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20 대하다
     1. v. to pertain or relate to a topic
           사랑-에 대-한 노래 - a song about love
     2. v. to greet or respond to
     3. v. to face, to stand across from
     4. v. to treat
21 가다
     1. v. to go
           가자! - Let's go!
             (audio, 가자!.ogg, Audio (South Korea))
           서울-에 가요. - I'm going to Seoul.
             (audio, 서울에 가요.ogg, Audio (South Korea))
22
     1. n. (vulgar) bitch
     2. n. (North Korea, Yanbian) year
23
     1. det. (before a numeral) about, around
     2. n. deep-seated resentment
           한-이 맺히다 - to have a deep-seated resentment
     3. Proper noun. (short for, 한국(韓國), t=Korea, the Republic of Korea)
     4. Proper noun. (historical) Han (ancient Chinese county, viscounty, and kingdom of the Zhou dynasty)
24
     1. n. speech
           내 말을 주의하여 들어봐. - Listen to me carefully.
     2. n. (colloquial) language
           일본 말을 어디서 배웠어? - Where did you learn Japanese?
     3. n. horse
25
     1. n. work (activity done for compensation or reward)
           회사-에서 혹시 어떤 일 하세요? - Excuse me, what work do you do in the company?
     2. n. a fact, an event, a situation (any kind of occurrence)
           무슨 일-이야? - What's the matter?
           이런 일-이 있을 줄-은 몰랐다. - I didn't know something like this would happen.
26 때문
     1. Dependent noun. cause (almost always follows a noun or nominalized clause with the meaning of "because (of)", except in the conjunction 때문-에)
           일 때문-에 오늘-은 못 만날 것 같아. - Because of work, I don't think I can meet you today.
           남자친구 때문-에 딴 남자-를 못 만나. - I can't meet other guys because of my boyfriend.
           네, 그렇기 때문-에 그 회사-의 주식-이 떨어지고 있어-요. - Yes, that company's stocks are failing because of that.
           제-가 베트남어-를 공부하는 이유-는 베트남-이 동남아 국가-들 중 가장 발전 가능성-이 크다고 생각하기 때문-입니다. - The reason I am studying Vietnamese is because I believe that Vietnam has the greatest potential for development among the c
27 말하다
     1. v. to speak, to talk
           한국어-로 말-하자! - Let's talk in Korean! (colloquial)
           날 사랑-한-다고 말-해줘. - Tell me you love me. (colloquial)
           네-가 여기 있-다고 그녀-에게 말-해. - Tell her you’re here.
           어제 일-은 미안-하-다고 말-하고 싶어요. — 괜찮아요. 아나. - I want to say I’m sorry for yesterday. — It’s okay, Anna.
28 위하다
     1. v. to help, to serve, to benefit; to honour, to esteem
     2. v. to do for the sake of / for the purpose of
           세계평화-를 위하여 - for the sake of world peace
     3. v. (Hanmuntu) to say; to call
29 그러나
     1. adv. but, however
     2. adv. "like that, but;" contraction of (ko-l, 그러하나)
30 오다
     1. v. to come (to move towards the speaker)
           파티-에 와-줘서 고마워. - Thanks for coming to the party.
           어떻게 오셨어-요? - What brings you here?
           여기-로 오는 사람-들 - the people coming here
           오기-를 잘했다 - made the right choice in coming; glad that one came
31 알다
     1. v. to know, understand (to have information or knowledge about an object or situation through education, experience, thoughts, etc.)
           난 그들-이 알고 있는 것-이 무엇-인지 안다. - I know just what they know.
           제 전화번호 알아요? - Do you know my phone number?
     2. v. to know; realize (to realize or feel a fact or situation through awareness or senses.)
     3. v. to know; understand; appreciate (to realize or feel a psychological state in one's mind.)
32
     1. n. seed, kernel
     2. n. semen
     3. n. woof, weft
     4. n. (rare) part of speech
     5. n. (North Korea, mathematics) prime
33 그렇다
     1. adj. to be thus, in that way; to be correct
           그래요? - Really?
34 크다
     1. adj. to be big, large (both physical and figurative)
           큰 문제 - big problem
           키가 크다 - His height is large
     2. adj. to be great
           큰 사람 - a great person
35  ©
     1. adv. also
     2. adv. again
           또 봐! - See you again!
36 사회
     1. n. society
     2. n. a class, a world of a certain group
     3. n. (education) social studies
     4. n. moderation of a meeting or ceremony
           사회-를 보다 - to preside over a meeting or ceremony
37 많다
     1. adj. (to be) many, much, a lot, plentiful
           돈이 많은 사람 - someone who has a lot of money; a rich person (lit. "a person whose money is plentiful")
           오늘 전시회 방문자-가 많다. - Today there are many visitors at the exhibition.
           할 일-이 너무 많다. - There is so much work to do.
           나는 많은 노력-을 기울였다. - I made a great effort.
38
     1. n. inside
     2. n. interior
     3. adv. not
           안 먹어? - Won’t you eat?
           안 먹어! - I won’t eat!
39 좋다
     1. adj. to be good; great; excellent (Excellent and satisfactory in features and content.)
           그거 좋은 생각-입니다. - Oh! That sounds good.
           그리고, 오늘 어떻습니까? - 아주 좋아요, 감사합니다. 마크. - And how are you today? - Very well thank you Mark.
           오늘 오후에 들러요. — 좋아요. - Come by this afternoon. — Okay.
             Original English texts from 2016, (public domain)
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