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세계 최고층 빌딩
The Burj Dubai is expected to measure six hundred ninety-three meters tall, not counting a spire at the very top. The current height of the Burj Dubai is about six hundred meters.

1634
백마 탄 왕자
Jamie: I met my prince charming at a friend’s house. We met through friends and we dated for a year and a half.

384
도시 괴담
An urban legend is a story that many people believe to be true. Some of these stories may have had some truth to them at one time. But they usually change over time and many are not true anymore.

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통곡물 제빵
His bakery, Seylou, is different from most bakeries around the country. Bakers there grind whole grains in their own mill. They also buy their grains from local farmers.

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음식물 쓰레기
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one-third of the world’s food is wasted every year.

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상황을 잘 파악하다
I’m gonna need help organizing all these packages coming in. If I don’t stay on top of it, I’m going to lose track of which packages came from who.

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영화 제작팀
He wants to know more about the many jobs listed in small print in the credits at the end of movies. Some of these jobs have funny names -- like boom operator.

640
무리하지 마세요
Hey, I think I’m overdoing the workout routine during the basketball practice. My knees have been in a lot of pain these days.

575
프로처럼 와인 맛보기
If you know how to study a glass of wine, it can tell you about its history. Studying a wine involves using several senses, not just taste.

491
막다른 길
There were still big, central streets - often wide boulevards. But branching off were nodules called cul-de-sacs, or streets that dead-ended into little traffic circles.

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가족과 관련된 표현
If you listen in as people talk with and about their families, you might hear some interesting expressions.

407
계산기
Their first device could add, subtract, multiply and divide. It had twelve bytes of memory -- close to nothing compared to today's highly powerful calculators. And it weighed more than a kilogram.

719
울분을 터뜨리다
Please forgive me for yelling at you. I had such a bad day. I just needed to blow off some steam.

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간밤에 한 숨도 못잤어요
Good morning, John. How are you? I’m okay. You look tired. Is something wrong? I didn’t sleep a wink last night, and I am tired.

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참회하다
In American English, guilt or sadness is often expressed by the symbol of ashes -- the gray matter left over from a fire.

1254
광대
Clowns are almost everywhere these days in popular culture. They can be seen in movies, on television shows, at musical performances, and sometimes just walking in the streets.

596
기아 체험
Laura Kahn loves to cook. "I am making a zucchini potato frittata." But this week she is cooking for herself and her husband on about $4 each per day. That's the average government food aid benefit.

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한국 나이
Based on an unusual system for calculating ages, South Korea’s babies become 1 on the day of their birth. They become an additional year older on January 1st.

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백지장도 맞들면 낫다
Hey, I don’t think I’ll make it to the dinner appointment with our friends later tonight. Why?

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설치하는 것을 돕다
So, how do parents get involved? Do you see parents coming over during orientation week to help get their child settled in?