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Dancing on Knives | National Geographic

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role

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US / rəʊl /

UK / rol /

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  • noun
  • Character played by an actor
  • Part you play in an activity; job; responsibility

against

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US / əˈgenst /

UK / əˈɡenst /

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  • preposition
  • In physical contact with, as for support; next to
  • In opposition to; disagreeing with

happiness

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US / 'hæpɪnəs /

UK / ˈhæpɪnɪs /

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  • noun
  • State of feeling pleased; feeling of satisfaction

whole

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US / həul /

UK / hol /

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  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; all of
  • Being in a good condition
  • noun
  • Complete amount or sum; total

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

dream

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US / dri:m /

UK / drim /

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  • noun
  • A wish or hope for something to happen
  • Imagination or image of something you want
  • Images, thoughts, feelings experienced when asleep
  • verb
  • To wish for something to happen
  • To experience thoughts, images while asleep

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

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  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

final

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US / ˈfaɪnl /

UK / ˈfaɪnəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • That will not be changed; permanent
  • Being the last thing in a series
  • noun
  • Last game in a series in a competition

address

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US / ə'dres /

UK / əˈdrɛs /

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  • noun
  • Exact street location of a place
  • A formal speech to a group of people
  • verb
  • To write the place someone lives on a letter
  • To refer to someone or something formally
  • To make a formal speech to a group of people
  • To try to find a solution to; think about

would

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US / wʊd /

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  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

leader

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US / ˈli:də(r) /

UK / ˈlidɚ /

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  • noun
  • Person who is in charge of a group or task
  • Person or group who is currently winning

belief

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US / bɪˈli:f /

UK / bɪˈlif /

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  • noun
  • Being sure that something exists or is true
  • Trust in an idea or set of ideas
  • A particular opinion about something

south

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US / saʊθ /

UK / saʊθ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Direction to your right when facing the rising sun
  • Coming from the opposite direction from north
  • noun
  • The direction to your right of the rising sun

guidance

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US / ˈgaɪdns /

UK / ˈɡaɪdns /

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  • noun
  • Advice on what to do in school, job, future
  • Process of controlling weapons to hit a target
  • Act of guiding a person or thing

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

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  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

childhood

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US / ˈtʃaɪldhʊd /

UK / ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd /

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  • noun
  • The time when you are a child

enter

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US / 'entə(r) /

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  • verb
  • To start a career or an education
  • To become a competitor in a contest
  • To add or type information in a computer
  • To go into a room, building etc.

much

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  • adjecitve
  • Very; to a high level or degree
  • adverb
  • A lot; large amount; a high degree of
  • Nearly; basically
  • On many occasions; often
  • noun
  • A large amount; a great quantity

climb

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  • noun
  • A trip up something, e.g. a mountain
  • Increase or a rise toward a higher price or point
  • verb
  • To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
  • To increase or rise toward a higher price or point

costume

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  • noun
  • Special clothes, e.g. clothes for acting in a film

time

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  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

training

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US / ˈtreɪnɪŋ /

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  • noun
  • Act of educating someone to get better at
  • verb
  • To teach a pet a behavior or a trick
  • To educate someone in something, e.g. medicine
  • To cause a plant to grow a certain way by cutting
  • To point a certain way or toward something
  • To practice to get better at a thing, e.g. sports

within

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US / wɪˈðɪn /

UK / wɪðˈɪn, wɪθ- /

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  • adverb
  • Inside the limits of an area, time or range
  • preposition
  • From the inside of something

home

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US / həʊm /

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  • adjecitve
  • A sports team's own field or place of play
  • adverb
  • Into the correct or intended position
  • noun
  • House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
  • Institution for sick or elderly people
  • Place where a person or a family lives
  • Country where a person lives or was born
  • Region that is native to peoples, plant or animals
  • verb
  • To move towards a particular target location

spirit

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US / 'spɪrɪt /

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  • noun
  • Person's strong determination or attitude
  • Unique qualities of person, place, or time
  • Part of a person thought to be moved by religion
  • Appearance or sense of a dead person
  • verb
  • To take someone away as if by magic

kim

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dress

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  • noun
  • Women's garment with a top part and a skirt
  • Clothing suitable for a time period or occasion
  • verb
  • To prepare food (e.g. salad) before cooking or eating
  • To decorate something for display e.g. a mannequin
  • To put clothes on
  • To clean, care for and apply a cover to a wound

test

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  • noun
  • A medical examination
  • Action to establish the truth or nature of
  • Examination; questions to measure knowledge
  • verb
  • To be given a medical examination
  • To try to establish the truth or nature of
  • To ask a series of questions to measure knowledge

undergo

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  • verb
  • To experience or endure something (bad)

through

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  • adjecitve
  • having finished using or doing something
  • adverb
  • From the beginning of something until the end
  • preposition
  • Over, in, across an entire thing or place
  • Allowing you to pass between, or to
  • By a particular way or process; by the use of

few

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US / fju: /

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  • pronoun
  • Not many, a small number

for

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US / fə(r) /

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  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

