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air

1.NounSino-Korean: 空氣

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    air

    Gases surrounding the earth or a star.

    Korean definition: 지구나 별을 둘러싸고 있는 기체.

    • The air in the country forest was very clean.

    • Seoul's air pollution is serious due to car exhaust.

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    ambient

    A mood or an ambient surrounding the place.

    Korean definition: 그 자리에 감도는 기분이나 분위기.

    • Because my parents were fighting, the atmosphere in the living room was heavy.

    • As the mood turned hostile, a chilly atmosphere hung over the conference room.

2.NounSino-Korean: 空器

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    bowl

    A basin used for putting cooked rice in; its bottom is relatively narrow and gets wider towards the top.

    Korean definition: 밥을 담아 먹는 데 쓰이는 밑이 좁은 위로 갈수록 벌어지는 그릇.

    • Seunggyu, apparently without an appetite, left as much as half his bowl of rice.

    • The child, probably hungry, ate the rice, scraping the bowl clean.

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    bowl

    A unit to count the number of bowls of cooked rice.

    Korean definition: 밥을 담은 그릇의 양을 세는 단위.

    • I usually eat two or three bowls of rice easily.

    • I wasn't very hungry, so I only ate half a bowl of rice and left the other half.