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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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liberal  Speak Example sentences
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[自由] open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
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[オプション] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
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[強力] powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
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[リール] frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
loaf  Speak Example sentences
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[パン] any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
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[拒否] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[ルアー] bait; charm; attract
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[ノルム] convention; standard; rule
lure  Speak Example sentences
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[強力] powerful; having the power to influence or convince; having great control or authority
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[ルアー] bait; charm; attract
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[自由] open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
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[平凡な] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
mediocre  Speak Example sentences
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[海外] beyond or across the sea; abroad
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[平凡な] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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[心理] mental action or power; intellectual activity; intellectuality
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[餌] the target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
mentality  Speak Example sentences
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[修正] set right; correct by calculation or adjustment
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[落書きをあらためて表明] scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
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[心理] mental action or power; intellectual activity; intellectuality
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[無法者] a person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection; fugitive from the law; habitual criminal
misfortune  Speak Example sentences
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[責任] bound or obliged in law or equity
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[不幸] bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
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[殉教者] one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering
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[神経症] of or about the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous
mode  Speak Example sentences
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[モード] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
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[平凡な] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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[設定] prize or award offered free or at a reduced price after buying something else; payment for insurance
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[名門] honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence because of high status
nuisance  Speak Example sentences
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[異議] something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
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[投票] the direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment; a note from a diplomat
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[予測] state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge
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[ごみ] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
optional  Speak Example sentences
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[拒否] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[オプション] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
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[処方] dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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[大きさ] extent; greatness of rank, size, or position
organism  Speak Example sentences
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[暗唱] repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
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[流通] capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person
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[出版] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
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[器官] living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body