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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rust  Speak Example sentences
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[毛線,棉紗線,絲線] woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
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[感情,情緒,情操] thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
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[重新得到,找回] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[銹,生鏽] become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
scope  Speak Example sentences
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[踢馬刺] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[部分,片斷] sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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[沉思,思索,投機] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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[範圍,界限] range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
sculpture  Speak Example sentences
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[範圍,界限] range of one's perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
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[包圍,圍攻] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[雕塑,雕刻品] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[縫,針腳,縫針] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
skim  Speak Example sentences
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[(從表面)輕輕掠過,輕擦而過] 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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[合成的,人造的] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[夫,妻,配偶的一方] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[縫,針腳,縫針] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
slate  Speak Example sentences
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[有效的,實質的,虛的] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
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[迅速的,敏捷的] quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
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[石板,候選人名單提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[剛硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
sparkle  Speak Example sentences
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[通過,經過,轉口,過境運輸] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
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[雕塑,雕刻品] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[重新得到,找回] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[閃閃發光,閃耀] be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
stack  Speak Example sentences
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[垂直的,豎直的] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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[摞,疊,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[辭去(職務),聽從,順從] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[楔形物,楔子] a piece of metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[合成的,人造的] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[過渡,轉換,躍遷] going from one state of action to another
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[斑紋,條紋] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[標準成分的(金或銀),道地的,純正的,英國貨幣] any English coin of standard value; coined money
tile  Speak Example sentences
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[瓦,瓷磚,花磚] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[石板,候選人名單提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[銹,生鏽] become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid
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[(由於冷或恐懼)打冷戰,發抖,打得粉碎] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
traitor  Speak Example sentences
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[辭去(職務),聽從,順從] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[賣國賊,叛徒] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[重新得到,找回] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[毛線,棉紗線,絲線] woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving