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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counsel  Speak Example sentences
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[遭難] discomfort; cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
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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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[弁護士] give advice to someone; suggest
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[素晴らしい] related in fable; devised; invented; not real
define  Speak Example sentences
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[定義] determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain
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[グレード] step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing
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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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[図] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number
device  Speak Example sentences
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[観光] investigate systematically; examine; search
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[ダウンタウン] the commercial center of a town or city
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[気晴らし] extreme mental or emotional disturbance; obsession; confusion of affairs; being drawn apart
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[デバイス] technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
discount  Speak Example sentences
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[消去] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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[ディスカウント] give a reduction in price on
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[整合] quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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[ハム] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
distraction  Speak Example sentences
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[クリープ] move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
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[ダウンタウン] the commercial center of a town or city
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[気晴らし] extreme mental or emotional disturbance; obsession; confusion of affairs; being drawn apart
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[相続] a person who inherits some title or office
dramatic  Speak Example sentences
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[劇的な] striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
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[節だらけのは避けられない] unavoidable;  incapable of being avoided or prevented
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[美味しい] extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining
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[消去] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
erase  Speak Example sentences
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[過酷] rough; coarse; severe; unpleasantly stern
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[消去] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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[ゴージャス] dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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[影響] forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly
explode  Speak Example sentences
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[ホップ] move by successive leaps, as toads do; spring or jump on one foot
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[影響] a power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
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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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[爆発] erupt; blow up; burst violently as a result of internal pressure
fabulous  Speak Example sentences
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[消去] rub letters or characters written, engraved, or painted
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[素晴らしい] related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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[ゴージャス] dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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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
fund  Speak Example sentences
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[影響] a power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
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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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[炎] stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; the passion of love
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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