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stop; choose not to

1.Verb

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    stop; choose not to

    To not do a certain work or behavior, or stop doing it.

    Korean definition: 어떤 일이나 행동을 하지 않거나 그만두다.

    • Let's stop thinking about such complicated matters.

    • I need to finish the homework I stopped halfway through earlier.

  2. 2

    not do; not be

    To not do, or not be so.

    Korean definition: 하지 않다. 또는 그렇지 않다.

    • This plane is a small one that barely holds twenty people.

    • Holding the door handle, Jisu is wondering whether or not to open the door.

  3. 3

    not be

    An expression used to indicate that something is the latter one, not the former one.

    Korean definition: 앞의 것이 아니고 뒤의 것임을 나타내는 말.

    • Not just water; have some soup too.

    • Please give me candy, not chocolate.

2.Verb

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    roll; roll up

    To roll a thin and wide object and make one end roll into the rest.

    Korean definition: 얇고 넓은 물건을 돌돌 감아 한쪽 끝이 안으로 들어가게 하다.

    • The children carefully roll up paper to make paper flowers.

    • As it got dark, Jisu rolled up the mat she had been sitting on and stood up.

  2. 2

    wrap; roll

    To wrap something by rolling it with a thin, wide object.

    Korean definition: 얇고 넓은 물건으로 다른 물건을 돌돌 감아 싸다.

    • The child with a cold is asleep, wrapped up in a blanket.

    • For her friend's birthday, Yumin wrapped flowers in pretty wrapping paper as a present.

3.Verb

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    put in water; put in soup

    To put cooked rice, noodles, etc., in water or soup and mix it.

    Korean definition: 밥이나 국수 등을 물이나 국물에 넣어 풀다.

    • The workers put their rice into the soup and emptied their bowls in no time.

    • Mother said she had no appetite, so she put her rice in cold water and ate it carelessly.