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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retain  Speak Example sentences
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[保存] keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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[合計] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
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[調査] poll; detailed critical inspection
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[転落] fall as if collapsing;  fall quickly and without control
scope  Speak Example sentences
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[スコープ] range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[鮮やか] bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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[文具] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
shaft  Speak Example sentences
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[ユーティリティ] something useful; public service
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[震え] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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[シャフト] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[無駄] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
slogan  Speak Example sentences
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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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[サージ] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
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[同時] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
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[特性] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
soil  Speak Example sentences
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[飼いならさ] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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[様々] diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied
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[締め] draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
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[土壌] material in the surface of the earth
splash  Speak Example sentences
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[提出] refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
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[鮮やか] bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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[落ち着かない] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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[スプラッシュ] cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
spotlight  Speak Example sentences
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[スポットライト精神] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
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[ベジタリアン] someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
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[虐殺] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
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[サプリメント] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
stain  Speak Example sentences
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[染色] soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
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[ウェッジ] a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
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[木材] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[トークン] something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
submit  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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[提出] refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
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[リム] border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving
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[全会一致] uniform; in complete agreement
supervise  Speak Example sentences
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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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[サプリメント] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[トレンド] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
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[文具] paper cut to the right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies