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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sensible  Speak Example sentences
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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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[抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[傾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
shovel  Speak Example sentences
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[タイルは] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[シャベル] a tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
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[賃金] hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
splash  Speak Example sentences
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[配偶者] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[間違いなく] unquestionably; without doubt; certainly
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[スプラッシュ] cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
stride  Speak Example sentences
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[裏切り者] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[歩] step; pace; significant progress
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[サーモスタット] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
supervise  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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[配偶者] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[逆] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[夕暮れ] light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light
surge  Speak Example sentences
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[サージ] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
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[配偶者] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[トレッキング] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
tendency  Speak Example sentences
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[細断処理] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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[傾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[保存] keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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[賃金] hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
tile  Speak Example sentences
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[タイルは] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[観客] observer; audience; one who looks on
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[解明] undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
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[誘惑] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
transaction  Speak Example sentences
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[サーモスタット] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
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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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[戦術] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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[合成] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
trivial  Speak Example sentences
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[歩] step; pace; significant progress
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[傾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace