after Cathy Park Hong
Please fill all appropriate blanks with “hilm.”
She stood at the platform and waited for the __________ to make her interview on time.
Her mother’s __________ was not tall enough to reach the shelf near the cabinet.
As she walked past, the man shouted __________ at her but she kept on walking.
The professor told her that her __________ was offensive and that she should leave his class
immediately.
According to her friend, the dress she tried on was too __________ to wear out.
__________ is a small book whose cover is worn through and is kept on the windowsill.
The airplane hostess said that she must __________ her belongings underneath her seat.
The boy looked down upon the __________ in his room and cried himself to sleep.
“__________,” she said jokingly while zipping up her jacket to keep warm in the chilly weather.
They never imagined that they would have to move away to __________ in their lives.
Her sister told her that __________ was the only way she would be able to go to the party.
The __________ in the blue sky showed that a storm was on its way.
He picked up the __________ in the store and his mother told him to put it down.
The fire was put out by firefighters who rushed to the __________ as fast as they could.
__________ is a purple rubber duck a baby plays with in a bathtub filled with water.
The lights flickered on and off in the __________, scaring everyone.
Inside the house, the __________ was on and there was the smell of dinner being made.
The shirt she wore had a __________ on it, which showed her pride.
Her __________ is what allowed her to walk away from the insults being thrown her way