under

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  • adjecitve
  • In the same place as another thing, but lower
  • adverb
  • In a lower quantity or price than expected
  • preposition
  • According to the terms of an agreement or law
  • Managed or controlled by the authority of
  • Being of a lesser quality or amount than expected
  • Influenced or affected by something or someone
  • Less or lower in age, amount, size or number

land

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  • noun
  • Region or country
  • Earth; the ground
  • verb
  • To arrive or cause a boat to arrive at the shore
  • To obtain or get something that you wanted
  • To (cause to) come down to the ground safely
  • To cause to arrive in a specific place or state

shaman

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US / ˈʃeɪmən /

UK / ˈʃɑmən, ˈʃe- /

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  • noun
  • Priest who uses magic/spirits to heal or predict

begin

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US / bɪ'ɡɪn /

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  • verb
  • To do the first part of an action; to start

since

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  • adverb
  • At a point before the present time
  • conjunction
  • For this reason; because
  • preposition
  • From the time in the past that

korean

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US / kəˈriən /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Korea
  • noun
  • Person from Korea

hour

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  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

general

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US / 'dʒenrəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Widespread, normal or usual
  • noun
  • Top ranked officer in the army

audience

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US / ˈɔ:diəns /

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  • noun
  • Group of people attending a play, movie etc.

trance

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US / trɑ:ns /

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  • noun
  • Daydreaming state; unaware state

activity

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US / æk'tɪvətɪ /

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  • noun
  • An action or task, e.g. sports, washing clothes

look

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  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

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  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people

announce

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US / əˈnaʊns /

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  • verb
  • To make a public statement about a plan, decision

they

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US / ðeɪ /

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  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

rite

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US / raɪt /

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  • noun
  • Act that is part of a religious ceremony

acknowledge

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US / ək'nɒlɪdʒ /

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  • verb
  • To say you have received a letter, gift, etc.
  • To say you accept the truth or value of something
  • to publicly express appreciation

agree

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US / əˈgri: /

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  • verb
  • To have the same opinion as someone else

all

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US / ɔ:l /

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  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

their

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US / ðɛː /

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  • determiner
  • Belonging to them

change

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  • noun
  • Exchange of one set of clothes for another
  • Money in the form of coins instead of paper
  • Money returned after giving too much
  • Act of making or becoming something else
  • verb
  • To exchange one set of clothes for another
  • To exchange one kind of money for another
  • To replace something with another thing
  • To make or become something else
  • To go from one train, bus, etc. and go to another

kum

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  • proper noun
  • A city in central Iran; population 964,706 (2006). It is a holy city and centre of learning among Sh

believe

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  • verb
  • To think or accept that something is true
  • To have a particular opinion about something

take

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  • noun
  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies
  • verb
  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

reign

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  • noun
  • Time during which a person runs an organization
  • Period of time when (e.g. king) rules a country
  • verb
  • To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there
  • (King or Queen) to rule a country

old

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  • adjecitve
  • Having existed for a long time, not young or new
  • Age of a person since birth

have

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  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

presence

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US / ˈprezns /

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  • noun
  • The same place or area that a person is
  • Ability to reach a market, group of people etc.
  • Something not physically seen but felt to be there
  • Feeling a person gives by being noticeable

with

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US / wɪð /

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  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

summon

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US / 'sʌmən /

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  • verb
  • To order someone to come, e.g. to a court of law

bear

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US / bɛː /

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  • noun
  • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
  • Someone who expects stock market to fall
  • verb
  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To keep moving left or right while going forward
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge

cure

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  • noun
  • Something that solves a problem or makes it better
  • Medical treatment making a sick person healthy
  • verb
  • To fix or improve a problem
  • To make someone healthy or make a disease go away
  • To keep food from going bad by drying or salting

onto

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US / ˈɒntə /

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  • preposition
  • Towards a certain direction/into a certain area

ceremony

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US / 'serəmənɪ /

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  • noun
  • Special social or religious event
  • Rigidly formal way of behaving

know

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US / nəʊ /

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  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

blood

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US / blʌd /

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  • adjecitve
  • Related by birth; family
  • noun
  • Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
  • verb
  • To be initiated into something, e.g. a secret club

young

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US / jʌŋ /

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  • adjecitve
  • At an early stage of existence; not mature
  • Being recently created or started
  • noun
  • Babies in a group or family of animals

see

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US / si: /

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  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

wah

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US / wɑː /

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  • exclamation

mind

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  • noun
  • One's opinion or way of thinking about something
  • Part of humans that allows us to think or feel
  • verb
  • To be bothered or upset by something
  • To take care of someone e.g. as a bodyguard

his

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US / hɪz /

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  • pronoun
  • Something belonging to a male person

upon

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US / əˈpɔn, əpən /

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  • preposition
  • More formal term for 'on'

hand

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  • noun
  • Cards given to a player in a card game
  • Piece of a clock that points to the time
  • Someone who performs physical tasks or work
  • Body part at the end of a person's arm
  • Help for someone performing a particular action
  • Condition of having power or influence
  • Member of the crew of a ship
  • verb
  • To give something to someone personally

