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 4000 CELPIP (S) - Spelling Practices
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v. 鞍子,马鞍 load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride


Spelling Word: saddle
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n. 挖苦,讽刺 a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony


Spelling Word: sarcasm
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ad. 几乎不,简直没有 hardly; barely; only just


Spelling Word: scarcely
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v. 踌躇,忧郁 hesitate as a result of conscience or principle


Spelling Word: scruple
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n. 船只失事,海难 destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin


Spelling Word: shipwreck
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n. 切成细条,撕成碎片 a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off


Spelling Word: shred
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a. 有意义的,重要的,重大的 reasonably large; important in effect or meaning


Spelling Word: significant
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v. (从表面)轻轻掠过,轻擦而过 pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts


Spelling Word: skim
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ad. 独自地,单独地 alone; only; without another


Spelling Word: solely
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a. 险峻的,陡峭的 having a sharp inclination; of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve


Spelling Word: steep