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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retreat  Speak Example sentences
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[피정] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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[슬립] move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily
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[신호] a sign made to give notice to a person
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[판결] findings of a jury on issues of fact for decision; judgment or opinion
rot  Speak Example sentences
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[신호] a sign made to give notice to a person
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[부패] become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
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[슬립] move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily
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[피정] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
rough  Speak Example sentences
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[전달] shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
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[러프] not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
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[산등성이] long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
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[공포] extreme fear; violent dread; fright
scissors  Speak Example sentences
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[가위] edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
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[유정] manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
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[엄청난] huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
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[용의자] have doubts about; distrust
screw  Speak Example sentences
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[나사] cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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[스프링] develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds
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[혀] organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
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[트랙] road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
sole  Speak Example sentences
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[사이트] physical position in relation to the surroundings; position; location
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[고통] pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings
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[눈물] separate or be separated by force; divide or disrupt; fill with tears or shed tears
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[단독] bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
statue  Speak Example sentences
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[동상] sculpture representing a human or animal
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[나사] cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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[제목] right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
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[전달] shifting; conveyance or removal of something from one place, person, or thing to another
summit  Speak Example sentences
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[제목] right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
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[유정] manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
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[정상 회담] utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
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[주식] money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
survive  Speak Example sentences
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[서] high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
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[테라스] a row of houses built in a similar style; a level shelf of land with steep slopes
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[생존] continue to live; endure or last
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[고통] pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings
swing  Speak Example sentences
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[용의자] have doubts about; distrust
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[스윙] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
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[스케치] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[슬립] move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily