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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rumour  Speak Example sentences
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[噂] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[最大限] farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
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[家庭教師] guide; give individual instruction
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[ステッチ] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
scatter  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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[調査] poll; detailed critical inspection
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[散布] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
sensible  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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[ベジタリアン] someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
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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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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
septic  Speak Example sentences
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[浄化槽] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
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[印象] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[飼いならさ] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften
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[スパイラル] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
sociology  Speak Example sentences
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[経由下品な] common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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[社会学] branch of philosophy which treats the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
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[キラキラ] open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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[口] small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
specialize  Speak Example sentences
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[警戒] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[専門] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
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[傾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[浄化槽] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
spiral  Speak Example sentences
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[スパイラル] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[皮肉] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[スターリング] any English coin of standard value; coined money
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[警戒] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
stern  Speak Example sentences
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[家庭教師] guide; give individual instruction
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[スパイラル] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[警戒] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[船尾] hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
stitch  Speak Example sentences
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[解像度] determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[ステッチ] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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[船尾] hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
striking  Speak Example sentences
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[印象] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[有名] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[解像度] determination; resolving to do something; a formal statement of a decision
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[飼いならさ] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften