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tteuda[뜨다]Beginner · TOPIK IBody movements

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1.Verb

  1. 1

    open

    To open one's closed eyes.

    Korean definition: 감았던 눈을 벌리다.

    • The wind was blowing so hard that I couldn't keep my eyes open.

    • Jisu opened her closed eyes, but it was so dark around her that she couldn't see anything.

  2. 2

    look at

    To make one's eyes look like a specific shape.

    Korean definition: 눈을 특별한 모양이 되게 벌리다.

    • When the teacher told them to close their eyes, Jisu squinted and peeked at the teacher's expression.

    • Mother glared at Father, who came home late and drunk, and showered him with nagging.

2.Verb

  1. 1

    float; buoy

    To stay on water or in the air, or to jump upward.

    Korean definition: 물 위나 공중에 있거나 위쪽으로 솟아오르다.

    • White lotus flowers were floating on the pond.

    • I looked at the full moon floating in the night sky and made a wish.

  2. 2

    get loose; come off

    For a crack to form as something does not stick well.

    Korean definition: 어디에 착 달라붙지 않아 틈이 생기다.

    • Because the wallpapering was done poorly, the wallpaper all came loose.

    • I pressed the loose part of the envelope with my hand, but it didn't stick well.

  3. 3

    be excited; be upbeat

    (figurative) To become a state that is unsteady and disarranged, not composed.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 차분하지 못하고 어수선하게 들뜬 상태가 되다.

    • We were so excited about going on a trip that we couldn't work properly.

    • Jisu went all around the neighborhood bouncing with excitement, as if something good had happened.

  4. 4

    be cheated

    To be unable to receive what was lent.

    Korean definition: 빌려준 것을 돌려받지 못하다.

    • When Mr. Kim didn't pay back the money he borrowed from me, I decided to consider it gone for good.

    • Jisu borrowed my bag and still hasn't given it back.

      That bag is already gone, so give up on getting it back.

3.Verb

  1. 1

    cut off; cut out

    To tear or fall apart from one big mass.

    Korean definition: 큰 덩이에서 일부를 떼어 내다.

    • Seunggyu cut out sod at the foot of the mountain and covered his grandfather's grave with it.

    • The older brother scooped a big spoonful of rice from his bowl and put it in his younger brother's bowl.

  2. 2

    scoop up

    To scoop up something out of water.

    Korean definition: 물속에 있는 것을 건져 올리다.

    • Jisu scooped up the solids in the soup with a spoon and slurped them down.

    • Minjun didn't drink the dumpling soup broth but just scooped out and ate the dumplings.

  3. 3

    scoop put; spoon out

    To scoop or take out water or powder in a container.

    Korean definition: 어떤 곳에 담겨 있는 물이나 가루를 퍼내거나 덜어 내다.

    • The workers shoveled soil from the pile and carried it away.

    • At this restaurant, when you finish your meal, they scoop out a bowl of scorched-rice water for dessert.

  4. 4

    spoon up

    To take food with a spoon and eat some.

    Korean definition: 수저 등으로 음식을 퍼서 조금 먹다.

    • The patient with a bad cold and body aches ate a few spoonfuls of rice and then put down the spoon.

    • Jisu took a few spoonfuls of rice gruel, then stopped and began retching again.