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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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costume  Speak Example sentences
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[이미지] visual representation; representation of a person
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[그라운드] solid surface of the earth; bottom; lowest part
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[의상] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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[연방] of or relating to central government; national
crack  Speak Example sentences
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[예금] money given as a guarantee or security
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[주기] periodically repeated sequence of events; a long period of time; entire round in a circle or a spire
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[훈련] a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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[균열] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
credit  Speak Example sentences
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[신용] arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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[가을] drop; sink; lose an upright position suddenly; decrease in size, extent, or range
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[신앙] loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person; complete confidence
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[가운] loose, flowing upper garment; ordinary outer dress of woman; official robe of certain professional men
design  Speak Example sentences
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[연방] of or relating to central government; national
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[끔찍한] exciting, or tending to horror or fear; hideous
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[디자인] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
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[페치] take away or remove; reduce; go or come after and bring or take back
drama  Speak Example sentences
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[드라마] play; literary work intended for theater
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[잡어] take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture
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[기초] basis on which something is grounded
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[균열] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
fall  Speak Example sentences
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[저주] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
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[가을] drop; sink; lose an upright position suddenly; decrease in size, extent, or range
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[노출] set forth; set out to public view
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[디자인] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
festival  Speak Example sentences
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[노출] set forth; set out to public view
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[거부] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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[균열] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
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[페스티벌] a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
foundation  Speak Example sentences
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[기초] basis on which something is grounded
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[피팅] small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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[연방] of or relating to central government; national
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[무딘] lacking responsiveness or alertness; intellectually weak or obtuse
gallery  Speak Example sentences
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[갤러리] long usually narrow room; covered corridor
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[균열] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
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[도랑] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[임시] rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
gang  Speak Example sentences
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[조직] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
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[요소] a fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
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[가을] drop; sink; lose an upright position suddenly; decrease in size, extent, or range
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[충동] act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength