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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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couple  Speak Example sentences
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[クロール] move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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[カップル] a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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[保険] protection against future loss; act, business, or system of insuring
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[爆発] erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
crawl  Speak Example sentences
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[原因] owed and payable immediately or on-demand; proper and appropriate; fitting
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[砂漠] an area with little or no vegetation; forsake; abandon
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[クロール] move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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[最終] forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
culture  Speak Example sentences
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[文化] all the knowledge and values shared by a society; foster; the raising of plants or animals
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[施設] service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
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[衣装] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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[素晴らしい] related in fable; devised; invented; not real
definite  Speak Example sentences
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[騒ぎ] angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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[日付] mark the time of; assign a date to
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[明確] fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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[料金] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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[破壊] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[クロール] move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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[最終] forming or occurring at the end; terminating; ultimate; conclusive
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[課す移住模倣説明印象的な] making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
ditch  Speak Example sentences
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[確立] set up or found; build
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[溝] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[障害] neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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[嫌がらせ] feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
downtown  Speak Example sentences
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[ダウンタウン] the commercial center of a town or city
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[ギア] toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
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[課す移住模倣説明印象的な] making a strong or vivid impression; producing a strong effect
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[インパルス] act of applying force suddenly; an impelling force or strength
dump  Speak Example sentences
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[謙虚] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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[ハーブ] a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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[ダンプ] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[公聴会] opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
establish  Speak Example sentences
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[変装] dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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[嫌がらせ] feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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[確立] set up or found; build
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[公聴会] opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
festival  Speak Example sentences
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[公聴会] opportunity to be heard; capacity to hear; judicial investigation of a suit at law
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[繊細な] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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[お祭り] a day or period of time for feasting and celebration
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[嫌がらせ] feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.