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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relentless  Speak Example sentences
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[粉砕] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
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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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[ユニバーサル] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[無情] unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding
scenery  Speak Example sentences
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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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[自主] done or undertaken of one's own free will; unforced
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[スペア] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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[領土] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
shaft  Speak Example sentences
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[太もも] part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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[ぼろぼろ] torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
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[シャフト] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[救済] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
shatter  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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[スクレイプ] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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[粉砕] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
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[綱引き] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
slit  Speak Example sentences
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[スペア] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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[スロープ] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[綱引き] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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[ユニバーサル] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
stale  Speak Example sentences
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[古い] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[幹] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against
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[竜巻] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[トランザクション] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
stuffing  Speak Example sentences
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[散布] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
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[詰め物] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
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[スクレイプ] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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[悲惨] very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
territorial  Speak Example sentences
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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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[綱引き] pull or draw with great effort; draw along with continued exertion; haul along; tow
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[領土] pertaining to territory or land; limited to a certain district
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[仮想] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
thigh  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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[枝] small branch or division of a branch
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[太もも] part of the leg between the hip and the knee
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[体温計] an instrument for measuring temperature
tornado  Speak Example sentences
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[バルブ] device or structure for controlling the flow of a fluid
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[夕暮れ] light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light
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[竜巻] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[海里] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language