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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discreet  Speak Example sentences
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[障害] disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
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[百科事典] a reference work containing articles on various topics
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[無知] lack of knowledge or education
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[控えめ] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
disturbance  Speak Example sentences
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[障害] disorder; turmoil; mental or emotional unbalance or disorder
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[効率] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[厳しい] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[個別] clearly noticeable; separate and different
efficient  Speak Example sentences
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[区別] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[利用] make use of, sometimes unjustly
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[威嚇] frighten; make timid; fill with fear
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[効率] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
encyclopedia  Speak Example sentences
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[百科事典] a reference work containing articles on various topics
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[相当] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[区別] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[幾何学] mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
engage  Speak Example sentences
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[係] obtain for services of; arrange for the use of; pledge or promise, especially to marry
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[厳しい] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[即興] without previous preparation
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[熱狂] having or showing great excitement and interest
flee  Speak Example sentences
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[疑問] distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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[嫌がらせ] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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[香り] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[逃げる] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
foremost  Speak Example sentences
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[皇室] like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
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[無効] of no force or weight; not valid; weak; void; null
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[検査] look over; examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws
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[第一] leading; main; primary; first in time or place
galaxy  Speak Example sentences
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[銀河] large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities
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[即興] compose, perform, or do something with little or no preparation
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[熱狂] having or showing great excitement and interest
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[厳しい] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
generic  Speak Example sentences
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[一般] of an entire group or class; general
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[迂回] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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[偏心] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[幼児] child in the first period of life; young babe
geometry  Speak Example sentences
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[効率] effective; acting directly to produce an effect; exhibiting a high ratio of output to input
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[相当] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[幾何学] mathematics of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids
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[銀河] large, isolated system of stars, as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities