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  Academic Words Level 2 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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imprisonment  Speak Example sentences
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[해석] explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
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[들여쓰기] nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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[징역] confinement; putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment
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[장애물] one that opposes stands in the way of or holds up progress
indent  Speak Example sentences
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[절연] separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
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[들여쓰기] nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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[석영] a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form
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[정밀도] exactness; accuracy; the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
ingenuity  Speak Example sentences
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[실력] skilled; expert; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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[유치] quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations
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[독점] dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
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[야외] out of houses; out of doors
intelligent  Speak Example sentences
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[목재] move heavily or clumsily; cut down timber of
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[수도원] house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks
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[지능] ingenious; wise; bright; having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute
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[정밀도] exactness; accuracy; the number of significant digits to which a value has been reliably measured
locomotive  Speak Example sentences
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[기관차] of or relating to locomotion; a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine
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[당기기] pull or draw, especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something
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[새우] any large macrurous crustacean used as a food
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[해석] explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
mechanical  Speak Example sentences
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[기계] automatic; monotonous; relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
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[정화] refine; make pure or free from sin or guilt; become clean
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[접시] a flat piece of metal; thick sheet of metal; small, usually circular, the vessel of metal or wood for the food table
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[절연] separation; detachment; quality or condition of being isolated
monopolize  Speak Example sentences
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[해석] explanation;  performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music
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[정량] expressed or expressible as a quantity; relating to the measurement of quantity
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[독점] dominate; occupy; have and control fully and exclusively
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[친구] a fellow member of a team
notably  Speak Example sentences
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[현저하게] especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly
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[설문 조사] voting; survey; some votes cast or recorded
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[사소한] not large enough to consider or notice; lacking in importance; trivial
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[오페라] a drama set to music and consists of singing
obstacle  Speak Example sentences
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[허무] unwise to implement or maintain in practice; theoretical
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[현저하게] especially; in a notable manner; remarkably; particularly
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[학생] a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
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[장애물] one that opposes stands in the way of or holds up progress
ounce  Speak Example sentences
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[온스] unit of weight equal to one-sixteenth of a pound
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[사소한] not large enough to consider or notice; lacking in importance; trivial
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[들여쓰기] nick; set in from margin;  impress or stamp
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[지능] ingenious; wise; bright; having a high degree of intelligence; mentally acute