Reading The World Now-Book 3 Unit 08 (E)

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세트공유

complicated

difficult, not easy
The directions to build this airplane model are too complicated. I’m returning it to the store.

dialect

a form of a language that is only spoken in a particular region or area of a country
Different parts of England speak in different dialects.

functional

created to be useful or practical
The new cellphones are much more functional than the one ten years ago.

intimately

closely; in a personal relationship
Language acquisition and intelligence are intimately associated with each other.

linguist

a person who speaks and is skilled in several languages
It is not surprising for a linguist to speak more than three different languages.

retain

to keep something or continue to have it
Tom tried to retain his heavyweight championship.

signify

To signify means to be a symbol of something.
A red octagon is used to signify to stop.

syntax

the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence
Research of the two languages revealed their syntax to be very similar.

utmost

the greatest
The situation required utmost sensitivity.