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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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renowned  Speak Example sentences
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[Xu hướng] popular taste; the general direction in which something tends to move
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[cũ] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[vết] soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
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[nổi tiếng] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
resignation  Speak Example sentences
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[từ chức] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[đưa đón] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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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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[mệt mỏi] tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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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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[ngâm] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[bảng] reproduction of a written record as a legal or school record
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[vô điều kiện] made without condition; absolute; unreserved
select  Speak Example sentences
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[chọn] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
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[đứng] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[tar] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[vanity] quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
shuttle  Speak Example sentences
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[lấp lánh] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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[truyền] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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[đưa đón] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[mệt mỏi] tired; exhausted; physically or mentally fatigued
slope  Speak Example sentences
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[dốc] be at an angle; incline
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[đưa đón] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[kỹ thuật] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[chuyên] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
sparkle  Speak Example sentences
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[trang nghiêm] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[lấp lánh] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
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[nghiêm khắc] hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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[ngâm] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
stern  Speak Example sentences
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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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[giám sát] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
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[nghiêm khắc] hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
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[khâu] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
sum  Speak Example sentences
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[Địa hình] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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[kỹ thuật] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[tổng hợp] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
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[đưa đón] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
summary  Speak Example sentences
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[tóm tắt] brief statement that presents the main points
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[tar] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[kỹ thuật] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[chuyên] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object