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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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revolve  Speak Example sentences
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[ベテラン] someone who has given long service
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[寸前] extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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[回転] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
scalpel  Speak Example sentences
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[戦略] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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[テープ才能タール] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[犠牲] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[空] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
scatter  Speak Example sentences
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[散布] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
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[感情] thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
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[トランザクション] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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[サスペンス] uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
sculpture  Speak Example sentences
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[彫刻] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[スポンサー] one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
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[調査] poll; detailed critical inspection
sentiment  Speak Example sentences
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[戦略] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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[懸濁液] temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[感情] thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
sequence  Speak Example sentences
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[サプリメント] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[回転] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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[侵入] unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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[シーケンス] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
stabilize  Speak Example sentences
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[退屈] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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[トランザクション] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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[安定] become stable or more stable
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
stadium  Speak Example sentences
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[犠牲] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[社会学] branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
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[スタジアム] large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
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[ベテラン] someone who has given long service
submarine  Speak Example sentences
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[潜水艦] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
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[懸濁液] temporary delay, interruption, or cessation
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[ルネッサンス] revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
supervise  Speak Example sentences
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[チルト] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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[停戦] suspension of arms of opposing forces; temporary quiet of action, pain, contest; period of no fighting takes place
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[サプリメント] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly