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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devastating  Speak Example sentences
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[亡命] force separation from one's native country
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[破壊] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[解釈] explain or tell the meaning of; translate orally; decipher
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[管理人] door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms
dine  Speak Example sentences
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[嫌がらせ] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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[お食事] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
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[区別] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[爆発] tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
doom  Speak Example sentences
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[控えめ] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[転換] act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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[爆発] tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
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[運命] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
drastic  Speak Example sentences
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[異なります] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
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[抜本] radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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[金融] management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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[柔軟] pliant; elastic; capable of being bent or flexed; pliable
dreadful  Speak Example sentences
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[お楽しみ] be complacent toward; give way to; not to oppose or restrain;  yield to the desire of
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[金融] management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
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[不安定] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[恐ろしい] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
efficient  Speak Example sentences
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[感染] bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness
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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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[嫌がらせ] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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[論文] formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university
erratic  Speak Example sentences
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[成分] element in a mixture or compound
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[嫌がらせ] irritate or torment persistently; wear out; exhaust
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[不安定] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[感染] bring into contact with a substance that can cause illness
explosive  Speak Example sentences
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[理想] existing in idea or thought; conception; intellectual; mental;  imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model
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[親族] one's relatives; family; kinfolk
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[過剰] amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus
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[爆発] tending or serving to sudden outburst; sudden and loud
extinct  Speak Example sentences
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[放電] relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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[絶滅] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
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[論文] formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university
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[管理人] door-keeper; porter; one who has the care of public building or suites of rooms
forfeit  Speak Example sentences
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[没収] something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
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[区別] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[転換] act of turning aside; pastime; an activity that relaxes or entertains
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[過剰] amount or quantity beyond what is normal or sufficient; surplus