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not

1.Adverb

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    not

    The word that negates the action represented by the verb.

    Korean definition: 동사가 나타내는 동작을 할 수 없게.

    • Assistant Manager Kim can't drink alcohol at all, so he only drinks cola at company dinners.

    • The people downstairs were so noisy yesterday that I couldn't sleep at all.

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    not

    In a manner of not reaching a certain level or state or complying with a standard, or insufficiently.

    Korean definition: 일정한 수준이나 상태에 이르지 않거나 기준에 알맞지 않게, 모자라게.

    • Fewer than twenty people gathered at yesterday's meeting.

    • My younger brother is a little short of one meter seventy.

2.Noun

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    nail

    A thin metallic item with a pointed end that is used to fasten two objects together or driven into the wall to hang something on it.

    Korean definition: 가늘고 끝이 뾰족해 두 사물을 이어 붙여 고정하거나 벽에 박아 어떤 물건을 거는 데 쓰는 쇠로 만든 물건.

    • My older brother hammered a nail into the wall and hung a picture frame.

    • While fixing the chair, Father was pricked by a sticking-out nail and bled.