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Verb

  1. 1

    sell

    To give an object or a right to someone or provide one’s effort, etc., to someone after receiving money for it.

    Korean definition: 값을 받고 물건이나 권리를 남에게 넘기거나 노력 등을 제공하다.

    • I sold bread I made to people.

    • My father sold a cow and paid my college tuition with the money.

  2. 2

    pimp; sell a woman

    To hand over a woman to a brothel or a pimp for money.

    Korean definition: 여성을 윤락가나 윤락업을 하는 사람에게 돈을 받고 넘기다.

    • The police intensively cracked down on selling women to brothels.

    • They took money and sold young girls into the red-light district.

  3. 3

    prostitute

    For a woman to use her body or face as a means of making money.

    Korean definition: 여성이 몸이나 얼굴을 돈벌이의 수단으로 삼다.

    • At that time, some women sold their bodies to soldiers.

    • She hated her lot of pouring drinks for men and selling smiles.

  4. 4

    get distracted

    To turn one’s attention to something else, instead of focusing on a certain thing.

    Korean definition: 주의를 집중해야 할 곳에 두지 않고 다른 데로 돌리다.

    • While I was distracted for a moment, the child disappeared.

    • He said he had never once looked at any woman other than his wife.