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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resign  Speak Example sentences
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[بدبخت] very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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[thermostat] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes
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[بیشی] remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
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[مستعفی] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
rival  Speak Example sentences
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[بیشی] remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
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[سرپل] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[خاص] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
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[مخالف] compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
shaft  Speak Example sentences
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[شافٹ] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[سیدھی] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
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[مستعفی] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[سٹریٹجک] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
smother  Speak Example sentences
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[مضبوط جھکاو] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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[چھیننے] grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
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[استعفی] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[گلا گھونٹنا] conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
solemn  Speak Example sentences
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[جبکہ] while on the contrary; while at the same time
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[بیچینی] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
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[پختہ] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[گھومنے] wander; ramble; stroll
sponsor  Speak Example sentences
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[سپانسر] one who binds himself to answer for another and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
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[آواز] bellow; rumble; make a loud noise
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[بدبخت] very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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[بیچینی] not easy; difficult; restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety
starve  Speak Example sentences
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[استعفی] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[پختہ] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[بھوکا] hunger; deprive of food
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[براہ راست] in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[گودے] unimportant; of little significance or value; ordinary; commonplace
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[لکیر] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[کھرچنا] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
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[مضبوط جھکاو] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
thereby  Speak Example sentences
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[جنگل] a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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[مستعفی] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[عمودی] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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[سیدھی] thus; accordingly; by that means; because of that
trespass  Speak Example sentences
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[رہسی] uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
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[اتیچار] unlawfully enter boundaries of some else's property; commit an offense or a sin
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[چھوٹی] a thing of very little value or importance
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[ٹرم] clip; cut down to the desired size or shape