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Verb
- 1
boil
For liquid to become very hot and bubble.
Korean definition: 액체가 몹시 뜨거워져서 거품이 솟아오르다.
The doenjang stew is bubbling away on the gas stove.
My husband's arm still has a scar from being scalded by boiling water as a child.
- 2
grow hot
To become extremely hot.
Korean definition: 심하게 뜨거워지다.
The child ran such a high fever at night that his whole body was burning up, so we went to the emergency room.
At the country house where my grandfather lives, the rooms are so piping hot that it's too warm to sleep.
- 3
rumble; growl
For the growling sound in the stomach made when one is sick or is having trouble with digestion.
Korean definition: 소화가 안 되거나 아파서 배 속에서 소리가 나다.
My stomach kept rumbling and hurt.
Maybe something I ate for lunch didn't agree with me, because my stomach has been gurgling for a while.
- 4
rattle
To make sounds while breathing because of phlegm in one's throat.
Korean definition: 가래가 목구멍에 있어서 숨 쉬는 대로 소리가 나다.
My grandfather, who smoked all his life, always had phlegm rattling in his throat.
I caught a cold, with phlegm rattling in my throat and a cough, so I barely slept.