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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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renowned  Speak Example sentences
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[視覚化] make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
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[有名] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[検索] recover; find and bring in; get back
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[推測] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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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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[辞任] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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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
scenery  Speak Example sentences
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[潮] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
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[震え] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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[ささいなこと] a thing of very little value or importance
slogan  Speak Example sentences
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[様々] diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied
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[荘厳] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[敬礼] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[同時] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
splash  Speak Example sentences
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[爬虫類] cold-blooded vertebrate, including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles
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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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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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[視覚化] make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
toll  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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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[料金] charge a fee for using;  sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
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[スタジアム] large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
tow  Speak Example sentences
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[船尾] hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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[トウ] draw or pull behind by a chain or line
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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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[交響] large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
trek  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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[滑り] smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
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[逆] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[剛性] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
trench  Speak Example sentences
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[視覚化] make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
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[トレンチ] canal; deep furrow or ditch; long, steep-sided valley on the ocean floor
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[トウ] draw or pull behind by a chain or line
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[スタジアム] large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
uneasy  Speak Example sentences
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[保護] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[包囲] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[不安] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[トウ] draw or pull behind by a chain or line