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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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criminal  Speak Example sentences
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[ハイキング] long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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[専用] not divided or shared with others; excluding much or all; not allowing something else
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[刑事] one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof
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[寄付] grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
crown  Speak Example sentences
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[お祭り] a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
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[重要] ornamental circlet or head covering, made of gold  with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty
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[寄付] grant; an act of giving to a fund or cause
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[フラッシュ] flow and spread suddenly; flood
deposit  Speak Example sentences
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[所得] gain from labor, business, property, or capital
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[預金] money given as a guarantee or security
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[永遠] forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
desert  Speak Example sentences
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[ファイル] line; proceed in one line
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[砂漠] an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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[運命] an event that will inevitably happen in the future
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[お祭り] a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
discipline  Speak Example sentences
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[規律] a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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[当惑] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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[条件] sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
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[ギア] toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
distract  Speak Example sentences
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[逆] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
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[ファイル] line; proceed in one line
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[ギャング] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
due  Speak Example sentences
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[原因] owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
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[個人] single person or thing; human regarded as a unique personality
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[精通] well known or easily recognized
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[現在] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
eternal  Speak Example sentences
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[フォーカス] the most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest, or activity
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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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[ドラマ] play; literary work intended for theater
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[永遠] forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
fridge  Speak Example sentences
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[被告] one required to make answer in an action or suit
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[預金] money given as a guarantee or security
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[冷蔵庫] container in which an electric motor pumps the coolant around
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[歯科] a person qualified to practice dentistry
gang  Speak Example sentences
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[ギャング] group of criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit; a herd of buffalo or elk
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[熱意] great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause;  feeling of excitement
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[規律] a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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[目標] end; objective; final purpose or aim