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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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roast  Speak Example sentences
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[자동차] automobile; means of conveying; medium
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[로스트] cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; subject to laughter or ridicule
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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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[난파선] destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully
section  Speak Example sentences
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[부드러운] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[섹션] one of several parts; pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
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[복지] benefit; something that aids health or happiness
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[업데이트] supply with recent information; bring up to date; bring to the latest state of technology
shift  Speak Example sentences
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[솔로] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[교대] moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
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[동상] sculpture representing a human or animal
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[재고] certificate for a shareholder of the corporation; the total amount of goods in a shop
sober  Speak Example sentences
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[스퀴즈] force something into or through a restricted space; compress with violence
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[지혜] intellect; mental ability; natural ability to perceive and understand
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[면도] touch the surface lightly; remove the beard or other body hair from
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[금주] not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by the use of drugs;  self-restraint
spit  Speak Example sentences
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[침] expel or eject from the mouth; rain gently
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[상징] sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
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[난파선] destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully
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[공개] make known; disclose, or show
statue  Speak Example sentences
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[동상] sculpture representing a human or animal
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[흔적] path or track roughly through a wild or hilly country; overland route
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[사려깊] considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
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[지혜] quality of being wise; knowledge; results of wise judgments
stiff  Speak Example sentences
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[스캔] make a wide, sweeping search of; examine
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[업데이트] supply with recent information; bring up to date; bring to the latest state of technology
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[뻣뻣한] not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
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[엄청난] huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
suck  Speak Example sentences
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[부드러운] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[솔루션] method for solving a problem; successful action of solving a problem
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[계승] draw liquid into the mouth; take in;  draw something by vacuum
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[지혜] intellect; mental ability; natural ability to perceive and understand
swell  Speak Example sentences
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[금주] not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by the use of drugs;  self-restraint
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[공포] extreme fear; violent dread; fright
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[솔로] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[팽창] bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger
tag  Speak Example sentences
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[솔로] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[업데이트] supply with recent information; bring up to date; bring to the latest state of technology
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[태그] attach; append; provide with a name or nickname; label
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[뻣뻣한] not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant