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completely

1.Adverb

  1. 1

    completely

    Not at all, or utterly.

    Korean definition: 전혀. 또는 도무지.

    • A student who never came to class at all suddenly showed up and was chatting noisily.

    • He was someone who had nothing at all; I don't know when he became the president of a decent company.

  2. 2

    whole; every

    For anything and everything.

    Korean definition: 전부 다.

    • When I stepped into the garden, it was entirely full of dazzlingly beautiful flowers and trees.

    • My sister, an interior designer, decorated the whole interior of the building with nothing but sparkly things.

2.NounSino-Korean: 桶

  1. 1

    bucket; container

    A deep and concave container made to hold something.

    Korean definition: 무엇을 담기 위해 깊고 오목하게 만든 그릇.

    • I filled a container made from a cut plastic bottle with water and put flowers in it.

    • Hearing that the water would be cut off tomorrow, I filled a big bucket with water.

  2. 2

    bucket

    A unit used to measure the quantity of something by putting it in a bucket.

    Korean definition: 물건을 통에 담아 그 분량을 세는 단위.

    • Preparing for war, the residents bought and stocked up on several cans of canned food.

    • As the drought continues, the people in our village live saving even a single bucket of water.