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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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absurd  Speak Example sentences
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[카페] coffee house; restaurant where coffee and liquors are served
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[부조리] preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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[이사회] a committee having supervisory powers; a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
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[불꽃] stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
ambulance  Speak Example sentences
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[취소] revoke; call off; omit or delete
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[곰] support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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[구급차] field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
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[칼럼] pillar; cylindrical or polygonal support for roof; anything resembling, in form or position; upright body or mass
amount  Speak Example sentences
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[화려한] full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
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[코너 편의] position at which two lines, surfaces, or edges meet and form an angle
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[설득] overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
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[금액] total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum
anyhow  Speak Example sentences
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[불꽃] stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
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[지원] give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
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[화려한] full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
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[얘기할] in any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event
approval  Speak Example sentences
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[접근법] a way of considering or doing something
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[지역] a plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
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[승인] official approbation; endorsement; an act of approving
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[회사 소개] team; guard team; group of persons; business enterprise
backward  Speak Example sentences
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[뒤로] directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
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[지원] give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
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[누릅니다] make a slight, sharp noise by gentle striking; tick
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[설득] overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
bear  Speak Example sentences
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[곰] support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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[소비자] people who buy goods or services
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[화려한] full of light; shining; bright; sharp and clear in tone
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[지원] give help or support to, especially as a subordinate
charge  Speak Example sentences
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[요금] set or ask for a certain price; load to capacity; fill; instruct or urge authoritatively; command
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[컨벤션] social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
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[혼동] a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
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[갈등] fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events
civil  Speak Example sentences
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[컨벤션] social or moral custom; formal meeting of members, representatives, or delegates; agreement between states
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[민사] having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
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[테두리] outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
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[통신] send information about; make known; impart; reveal clearly
clearance  Speak Example sentences
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[민사] having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
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[요금] set or ask for a certain price; load to capacity; fill; instruct or urge authoritatively; command
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[허가] act of clearing; space cleared; permission to proceed or trust
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[이사회] a committee having supervisory powers; a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose