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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adult  Speak Example sentences
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[联合,结合] blend; fuse; merge
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[闲谈] talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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[自助餐馆] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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[成年的,已成人的,成年人] one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
arrogant  Speak Example sentences
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[跳起,弹回] jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface
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[钻孔,令人厌烦] drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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[傲慢的,自大的,傲慢] arising from feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
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[沟通,通讯] the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
associate  Speak Example sentences
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[钻孔,令人厌烦] drill; make a hole in or through, with or as if with a drill
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[关联,联合] connect or join together; combine
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[躲避,规避] shield away from; prevent
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[喜剧,趣事,滑稽行为] light and humorous drama with a happy ending
balance  Speak Example sentences
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[社区,社会] society; a group of people living in the same locality and under the same government
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[荒谬的,可笑的] preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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[喜剧,趣事,滑稽行为] light and humorous drama with a happy ending
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[平衡] being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
bush  Speak Example sentences
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[矮树丛,灌木] place abounding in trees or shrubs; the wild forest
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[跳起,弹回] jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface
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[白肤金发的(女人),白肤金发女子] of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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[历法,日历,月历,一览表,记录表] the orderly arrangement as years, months, weeks, and days; a table showing months, weeks, and days
catholic  Speak Example sentences
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[一般的,普遍的,天主教的] broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
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[坟墓,公墓] place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; graveyard
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[挑战,邀请比赛,盘问,质询] assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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[巧合] two or more things occurring at the same time by chance
challenge  Speak Example sentences
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[挑战,邀请比赛,盘问,质询] assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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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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[举止,表现] perform; conduct oneself in a proper way
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[斗争,战斗,争斗] struggle as with an opposing force; fight with
chapter  Speak Example sentences
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[荒谬的,可笑的] preposterous; ridiculously incongruous or unreasonable; foolish
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[(书,文章的)章,回] division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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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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[自助餐馆] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
chat  Speak Example sentences
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[斗争,战斗,争斗] struggle as with an opposing force; fight with
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[举止,表现] perform; conduct oneself in a proper way
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[闲谈] talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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[沟通,通讯] the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
circus  Speak Example sentences
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[挑战,邀请比赛,盘问,质询] assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
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[马戏团,流动戏班,马戏] public entertainment of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
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[平衡] being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
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[喜剧,趣事,滑稽行为] light and humorous drama with a happy ending