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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relentless  Speak Example sentences
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[無情] unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
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[竜巻] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[ユーティリティ] something useful; public service
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[消える] disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
rhetorical  Speak Example sentences
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[海里] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
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[賢明] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[ローミング] wander; ramble; stroll
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[振動] by the way of
slaughter  Speak Example sentences
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[虐殺] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
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[辞任] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[スレート] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[サスペンド] hang freely; postpone; delay
slippery  Speak Example sentences
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[ステレオ] stereophonic sound-reproduction system
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[滑り] smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
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[実質] almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
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[急] soak; make thoroughly wet
slit  Speak Example sentences
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[領土] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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[スロープ] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[消極] not wanting to take some action; averse
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[拒否権] rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[スパン] duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
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[振動] by the way of
stem  Speak Example sentences
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[幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[地形] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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[違反] treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
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[サスペンド] hang freely; postpone; delay
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[ストライプ] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[消極] not wanting to take some action; averse
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[解明] undo or ravel knitted fabric of; separate and clarify; solve
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[ステレオ] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
territorial  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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[領土] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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[ローミング] wander; ramble; stroll
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[簡素化意味縮小スケルトン] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
tidy  Speak Example sentences
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[ローミング] wander; ramble; stroll
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[ユーティリティ] something useful; public service
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[消極] not wanting to take some action; averse
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[整頓] being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper