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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lap  Speak Example sentences
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[강박 관념] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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[습격] search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
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[인용] cite or repeat a passage from; repeat or copy the words of another
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[무릎] the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
liquor  Speak Example sentences
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[주류] any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid
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[잃게] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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[플러그] something, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; stopper
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[감독] soft or small cushion; a kind of cushion for writing upon or for blotting
locker  Speak Example sentences
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[대치] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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[사물함] storage compartment for clothes and valuables, usually it has a lock
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[동기] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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[어이가] of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason
lose  Speak Example sentences
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[해로운] causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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[오버추어] two people or things considered as a unit; two items of the same kind; a couple
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[강박 관념] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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[잃게] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
loyal  Speak Example sentences
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[광학] act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
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[무릎] the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
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[잠재력] existing in possibility; expected to become or be
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[충성] steadfast in allegiance or duty; faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty
naked  Speak Example sentences
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[순찰] the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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[플러그] something, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; stopper
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[알몸] bare and pure; completely unclothed
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[강박 관념] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
nasty  Speak Example sentences
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[링크] be or become joined or united; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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[방법] orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything
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[고약한] very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
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[습격] search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
occur  Speak Example sentences
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[발생] take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
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[오버추어] two people or things considered as a unit; two items of the same kind; a couple
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[항목] a whole individual unit; a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group
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[대치] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
option  Speak Example sentences
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[피어스] penetrate; make a hole into
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[예선] prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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[대치] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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[광학] act of choosing; power or freedom to choose