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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dip  Speak Example sentences
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[嫉妬] malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
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[ディップ] insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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[暗い] worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
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[ハム] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
dodge  Speak Example sentences
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[気晴らし] extreme mental or emotional disturbance; obsession; confusion of affairs; being drawn apart
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[かわす] avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
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[敵対] unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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[弁護士] give advice to someone; suggest
edge  Speak Example sentences
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[エッジ] brink; perimeter; margin
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[フリーク] rare and unpredictable event; person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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[錯覚] misleading vision; being deceived by a false perception or belief
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[肉] the soft tissue of the body, mainly muscle and fat; surface or skin of the human body; meat of animals
eliminate  Speak Example sentences
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[弁護士] give advice to someone; suggest
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[お祭り] a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
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[恨み] be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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[排除] eradicate; abolish; rule out
facility  Speak Example sentences
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[フォワードは] at or to or toward the front; toward the future
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[敵対] unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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[施設] service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
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[うつ病] recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits
fitting  Speak Example sentences
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[無効] deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
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[フィット] small accessory to a larger system; small detachable part for a machine or apparatus; the act of trying on clothes
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[所得] gain from labor, business, property, or capital
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[デザイン] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
fraud  Speak Example sentences
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[も] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred
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[免疫] resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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[詐欺] getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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[所得] gain from labor, business, property, or capital
gesture  Speak Example sentences
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[ジェスチャー] the motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling
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[詐欺] getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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[敵対] unfriendly; showing the disposition of an enemy
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[本質] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
grudge  Speak Example sentences
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[フリーク] rare and unpredictable event; person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed
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[名声] favorable public reputation; great renown
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[劇的な] striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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[恨み] be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
hostage  Speak Example sentences
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[ハーブ] a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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[も] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred
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[人質] a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
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[排除] eradicate; abolish; rule out