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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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addict  Speak Example sentences
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[수집 중독자] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[강당] area of theater or concert hall where the audience sits
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[인류학] social science that studies origins and social relationships of human beings
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[창작] fact or state of having been created; the act of investing with a new office or title
advocate  Speak Example sentences
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[택배 서비스] a person who carries a message
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[열변을 토하다] speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
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[귀찮게] disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
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[혜성] an object that goes around the sun
ammunition  Speak Example sentences
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[종기] be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
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[탄약] military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
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[열변을 토하다] speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
amuse  Speak Example sentences
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[보상] compensation for a loss or injury; recompense
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[식민지] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
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[즐겁게] occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
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[수당] approval; the act of allowing, granting, or admitting
aquarium  Speak Example sentences
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[사전] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
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[수족관] tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
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[비상] condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty; possibility
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[연계] state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
author  Speak Example sentences
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[작성자] beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
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[개척이] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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[식민지] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[무시] refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
ban  Speak Example sentences
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[무시] refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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[식민지] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[인구 조사] official examination of the details of a country's population
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[금지] official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
banish  Speak Example sentences
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[크루즈 바삭바삭한] being in an unrefined or natural state; raw; lacking tact or taste; blunt or offensive
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[추방] drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
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[앵커] secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate
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[침대] an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life
blush  Speak Example sentences
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[직원] one who has charge of money; cash keeper
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[홍당무] become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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[토론] overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
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[사전] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation