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Mr.; Ms.; Mrs.

1.Bound nounSino-Korean: 氏

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    Mr.; Ms.; Mrs.

    A bound noun used to address or call out to a certain person deferentially.

    Korean definition: 그 사람을 높여 부르거나 이르는 말.

    • I went to the office, but Ms. Kim Ji-su wasn't at her desk.

    • Yu-min, have you eaten?

      Not yet.

2.Noun

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    seed

    The hard substance inside the fruit of a plant that will bud and grow.

    Korean definition: 식물의 열매 속에 있는, 앞으로 싹이 터서 자라게 될 단단한 물질.

    • When spring came, the farmer sowed grain seeds in the field.

    • The children played a game of spitting watermelon seeds far while eating watermelon.

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    sperm

    The source of an animal's birth and reproduction.

    Korean definition: 동물을 낳아 번식시키는 근원이 되는 것.

    • Father had the cow bred so that she could carry a calf.

    • Mr. Kim bragged that the horses in his stable came from good stock.

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    seed

    (figurative) A source from which something can grow in the future.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 앞으로 커질 수 있는 근원.

    • Mr. Kim's favoritism toward Seung-gyu became a seed of discontent for the other students.

    • The money I hastily borrowed solved my immediate worries, but that debt became a seed of anxiety again.

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    lineage

    (disparaging) The bloodline of a family.

    Korean definition: (낮잡아 이르는 말로) 어떤 가문의 혈통.

    • Lord Kim looked down on his servants, saying nobles and commoners came from different stock.

    • People whispered that the two half-brothers had very different personalities because they came from different stock.