그 사람 이 동네를 떴어.

A: I’m in a jam. I need to get out from under this.
B: It sounds pretty serious. What happened?
A: I made a cash loan to a buddy and 이 녀석이 동네를 떴네.
B: Nothing destroys a friendship as fast as money.

A: 나 큰일났어. 빨리 이 곤경에서 빠져나가야 하는데.
B: 심각한 것 같은데? 무슨 일이야?
A: 친구 녀석한테 돈을 빌려줬는데, he skipped town.
B: 돈만큼 빨리 친구 사이를 망치는 건 없지.

[Additional expressions]
*I’m in a jam.
– I’ve got a big problem. / I’m in trouble. / I need some help.
*I need to get out from under this.
– I have to get free of this. / I’ve got to escape this situation.
*It sounds pretty serious.
– That sounds really scary. / It seems like it’s a very bad situation.
*What happened?
– What went wrong? / What did you do? / Did something happen to you?
*I made a cash loan to a buddy
– I lent money to a friend / My pal borrowed money from me
*he skipped town
– he left town / he ran away / he disappeared / he took off and I don’t know where to
*Nothing destroys a friendship as fast as money.
– Money kills a friendship faster than anything else.