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No. 1,549 in Korean

그러다

"그러다" means "to do so" or "to act like that."

In a sentence

  • 그러다가 갑자기 비가 내렸어요.

    And then suddenly it started to rain.

    Here "그러다" links the sequence of events, transitioning to the sudden rain.

  • 친구가 늦게 온다고 그래서 기다렸어요.

    My friend said they would be late, so I waited.

    Here "그러다" (in "그래서") shows the reason leading to the action of waiting.

  • 그렇게 계속 그러면 안 돼요.

    You shouldn't keep doing that like that.

    In this case, "그러다" refers to continuing an undesired behavior.

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