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              Lesson 5                     Requesting estimates (Quotes)
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                   Requesting estimates (Quotes)


                Quotes : (quotation) 견적이란 의미로 보통 quotation 대신, 짧게

                Quote을 씁니다

                Ballpark : rough numbers - 예상하는 숫자나 규모

                Roughly : about - 대강, 예상하는 근사치의 숫자
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