almost

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US / 'ɔ:lməʊst /

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  • adverb
  • Only a little less than, nearly, not quite

foot

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  • noun
  • Base of something such as a mountain or vase
  • Length of 12 inches or about 25 cm
  • Lowest part of the leg we use to stand on

world

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  • noun
  • All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • Political division due to some kind of similarity

pain

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  • noun
  • Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • Something or someone that bothers or upsets you
  • verb
  • To cause someone to feel upset or worry

finally

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  • adverb
  • used especially at the beginning of a sentence to introduce the last point or idea
  • After a long time or some difficulty

hopefully

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US / ˈhəʊpfəli /

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  • adverb
  • In a manner wishing something to happen

call

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  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

illness

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US / ˈɪlnəs /

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  • noun
  • Unhealthy condition of the mind or body

shin

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US / ʃɪn /

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  • noun
  • Front part of the lower leg, beneath the knee
  • verb
  • To climb up (tree or wall)

real

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US / rɪəl /

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  • adjecitve
  • Actually existing or happening, not imagined
  • Being important or special

only

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US / ˈəunli /

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  • adverb
  • Just one; just that amount or thing; not more than
  • Not very important or serious
  • Just that type of thing, person
  • Short time ago; not before a certain time
  • conjunction
  • Except; but

press

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  • noun
  • Machine using pressure to shape, flatten, squeeze
  • General term for TV, radio, newspapers
  • A machine that prints books and newspapers
  • verb
  • To make clothes smooth using a heated iron; iron
  • To repeatedly ask someone to do something
  • To print something such as a book or newspaper
  • To push something against something else
  • To squeeze the liquid out of grapes, etc.

prepare

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US / prɪˈpeə(r) /

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  • verb
  • To make something ready for use

out

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  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

leave

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US / li:v /

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  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere

completely

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US / kəmˈpli:tli /

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  • adverb
  • In every way or as much as possible

participate

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US / pɑ:ˈtɪsɪpeɪt /

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  • verb
  • To take part with others in doing something

where

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US / hwɛə /

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  • conjunction
  • At or in the place which
  • In whatever place
  • pronoun
  • Word you use to ask the location of something

paralyse

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US / ˈpærəlaɪz /

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  • verb
  • To be unable to move from loss of muscle function
  • To cause to be powerless and unable to function

sometimes

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US / ˈsʌmtaɪmz /

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  • adverb
  • Only at certain times; occasionally

come

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  • verb
  • To arrive at a place
  • (Of mail) to be delivered
  • To move toward someone; go with someone
  • To reach a certain point or state

put

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  • phrasal verb
  • to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch
  • verb
  • To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • To rate something in importance or value
  • To write or say something in a certain manner

name

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  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
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  • In South Korea, a land where Buddhism and Christianity reign, many still turn to the old folk beliefs of shamanism, belief in a world inhabited by spirits.
  • But to become a Korean shaman, a believer must pass an initiation called the Narim Kut, a rite so extreme that few would attempt it.
  • While some are born to their role as shamans, others, like Ji Yeon, receive their calling through a mystic illness called Shin Bi Young.
  • She may look healthy, but Ji Yeon has been tormented by spirits since childhood.
  • Sometimes, I'd be in so much pain that it left me almost completely paralyzed.
  • One day, she had a dream.
  • She dreamed of a shaman, but didn't know who she was.
  • I saw a shaman all dressed up and participating in some activity.
  • I felt I needed to find her.
  • The shaman in Ji Yeon's dream turned out to be real.
  • Her name was Kim Kum Wah, the acknowledged leader of Northern-style ecstatic shamanism.
  • Kim Kum Wah agreed to take Ji Yeon into her home to prepare her for the initiation ceremony.
  • If Ji Yeon fails this test, the spirit will not possess her, and she will not be cured.
  • It's morning on the day chosen for Ji Yeon's Narim Kut initiation.
  • With the beating of the drum and the banging of the gongs, the Narim Kut begins.
  • Ji Yeon puts on her first costume and prepares to summon a god.
  • She enters into what's called an ecstatic trance.
  • These shamans believe that in this trance, her mind becomes possessed, and she speaks in the spirit's voices.
  • Ji Yeon and the other shamans dance for hours, changing costumes after every spirit possession.
  • The time has come for Kim Kum Wah to call upon the knife-riding general, her guardian spirit.
  • As an indication of the general's spirit within her, she licks the blades and presses them against her thighs.
  • She climbs up onto the double-edged shaktu knives and dances.
  • No blood is shed while she addresses the audience in the spirit's voice, announcing his presence.
  • Finally, It is Ji Yeon's turn.
  • Ji Yeon steps onto the knives, and she begins to dance.
  • Fortunately, her feet do not bleed.
  • Ji Yeon's passed the final test.
  • I feel like I have the whole world in my hands.
  • But this is only the beginning.
  • She will have to undergo years of training under the guidance of Kim Kum Wah.
  • Hopefully, she will find greater peace and happiness, fulfilling her destiny as a shaman.