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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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agency  Speak Example sentences
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[权力,权限,权威人士] jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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[比赛,竞争,争夺] contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
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[代理,代办,代理处,经销处,社,机构,作用,力量] a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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[方法] a way of considering or doing something
attend  Speak Example sentences
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[救护车,野外医院] field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
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[向后的,返回的,落后的,没有自信的,羞怯的] directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
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[室,房间] cell; compartment; room
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[参加,入学] be present at; go to; take care of; tend
bearing  Speak Example sentences
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[竞争,竞赛] struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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[信奉,支持,许诺,承担义务] pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself  to a course of action
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[行李] trunks, bags, parcels, and suitcases in which one carries one's belongings while traveling; luggage
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[耐心应对,分娩] carrying another part; patient endurance; suffering without complaint; the act of producing or giving birth
boom  Speak Example sentences
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[出卖,背叛] be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
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[委托人,(律师的)当事人,顾客,主顾] someone who pays to get goods or services
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[繁荣] bonanza; prosperity; prosper; expand; flourish
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[校园] the field where the buildings of a university are situated
briefcase  Speak Example sentences
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[代理,代办,代理处,经销处,社,机构,作用,力量] a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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[熏猪肉,培根肉] back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
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[收缩] constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
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[公文包] portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books
brutal  Speak Example sentences
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[拍卖] public sale of property to the highest bidder
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[参加,入学] be present at; go to; take care of; tend
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[残忍的,严酷的] like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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[救护车,野外医院] field hospital organized as to follow an army in its movements; a wagon for conveying the wounded to hospital
bucket  Speak Example sentences
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[水桶,吊桶,倾泻] vessel for drawing up water from a well; a vessel for hoisting and conveying coal, ore, grain
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[信奉,支持,许诺,承担义务] pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself  to a course of action
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[方法] a way of considering or doing something
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[出卖,背叛] be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
campus  Speak Example sentences
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[无论如何,不管怎样] in any way or manner whatever; at any rate; in any event
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[信奉,支持,许诺,承担义务] pledge, undertaking; an act of binding yourself  to a course of action
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[比赛,竞争,争夺] contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
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[校园] the field where the buildings of a university are situated
cancel  Speak Example sentences
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[取消] revoke; call off; omit or delete
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[旗帜,标语,横幅] flag; sign; a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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[消费者] people who buy goods or services
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[职业,职责,本分,事务] rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
carrot  Speak Example sentences
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[耐心应对,分娩] carrying another part; patient endurance; suffering without complaint; the act of producing or giving birth
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[室,房间] cell; compartment; room
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[职业,职责,本分,事务] rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
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[胡萝卜] the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color