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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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savage  Speak Example sentences
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[chú ý] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
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[man rợ] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
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[nhiệt] relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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[hỗn loạn] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
sculpture  Speak Example sentences
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[minh bạch] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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[xương] framework; an internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
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[cành] small branch or division of a branch
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[điêu khắc] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
skim  Speak Example sentences
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[giống] be similar to; take after; look like
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[lại] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[lướt] pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
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[hỗn loạn] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
slit  Speak Example sentences
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[khe] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[tuyệt] very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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[hiển thị] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
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[cảnh quan] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
spectrum  Speak Example sentences
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[hoang dã] a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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[vợ chồng] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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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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[phổ] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
spotlight  Speak Example sentences
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[hỗn loạn] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
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[hiển thị] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
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[rung] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
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[chú ý] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
spouse  Speak Example sentences
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[vợ chồng] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[phổ] the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
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[nêm] a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
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[miễn cưỡng] not wanting to take some action; averse
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[dải] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[minh bạch] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
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[sắp] extreme edge or margin; border; enclosing boundary; space enclosed by such a boundary
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[khuôn mẫu] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
thermal  Speak Example sentences
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[nhiệt] relating to or caused by heat; designed to help retain heat
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[lưu niệm] token of remembrance; a memento; something of sentimental value
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[cơ bản] lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
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[thẳng đứng] in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward
twig  Speak Example sentences
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[tự hoại] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
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[giống] be similar to; take after; look like
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[cành] small branch or division of a branch
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[gốc] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against