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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sterling  Speak Example sentences
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[화산] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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[해동] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
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[경계] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[스털링] any English coin of standard value; coined money
thaw  Speak Example sentences
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[구제] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
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[전이] going from one state of action to another
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[쐐기] a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
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[해동] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
tidy  Speak Example sentences
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[기본] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[수직] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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[따라서] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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[깔끔한] being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
timber  Speak Example sentences
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[사소한] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[목재] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[식염수] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[구토] throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
transcript  Speak Example sentences
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[떨게] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
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[변환] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[구제] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
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[성적 증명서] reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
tremble  Speak Example sentences
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[지형] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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[떨게] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
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[자발] done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
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[야만인] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
trivial  Speak Example sentences
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[스펙트럼] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[야만인] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
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[사소한] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[떨게] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
uneasy  Speak Example sentences
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[불안] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[지형] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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[수익] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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[재능] clip; cut down to the desired size or shape
veil  Speak Example sentences
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[불안] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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[좌절] unanticipated or sudden check in progress; change from better to worse; obstacle, delay, or disadvantage
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[기본] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[베일] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
versa  Speak Example sentences
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[식염수] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[동계] beating or pounding strongly
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[반대] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[변환] change in outward structure or looks; convert