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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relay  Speak Example sentences
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[ぼろぼろ] torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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[トレッキング] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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[リレー] act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
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[反省] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[革命] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[夕暮れ] light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light
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[幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[彫刻] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[スクレイプ] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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[保護] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[締め] draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
scenery  Speak Example sentences
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[織り] pattern or structure by weaving; knit; interlace
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[荘厳] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[召喚] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
seemingly  Speak Example sentences
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[反省] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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[耐] stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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[喉の渇き] the sensation of dryness in the throat
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[一見] apparently; appearing to be something, especially when this is not true
shabby  Speak Example sentences
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[ぼろぼろ] torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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[誘惑] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[トレッキング] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
stem  Speak Example sentences
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[転送] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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[スクレイプ] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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[幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[スタック] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
summon  Speak Example sentences
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[生い立ち] process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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[召喚] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[ベテラン] someone who has given long service
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[リレー] act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
superficial  Speak Example sentences
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[荘厳] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[急] soak; make thoroughly wet
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[リレー] act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
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[浅] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
throbbing  Speak Example sentences
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[織り] pattern or structure by weaving; knit; interlace
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[重心動揺] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
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[勝利] victory; win; expressing great joy
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[鼓動] beating or pounding strongly