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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retail  Speak Example sentences
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[最後通牒] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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[小売] selling of goods to consumers
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[最大限] farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
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[サーモスタット] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
slander  Speak Example sentences
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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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[誹謗中傷] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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[あくび] open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
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[戦術] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
spectrum  Speak Example sentences
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[価値] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
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[有名] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[転送] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
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[色相] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
spouse  Speak Example sentences
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[賃金] hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
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[付近] state of being near in space or relationship; proximity
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[あくび] open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
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[配偶者] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
surge  Speak Example sentences
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[サージ] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
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[信頼] dependable; reliable; able to be trusted
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[窒息] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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[誹謗中傷] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
suspend  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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[小売] selling of goods to consumers
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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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[サスペンド] hang freely; postpone; delay
temptation  Speak Example sentences
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[リソース] materials; abilities; available source
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[源泉徴収] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
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[誘惑] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[締め] draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.
tolerance  Speak Example sentences
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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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[似] be similar to; take after; look like
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[誘惑] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[サーモスタット] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
trustworthy  Speak Example sentences
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[信頼] dependable; reliable; able to be trusted
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[染色] soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
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[辞任] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[あくび] open the mouth wide with a deep inhalation, usually involuntarily from drowsiness, fatigue, or boredom
universal  Speak Example sentences
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[標本] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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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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[急] soak; make thoroughly wet
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[戦術] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end