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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retail  Speak Example sentences
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[rung] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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[cảnh] an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval
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[bán lẻ] selling of goods to consumers
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[nổi tiếng] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[bề ngoài] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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[bò sát] cold-blooded vertebrate, including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles
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[cách mạng] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[chiến thuật] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
siege  Speak Example sentences
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[ngâm] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[cảnh] an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval
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[bao vây] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[cơ bản] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
slogan  Speak Example sentences
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[cầu] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[luận án] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[khẩu hiệu] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
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[đất] material in the surface of the earth
soak  Speak Example sentences
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[ngâm] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[bao vây] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[cơ bản] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[nhạy cảm] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
sphere  Speak Example sentences
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[cơ bản] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[sự mặc khải] act of revealing or disclosing to others what was unknown before; manifestation of divine truth
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[phục hưng] revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
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[cầu] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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[lành] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[thủy triều] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
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[cảnh giác] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[đứng] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
strap  Speak Example sentences
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[bay hơi] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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[rút] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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[lành] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[dây đeo] belt; a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
susceptible  Speak Example sentences
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[nhạy cảm] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to
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[dao] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[khán giả] observer; audience; one who looks on
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[nổi tiếng] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
sympathetic  Speak Example sentences
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[luận án] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[phục hưng] revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
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[giao cảm] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[nhạy cảm] easily influenced; having little resistance, as to a disease; receptive to