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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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legend  Speak Example sentences
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[기적] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
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[전설] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
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[친자] relation of a father to his child
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[펌프] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
marrow  Speak Example sentences
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[붓다] flow in a spurt; rain heavily; supply in large amounts
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[골수] tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the essence; the best part
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[정신] involving mind or intellectual process;  affected by disorder of mind
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[운동] movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
mental  Speak Example sentences
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[영구] remaining without essential change
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[지각할] act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
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[정신] involving mind or intellectual process;  affected by disorder of mind
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[인간] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
miracle  Speak Example sentences
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[선] thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface; border or boundary
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[강박 관념] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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[펌프] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
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[기적] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
monster  Speak Example sentences
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[괴물] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[인간] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
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[골수] tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the essence; the best part
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[대출] give temporarily; temporary provision of money
mortal  Speak Example sentences
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[전설] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
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[등록] give outward signs of; express; record in writing; enroll as a student
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[인간] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
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[펌프] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
patrol  Speak Example sentences
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[기적] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
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[재활용에 관계없이] without consideration; despite everything; anyway
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[순찰] the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
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[미디어] public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
penalty  Speak Example sentences
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[특권] particular advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
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[처벌] punishment established by law or authority for a crime or offense; fine
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[합리적] showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
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[괴물] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
permanent  Speak Example sentences
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[운동] movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
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[하다] put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
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[미디어] public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
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[영구] remaining without essential change
picnic  Speak Example sentences
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[피크닉] eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
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[예선] prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
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[재활용에 관계없이] without consideration; despite everything; anyway
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[운영] act of receiving; how something is greeted