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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rebuke  Speak Example sentences
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[비웃음] show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
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[표현] act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority on their behalf
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[책망] scold harshly; criticize severely
remark  Speak Example sentences
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[접시] dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
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[파업] a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
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[달래] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[비고] expression, in speech or writing, of something, remarked or noticed
representation  Speak Example sentences
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[비고] expression, in speech or writing, of something, remarked or noticed
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[표현] act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority on their behalf
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[피하���] avoid deliberately; keep away from
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[가짜] pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
risky  Speak Example sentences
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[제한] act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
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[갱신] renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
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[가짜] pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
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[위험] involving risk or danger; hazardous
saucer  Speak Example sentences
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[제한] act of keeping something within specified bounds; a principle that limits the extent of something
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[각각] separately; individually; in the order given
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[접시] dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
sham  Speak Example sentences
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[일몰] daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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[증기] gas; steam; barely visible or cloudy diffused matter, such as mist or smoke
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[이론] not practical or applied; hypothetical; of or based on a theory
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[가짜] pretend; put on a false appearance of; feign
shrine  Speak Example sentences
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[신사] case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
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[발언] vocal expression; the power of speaking; last or utmost extremity
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[은퇴] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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[파업] a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
soothe  Speak Example sentences
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[달래] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[기술 사원] church; place of worship
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[뇌우] storm resulting from strong rising air currents; heavy rain or hail along with thunder and lightning
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[비고] expression, in speech or writing, of something, remarked or noticed
suit  Speak Example sentences
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[정장] meet the requirements of; fit; please; satisfy
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[달래] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[일몰] daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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[우주] cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
tally  Speak Example sentences
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[집계] record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
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[비웃음] show contempt by turning up the nose or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
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[망원경] a magnifier of images of distant objects
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[햇빛] rays of the sun