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 5000 Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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eloquent  Speak Example sentences
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[消火栓] a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug
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[食いしん坊] person who eats too much food and drink
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[雄弁] vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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[消耗品] not essential or mandatory to achieve a goal; not reusable; suitable to be expended
engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[贅沢] wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
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[係] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[格納庫] shelter especially for housing or repairing aircraft
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[ファサード] front of building; superficial or false appearance
entity  Speak Example sentences
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[ヒンジ] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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[お休み] gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
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[実体] real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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[厄払い] act of exorcising; driving out of evil spirits from persons or places by conjuration
extinction  Speak Example sentences
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[差し迫った] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[横領] stealing; fraudulent appropriation of property
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[絶滅] death of all its remaining members
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[歩兵] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
ferocious  Speak Example sentences
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[格子] make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred
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[雄弁] vividly or movingly expressive; persuasive
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[どう猛] fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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[除名] oust; discharge;  force or drive out
frivolous  Speak Example sentences
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[爽快] invigorating and refreshing; cheering; making lively and joyful
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[軽薄] lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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[ハーネス] stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
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[お休み] gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause
garner  Speak Example sentences
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[崩壊する] collapse or burst inward violently; burst inward
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[想像] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
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[ヒンジ] a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other
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[集める] gather; store up; amass; acquire
gulp  Speak Example sentences
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[差し迫った] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[インフレ] the general increase in the prices of goods and services in a country
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[一口] swallow; utter or make a noise, as when eating too quickly
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[消火栓] a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug
harness  Speak Example sentences
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[非人道的な] possessed by an unreasoning passion or attraction; overcome by some foolish passion or desire
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[どう猛] fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty
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[ハーネス] stable gear consisting of an arrangement to an animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart
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[歩兵] body of children; a body of soldiers serving on foot; foot soldiers
hull  Speak Example sentences
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[差し迫った] near at hand; close in time; about to occur
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[傲慢] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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[渓谷] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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[船体] the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk