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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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remedy  Speak Example sentences
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[lấp lánh] open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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[khắc phục] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
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[nổi bật] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
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[chiến thuật] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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[mỉa mai] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[học phí] teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
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[thô tục] common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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[nhất trí] uniform; in complete agreement
sparkle  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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[tổng hợp] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[mẫu] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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[yên] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
stack  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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[rút] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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[đống] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[khắc phục] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
striking  Speak Example sentences
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[đống] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[vu khống] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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[học phí] teaching pupils individually; the fee for instruction, especially at a formal institution of learning
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[nổi bật] dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
sum  Speak Example sentences
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[tổng hợp] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
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[lời] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[đáng kể] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
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[thô tục] common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
synthetic  Speak Example sentences
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[mẫu] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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[vu khống] defamation;  false and malicious statement or report about someone
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[tổng hợp] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[cứu hộ] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
tactic  Speak Example sentences
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[chiến thuật] plan for attaining a particular goal; action calculated to achieve some end
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[chuỗi] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
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[tan] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze
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[lại] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
tar  Speak Example sentences
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[tổng hợp] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
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[lại] used to state what you have just said is also true in the opposite order
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[lời] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[tar] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
tedious  Speak Example sentences
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[buồn tẻ] tiresome because of length, slowness, or dullness; progressing very slowly
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[phát triển] make steady progress; prosper; flourish
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[yên] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[nhất trí] uniform; in complete agreement