엿보다

yeotboda · [엳뽀다]

peep · look furtively · steal a glance · guess

verbIntermediate

Meanings

  1. peep; look furtively; steal a glanceTo look at something stealthily so that others do not know.
  2. guess; inferTo know something by guessing.
  3. wait for; watch forTo wait for or seek an appropriate time.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Through records, we can catch a glimpse of the aesthetic sense possessed by the royal court at the time.

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Through stories, we catch a glimpse of others' lives and project our own inner worlds onto them.

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Through the analysis of the two people's dialogue, we can glimpse the linguistic tension that arises in intimate relationships.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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