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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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litter  Speak Example sentences
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[流行は] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
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[ごみ] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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[ニブル] bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
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[調整] correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
maneuver  Speak Example sentences
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[海軍] relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
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[調整] correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
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[オフショア] at some distance from the shore
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[演習] plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
massacre  Speak Example sentences
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[ニブル] bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
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[男性] the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
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[オフショア] at some distance from the shore
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[霧] visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
merit  Speak Example sentences
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[男性] the killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty
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[メリット] virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
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[比] the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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[平行] make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at the same time; not intersecting
mingle  Speak Example sentences
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[は、印象的な全体付き合う] be all mixed up or jumbled together
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[モットー] short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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[比] the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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[ぐったり] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
mushroom  Speak Example sentences
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[ニブル] bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
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[キノコ] multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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[オプション] path; circle; move in an orbit; encircle
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[候補] someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
namely  Speak Example sentences
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[母体] motherly; relating to mother or motherhood
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[すなわち] by name; by particular mention; expressly; that is to say
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[海軍] relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
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[乗算] proliferate; increase; combine by multiplication
notorious  Speak Example sentences
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[悪名] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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[比] the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind; rate; proportion
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[オフショア] at some distance from the shore
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[オーバーラン] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
oasis  Speak Example sentences
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[キノコ] multiply, grow, or expand rapidly
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[悪名] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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[不快] fertile or green spot in a waste or desert
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[見過ごす] ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
outlaw  Speak Example sentences
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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
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[プロキシ] authority to act for another; agent or substitute
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[同様] similarly; as well; too
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[ノルム] convention; standard; rule