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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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involve  Speak Example sentences
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[哲学] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[所持] act of having and controlling property; belongings
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[極] a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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[関係] wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
kidnap  Speak Example sentences
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[誘拐] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
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[哲学] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[極] pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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[執着するのは] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
lame  Speak Example sentences
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[大量] something that resembles or harmonizes with
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[変更] alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve
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[ラメ] moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
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[特権] particular advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all; right reserved exclusively
method  Speak Example sentences
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[メソッド] orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything
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[哲学] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[リリーフ] easing of burden or distress, such as pain or anxiety; release from post or duty; pleasant or amusing change
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[精神] involving mind or intellectual process;  affected by disorder of mind
plague  Speak Example sentences
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[ペスト] epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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[大臣] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
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[ジャングル] land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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[ラリー] call up or summon; call together for a common purpose
pole  Speak Example sentences
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[極] a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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[大量] something that resembles or harmonizes with
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[執着するのは] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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[関係] wind around; connect with something; include necessarily; engage thoroughly
policy  Speak Example sentences
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[行進] walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
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[リラックス] make less severe or strict; become less tense
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[ポリシー] settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
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[極] pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
polish  Speak Example sentences
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[ポーランド語] remove flaws from; rub something using a piece of cloth or brush to clean it and make it shine
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[ペスト] epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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[腎臓] the glandular organ which excretes urea and other waste products from the animal body
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[メソッド] orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything
port  Speak Example sentences
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[怒り] something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
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[刑務所] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
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[ポート突く] place on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships
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[肢] arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
pose  Speak Example sentences
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[不快] very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
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[極] pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
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[ポート突く] place on a waterway with facilities for loading and unloading ships
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[行進] walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance