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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sculpture  Speak Example sentences
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[선택] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
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[조각] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[주름] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
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[특성] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
solitary  Speak Example sentences
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[경유] by the way of
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[최후 통첩] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[슬로건] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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[가상] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
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[소환] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[뿌리] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
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[웅크리다] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[자막] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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[스트 라이프] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[외로움] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[화산] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
tar  Speak Example sentences
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[타르] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[속는 건조한 투명] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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[가상] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
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[스택] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
thirst  Speak Example sentences
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[자막] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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[갈증] the sensation of dryness in the throat
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[견뎌] stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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[구조] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
tile  Speak Example sentences
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[화산] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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[최후 통첩] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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[타일] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[영향력] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
tow  Speak Example sentences
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[타일] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[견인] draw or pull behind by a chain or line
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[자막] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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[기본] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
tuition  Speak Example sentences
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[갈증] the sensation of dryness in the throat
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[골격] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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[극단] teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
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[스택] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
underlying  Speak Example sentences
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[극단] teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
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[화산] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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[스템] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[기본] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior