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 5000 Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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employ  Speak Example sentences
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break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
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engage the services of; put to work; apply
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provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
expedition  Speak Example sentences
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journey organized for a particular purpose
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break into pieces; crack; destroy; violate or abuse
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channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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unhappy or irritable, particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly
finch  Speak Example sentences
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place in which to lie or rest, especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast; burying place
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by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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any of numerous small songbirds with short, stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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question severely; torture or afflict
generator  Speak Example sentences
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any of numerous small songbirds with short, stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
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state of cowardly fright; state of severe depression; a coward, fearful person
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one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor
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question closely; examine by questioning formally or officially
grill  Speak Example sentences
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extorting; illegal use of one's official position or powers to obtain property
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question severely; torture or afflict
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
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a person with discriminating taste in food and wine
guilt  Speak Example sentences
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question severely; torture or afflict
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plan of the trip; a guidebook for travelers
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state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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unhappy or irritable, particularly applied to babies and children or adults who are acting childishly
gutter  Speak Example sentences
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state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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place in which to lie or rest, especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast; burying place
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channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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a person with discriminating taste in food and wine
hilarious  Speak Example sentences
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engage the services of; put to work; apply
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image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
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by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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state of cowardly fright; state of severe depression; a coward, fearful person
humiliate  Speak Example sentences
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cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
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bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
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take or seize by the way; cause to stop on the passage; obstruct or interrupt the progress of
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provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
hysterical  Speak Example sentences
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state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; an offense against right
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question severely; torture or afflict
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make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
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marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic