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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rendezvous  Speak Example sentences
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[実質] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
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[太もも] part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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[ランデブー] meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
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[猫背] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
retrieve  Speak Example sentences
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[無慈悲] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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[辞任] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[変換] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[検索] recover; find and bring in; get back
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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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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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[土壌] material in the surface of the earth
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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
saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[素晴らしい] of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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[あくび] open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[保護] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
savage  Speak Example sentences
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[口] small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
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[メス神聖な] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
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[辞任] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
siege  Speak Example sentences
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[ランデブー] meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
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[変換] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[無慈悲] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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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
slit  Speak Example sentences
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[スロープ] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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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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[変換] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[裏切り者] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[素晴らしい] of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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[表示] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
stabilize  Speak Example sentences
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[不安] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[安定] become stable or more stable
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[口] small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
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[スペア] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
thermal  Speak Example sentences
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[垂直] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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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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[テーマ] relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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[裏切り者] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country