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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dine  Speak Example sentences
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[用餐,进食,宴请] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
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[不做事的,懒惰的浪费光阴] useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; given rest and ease; avoiding work or employment; lazy
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[喷泉,喷水池,喷水] spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
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[敏锐的,敏捷的] acute; incisive; sharp; express grief verbally
discreet  Speak Example sentences
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[评价,估价] judge; examine and judge carefully; appraise
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[阴谋,诡计] captivate; cause to be interested or curious; plot for something: scheme for
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[小心的,谨慎的] free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
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[决定,测量,计算,解决] act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
dread  Speak Example sentences
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[畏惧,恐怖] fearful or distasteful anticipation; terror; horror
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[用餐,进食,宴请] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
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[特征,特色,容貌,相貌] prominent aspect of something
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[执行,完成] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
eccentric  Speak Example sentences
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[古怪的,奇怪的] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
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[干预,干涉] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[婴儿,幼儿] child in the first period of life; young babe
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[香味,芳香] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
equivalent  Speak Example sentences
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[相等的,等值的] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[教,命令] teach; make aware of
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[厌恶,恶心,憎恶] strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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[阻止成功] prevent from being successful
fluff  Speak Example sentences
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[教,命令] teach; make aware of
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[有理,正当,辩护,释罪] the good or just reason; condition or fact of being justified
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[法庭的,法官的] pertaining or appropriate to courts of justice, or a judge; sanctioned or ordered by a court
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[松软的绒毛团,软毛,填充材料] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
fragment  Speak Example sentences
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[及其重要,及其关键] having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
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[执行,完成] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
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[碎片] a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
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[干预,干涉] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
generic  Speak Example sentences
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[干预,干涉] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[出名,出格] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[普通的] of an entire group or class; general
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[刺激,驱动] something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward
grin  Speak Example sentences
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[露齿而笑,咧嘴笑,露齿而笑] act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
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[奇怪的,不可预测的] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[婴儿,幼儿] child in the first period of life; young babe
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[及其重要,及其关键] having power command or control; critically importance; some duty that is essential and urgent
haven  Speak Example sentences
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[配料,成份] element in a mixture or compound
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[香味,芳香] scent; aroma; distinctive odor that is pleasant
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[安息所,避难所] refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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[使隔离,使孤立] seclude; set apart or cut off from others