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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[経過] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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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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[現象] appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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[部] section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
loaf  Speak Example sentences
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[申] plea; formal message requesting something
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[保育園] force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for
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[最大化] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[パン] any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
mandate  Speak Example sentences
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[委任] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[柱] a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building
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[経過] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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[ニブル] bite by little at a time; seize gently with the mouth; eat slowly or in small bits
manure  Speak Example sentences
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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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[現象] appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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[原始] belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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[肥料] fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
mischief  Speak Example sentences
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[いたずら] behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
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[寄生虫] animal or plant living on another
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[出版] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
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[奉行] a civil officer with the power to administer and enforce the law
oblige  Speak Example sentences
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[払い戻し] repayment of fund; an amount repaid
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[保育園] force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for
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[割合] percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole
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[紛失] inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful
obsolete  Speak Example sentences
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[時代遅れ] no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated
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[わいせつ] many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
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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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[オブリージュ] without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent
outfit  Speak Example sentences
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[半径] a right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery
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[柱] a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building
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[薬局] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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[服装] association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization
overhear  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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[部] section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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[割合] percentage; quotient obtained when a part is divided by the whole; part considered in relation to the whole
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[小耳に挟む] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
paragraph  Speak Example sentences
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[奉行] a civil officer with the power to administer and enforce the law
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[わいせつ] many; various; amounting to a large indefinite number
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[一] the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line
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[しっとり] slightly wet; damp or humid