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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rendezvous  Speak Example sentences
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[랑데부] meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
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[한숨] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
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[헛된] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
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[풍경] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
sculpture  Speak Example sentences
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[조각] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[리듬] pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
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[회전율] suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
secondary  Speak Example sentences
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[온도] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
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[찌다] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[차] not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
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[풍경] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
shaft  Speak Example sentences
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[찌다] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[리듬] pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
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[축] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[구제] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
sigh  Speak Example sentences
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[반대] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[유혹] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[한숨] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[찌다] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[경사] be at an angle; incline
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[슬로건] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
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[거의] almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
solitary  Speak Example sentences
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[유혹] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[지친] tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
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[조약] act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
stationery  Speak Example sentences
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[목재] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[전송] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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[보람] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
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[편지지] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
transmission  Speak Example sentences
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[회전율] suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
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[전송] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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[보람] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
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[경계] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
treaty  Speak Example sentences
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[조약] act of treating for the adjustment of differences; negotiation
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[지친] tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
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[전송] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal