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1.Verb
- 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.