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ssotda[쏟따]Intermediate · TOPIK II

pour; spill

Verb

  1. 1

    pour; spill

    To make a liquid or material in a bowl, etc., come out of it.

    Korean definition: 그릇 등에 담겨 있는 액체나 물질이 밖으로 나오게 하다.

    • My wife was picking up the rice she had spilled all over the floor.

    • Seunggyu poured the medicine from the packet into his mouth all at once.

  2. 2

    pay; devote; give

    To devote oneself to or concentrate on something fervently.

    Korean definition: 정성을 다해 어떠한 일에 열중하거나 집중하다.

    • Painter Kim devoted himself to every brushstroke as he completed the painting.

    • Seunggyu was so absorbed in his game that he didn't even notice someone coming to the house.

  3. 3

    pour out

    To speak a thought or words in one's mind.

    Korean definition: 마음속에 품고 있는 생각이나 말을 밖으로 표현하다.

    • Writer Kim poured his sorrow and pain into his work.

    • When their salaries didn't go up this time either, the employees began pouring out complaints.

  4. 4

    gush; spout

    To send a large amount of tears, sweats, blood, etc., out of the body at once.

    Korean definition: 눈물이나 땀, 피 등을 한꺼번에 많이 몸 밖으로 내보내다.

    • As his illness worsened, my younger brother coughed up blood every time he coughed.

    • At the teacher's frightening scolding, Jisu was shedding big tears.