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1.Verb

  1. 1

    be correct

    For the answer to a problem to be correct.

    Korean definition: 문제에 대한 답이 틀리지 않다.

    • Write the correct answer to this question.

    • It was still impossible to know whose answer was correct.

  2. 2

    be accurate

    For a remark, feeling, fact, etc., to be accurate.

    Korean definition: 말, 육감, 사실 등이 틀림이 없다.

    • Grandfather was right when he said Jisu would be back soon.

    • I checked several times whether it was true that Seung-gyu had stopped by here.

  3. 3

    be so; be right

    To be so or right.

    Korean definition: 그렇거나 옳다.

    • What Seung-gyu says isn't right.

    • Jisu's argument is right.

  4. 4

    be sure; be certain

    For a certain object to belong to someone, for certain.

    Korean definition: 어떤 물건이 누구의 것임이 틀림이 없다.

    • That bag is certainly Jisu's.

    • He insisted that this car was definitely his.

2.Verb

  1. 1

    receive

    To politely receive someone who comes.

    Korean definition: 오는 사람을 예의를 갖추어 받아들이다.

    • I received him with a smiling face.

    • My mother warmly welcomed my friends.

  2. 2

    deal with; treat

    To deal with a certain individual or group.

    Korean definition: 어떤 사람이나 세력을 상대하다.

    • He led a small number of soldiers out to face and fight the enemy.

    • The Korean soccer team played a relatively excellent match against the world's strongest team.

  3. 3

    face; meet; greet

    To face a specific moment as time passes by.

    Korean definition: 시간이 지나서 오는 때를 대하다.

    • We greeted the new year there, watching the sunrise together.

    • Entering the 21st century, humanity came to face a new era.

  4. 4

    be exposed to

    To be touched by snow, rain, etc., as it falls.

    Korean definition: 내리는 눈이나 비 등이 닿는 것을 그대로 받다.

    • I didn't manage to bring an umbrella, so I got soaked in the rain.

    • At the entrance to the village stood an unsightly tree that had been struck by lightning.

3.Verb

  1. 1

    be beaten; be hit

    For one's body to be damaged by an external force.

    Korean definition: 외부에서 어떤 힘이 가해져 몸에 아프도록 해를 입다.

    • The children who misbehaved were hit with a switch by the teacher.

    • The thigh where I was hit with a club was badly bruised.

  2. 2

    be injected

    To receive treatment by getting acupuncture or injection, etc.

    Korean definition: 침, 주사 등을 몸에 놓아 치료를 받다.

    • We headed to the nearby public health center to get vaccinated.

    • As the pain got worse, my mother went to the hospital and had acupuncture on her lower back.

  3. 3

    be hit; be shot

    For a shot or thrown object to touch another object, or be touched by such an object.

    Korean definition: 쏘거나 던진 한 물체가 다른 물체에 닿다. 또는 그런 물체에 닿음을 당하다.

    • The arrow he shot hit the target exactly.

    • A man was shot in the chest and collapsed on the spot.