English rendering Begin one's account Literal translation: “Start the opening”
Begin the opening of writing or speech.
Dictionary example 1
그는 좌중을 둘러보며 허두를 뗐다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text허두를 떼다
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Mark a clear dividing line Clearly distinguish a range or period. 
Enter the teaching profession Work in the teaching profession 
Recite a lesson from memory Recite a learned text from memory before one's teacher, an examiner, or an elder. 
hear a recitation To have someone recite a text from memory in one’s presence. 
scribble illegibly To scrawl handwriting carelessly. 
Work as a teacher Live and work as a teacher 
Shared · 3 Stop teaching Give up life as a teacher. 
mark a proof as corrected To write or stamp on a proof that proofreading is complete. 
Shared · 3 Quit teaching Voluntarily give up working as a schoolteacher 
Shared · 3 Stop teaching Give up life as a schoolteacher. 
Shared · 2 Threaten someone Vulgarly, intimidate someone into feeling fear 
Shared · 2 Threaten someone Slang: intimidate someone into feeling fear. 
Need no lengthy discussion Have no need to elaborate at length. 
Feel hurt by criticism Feel displeased after being scolded. 
Have no solution in sight Have no solution prepared or coming to mind. 
Shared · 2 If you say another word If one says even the slightest thing to the contrary 
be unable to object further To be cowed and unable to say anything more one way or the other. 
Shared · 2 If you say another word If one says anything even slightly different. 
It goes without saying Emphasizes that what has already been said is certainly true and needs no further words 
Go without saying Be so self-evident that there is no room for further words. Browse in Hangul order.
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