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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resign  Speak Example sentences
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[融解] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
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[ため息] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
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[辞任] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[スタジアム] large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
shred  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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[逆] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[サスペンス] uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
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[地形] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[古い] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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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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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
specimen  Speak Example sentences
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[基礎] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[ベテラン] someone who has given long service
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[標本] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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[トニック] something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
spectrum  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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[ベール] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
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[色相] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[ため息] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
sway  Speak Example sentences
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[無駄] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[簡単] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[重心動揺] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
tile  Speak Example sentences
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[トニック] something producing physical, mental, or emotional vigor
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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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[無駄] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
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[実質] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
touchy  Speak Example sentences
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[破壊] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[戦術] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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[付近] state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
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[リム] border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving
traitor  Speak Example sentences
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[球] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[スクラップ] a small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
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[裏切り者] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
underlying  Speak Example sentences
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[繁栄] make steady progress; prosper; flourish
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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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[球] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[基礎] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior