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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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amount  Speak Example sentences
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[금액] total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum
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[블록] hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch
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[동전] make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
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[추적] pursue to kill or take; hunt; follow as if to catch
attitude  Speak Example sentences
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[총신] vessel; large cylindrical container
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[잔인한] like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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[가정] suppose; presume; take on; bear
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[태도] posture, action, or disposition of a figure or a statue
block  Speak Example sentences
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[샴페인] light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France
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[블록] hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch
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[기밀] treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
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[씹어] bite and grind with the teeth
blonde  Speak Example sentences
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[잔인한] like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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[가정] suppose; presume; take on; bear
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[금발의] of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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[입양] accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
buck  Speak Example sentences
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[책임] move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
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[동전] make pieces of money from metal; invent or fabricate
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[예약] act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
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[타협 viscid] adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
bully  Speak Example sentences
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[경쟁] struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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[캠퍼스] the field where the buildings of a university are situated
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[블록] hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch
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[깡패] noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
cafeteria  Speak Example sentences
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[예약] act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
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[식당] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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[입양] accept; take on; raise; take into one's family
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[기괴한] fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
cancel  Speak Example sentences
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[취소] revoke; call off; omit or delete
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[잡기] capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time
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[매력] appealing; pleasing; inviting; tempting
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[미끼] harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
carrot  Speak Example sentences
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[케이블] solid thick rope made of twisted steel or metal wire
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[당근] the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color
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[기밀] treated with confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; secret
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[보너스] an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
challenge  Speak Example sentences
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[식당] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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[도전] assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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[제휴] state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union of interests between families, states, parties
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[교회] place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church; service conducted in a chapel