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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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legislation  Speak Example sentences
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[平凡な] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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[悼む] express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
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[神話] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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[立法] lawmaking; the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body
liaison  Speak Example sentences
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[肥料] fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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[委任] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[関連] having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
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[連絡] a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
mandate  Speak Example sentences
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[受信] receiver; one that receives or is receptive
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[果樹] a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
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[由来] decoration; something used to beautify
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[委任] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
marital  Speak Example sentences
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[委任] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[結婚式] relating to marriage; relating to husband
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[肥料] fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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[ノルム] convention; standard; rule
myth  Speak Example sentences
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[磁器] ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic
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[メリット] virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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[遠慮] abstain from; resist; hold oneself back
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[神話] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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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[オーバーラン] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
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[現象] appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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[同様] similarly; as well; too
obscene  Speak Example sentences
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[オアシス] offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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[オフショア] at some distance from the shore
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[プローブ] explore with tools; investigate; search
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[立法] lawmaking; the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body
occupy  Speak Example sentences
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[ピア] gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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[中立] impartial; not supporting one side over another
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[口ひげ] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[占有] inhabit;  live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
ornament  Speak Example sentences
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[悼む] express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
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[由来] decoration; something used to beautify
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[果樹] a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
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[連絡] a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
overhear  Speak Example sentences
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[オフショア] at some distance from the shore
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[知覚] become aware of through the senses; detect
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[小耳に挟む] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
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[平凡な] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace