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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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description  Speak Example sentences
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[永遠] forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite
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[ドック] deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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[記述] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[艦隊] a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
detective  Speak Example sentences
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[展示] the show, make visible or apparent
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[ファンド] money; capital; a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; finance; subsidize
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[探偵] investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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[保証] make sure or certain; insure; assure
discount  Speak Example sentences
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[キュー] end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
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[ディスカウント] give a reduction in price on
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[展示] the show, make visible or apparent
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[影響] forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly
distract  Speak Example sentences
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[不動産] extensive landed property; everything you own; all of your assets
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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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[免疫] resistant to; free or exempt from; not subject to
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
dot  Speak Example sentences
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[ディスカウント] give a reduction in price on
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[ドット] the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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[親切] beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
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[ドック] deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
eliminate  Speak Example sentences
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[通貨] money; general acceptance or use
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[記述] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[排除] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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[ディスカウント] give a reduction in price on
emergency  Speak Example sentences
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[緊急] sudden unforeseen crisis; condition of the urgent need for action or assistance
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[ドット] the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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[艦隊] a group of steamships under the same ownership; a group of vessels or vehicles
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[呪い] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
essence  Speak Example sentences
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[料金] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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[落ちたファンシー] capricious notion; something many people believe that is false
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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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[本質] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
exhibit  Speak Example sentences
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[展示] the show, make visible or apparent
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[料金] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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[感謝] state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; thankfulness
favour  Speak Example sentences
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[キュー] end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
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[料金] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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[賛成] act of gracious kindness; inclination to approve
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[浮気] throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt