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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relay  Speak Example sentences
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[スコープ] range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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[弱体化させる] weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
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[タックル] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball
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[リレー] act of passing something along from one person, group, or station to another
retrieve  Speak Example sentences
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[検索] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[粉砕] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
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[賭け] something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake
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[実質] almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
revelation  Speak Example sentences
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[スコープ] range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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[啓示] act of revealing or disclosing to others what was unknown before; manifestation of divine truth
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[敬礼] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
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[しわ] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[直立] in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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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
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[侵襲] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
rhythm  Speak Example sentences
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[検索] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[安定] become stable or more stable
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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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[リズム] pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
scalpel  Speak Example sentences
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[犠牲] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[再発] falling back into a former state, especially becoming worse
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[詰め物] the material used for filling cushion, mattress, or others
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[敬礼] salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts
steep  Speak Example sentences
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[スローガンスロット] broad, flat, wooden bar; slat or slot; narrow opening; slit; the position of employment
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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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[リズム] pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
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[急] soak; make thoroughly wet
technician  Speak Example sentences
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[船] craft; ship; container for liquids
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[推力] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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[しわ] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
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[技術] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
tighten  Speak Example sentences
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[賭け] something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question;  bet; stake
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[締め] draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
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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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[しわ] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
tolerance  Speak Example sentences
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[言語] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[監視] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
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[公差は] capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
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[ローミング] wander; ramble; stroll