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Usages of sseuregi
책상 위에 휴지가 없어서 작은 쓰레기를 바로 못 치웠어.chaeksang wie hyujiga eobseoseo jageun sseuregireul baro mos chiwosseo.
There was no tissue on the desk, so I couldn’t clean up the small trash right away.
쓰레기는 휴지랑 같이 쓰레기통에 바로 버려야 냄새가 안 나.sseuregineun hyujirang gati sseuregitonge baro beoryeoya naemsaega an na.
You should throw trash away right into the trash can with the tissue so it doesn’t smell.
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