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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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courtesy  Speak Example sentences
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[エネルギー] exertion of force; capacity for work or vigorous activity; usable heat or power
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[礼儀] polite behavior; the act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of the fact
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[探偵] investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence
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[ドリル] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
creep  Speak Example sentences
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[識別] detect; find out; discover
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[クリープ] move slowly; move stealthily or cautiously
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[致命的] establish or set up, especially with provision for continuing existence;  melt metal and pour into a mold
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[かわす] avoid a blow by moving or shifting quickly aside; a shifty or ingenious trick
curb  Speak Example sentences
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[抑制] bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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[亀裂] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
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[機能] act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
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[拒否] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
data  Speak Example sentences
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[データ] collection of facts, observations, or other information related to a particular question or problem
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[嫌がらせ] feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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[機能] act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
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[インスタンス] an example that is cited to prove a contention or illustrate a point; case or occurrence
deaf  Speak Example sentences
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[ヒステリック] marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
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[幻惑] unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; unwilling to hear or listen; regardless; not to be persuaded
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[ファブリック] cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework
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[拒否] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
dip  Speak Example sentences
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[逆] fatal; lethal; causing or tending to cause death
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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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[恨み] be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
disaster  Speak Example sentences
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[排除] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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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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[災害] catastrophe; great harm, damage, or death, or serious difficulty
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[ギャラリー] long usually narrow room; covered corridor
distract  Speak Example sentences
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[偽] imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
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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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[抑制] bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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[邪魔] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
eliminate  Speak Example sentences
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[排除] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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[ドック] deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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[原油] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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[恨み] be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
execution  Speak Example sentences
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[料金] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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[謙虚] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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[作成] make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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[実行] accomplishment; putting into practice;  putting a person to death