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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[保護] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[文具] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
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[拍車] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[空] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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[統計] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
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[拍車] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[皮肉] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[テンポ] beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
shatter  Speak Example sentences
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[スターリング] any English coin of standard value; coined money
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[敬礼] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[粉砕] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
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[浅] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
sow  Speak Example sentences
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[浅] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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[枝] small branch or division of a branch
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[豚] plant; place seeds in or on
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[特性] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
starve  Speak Example sentences
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[餓死] hunger; deprive of food
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[ベテラン] someone who has given long service
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[検索] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[拍車] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
statistics  Speak Example sentences
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[推力] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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[な] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
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[実質] almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
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[統計] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
superficial  Speak Example sentences
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[裏切り者] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[文具] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
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[滑り] smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
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[浅] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
twig  Speak Example sentences
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[荘厳] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[枝] small branch or division of a branch
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[古い] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[迷信] excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
underlying  Speak Example sentences
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[豚] plant; place seeds in or on
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[敬礼] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[基礎] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[古い] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
vacant  Speak Example sentences
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[小売] selling of goods to consumers
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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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[空] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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[な] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed