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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counter  Speak Example sentences
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[카운터] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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[성희롱] feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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[육성] rear; promote the growth of; help develop
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[끊지] suspend; fasten to some elevated point without support from below; hold for support
critical  Speak Example sentences
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[비뚤어진] urgently needed; absolutely necessary; essential; acute; crucial; decisive
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[부탁] act of gracious kindness; inclination to approve
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[데이터] collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
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[예의] polite behavior; the act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of the fact
culture  Speak Example sentences
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[접착제] be fixed as if by sticky substance; join or attach with or as if sticky substance
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[자격] be worthy of; have a right to
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[긴급] sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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[문화] all the knowledge and values shared by a society; foster; the raising of plants or animals
deadly  Speak Example sentences
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[장치] technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
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[포옹] crowd together; keep close to; tight or amorous embrace
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[기초] basis on which something is grounded
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[brashness] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
disable  Speak Example sentences
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[미남] skillful; handy; agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance; attractive
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[당황하게] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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[모욕] offend; affront; treat, mention, or speak to rudely
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[해제] deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
emergency  Speak Example sentences
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[긴급] sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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[접착제] be fixed as if by sticky substance; join or attach with or as if sticky substance
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[분노] ceremony held in connection with burial; burial procession accompanying body to the grave; end of existence
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[당황하게] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
engagement  Speak Example sentences
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[약혼] act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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[매출총] of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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[끔찍한] exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
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[부과 인상] making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
essay  Speak Example sentences
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[육체] the soft tissue of the body, mainly muscle and fat; surface or skin of the human body; meat of animals
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[제품] the whole number of copies of a work printed and published; single copy; the act of editing
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[에세이] composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
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[brashness] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
favour  Speak Example sentences
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[카운터] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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[힌트] allusion; clue; brief or indirect suggestion
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[모욕] offend; affront; treat, mention, or speak to rudely
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[부탁] act of gracious kindness; inclination to approve
genius  Speak Example sentences
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[당황하게] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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[저주] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
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[천재] exceptional creative ability; unusual mental ability; someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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[부탁] act of gracious kindness; inclination to approve