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-(으)ㄹ 수밖에 없다

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No choice but to

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차가 없어서 걸어갈 수밖에 없어요.

I have no car, so I have no choice but to walk.

너무 비싸서 포기할 수밖에 없었어요.

It was too expensive, so I had no choice but to give up.

시간이 없어서 택시를 탈 수밖에 없어요.

There's no time, so I have no choice but to take a taxi.

그 얘기를 듣고 웃을 수밖에 없었어요.

Hearing that, I couldn't help but laugh.

규칙이니까 따를 수밖에 없어요.

It's a rule, so we have no choice but to follow it.