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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[nhãn] paper affixed to anything by inscription; slip of ribbon, parchment; writing annexed by way of addition
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[ngủ] a period of time spent sleeping
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[khởi động] begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
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[phát hành] give off; liberate; grant freedom to; make something available
lame  Speak Example sentences
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[què] moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
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[quái] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[mứt] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[biện minh] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
lane  Speak Example sentences
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[quái] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[làn] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[Chính sách] settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
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[ngược lại] two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
lap  Speak Example sentences
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[theo dõi] observe; watch; keep an eye on
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[lòng] the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
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[làn] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[mứt] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
layoff  Speak Example sentences
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[gọn gàng] clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
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[sa thải] dismissal of employees from their jobs
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[biện minh] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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[chọn] make a choice or decision; choose; select
leak  Speak Example sentences
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[ngủ] a period of time spent sleeping
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[rò rỉ] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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[phạt] punishment established by law or authority for a crime or offense; fine
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[lòng] the flap that lies over another part; area of control or responsibility; upper side of the thighs of a seated person
massive  Speak Example sentences
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[lớn] enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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[sa thải] dismissal of employees from their jobs
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[trình bày] show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view
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[què] moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible
monitor  Speak Example sentences
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[từ chối] turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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[theo dõi] observe; watch; keep an eye on
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[vỏ] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; strip the skin off; get undressed
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[nhãn] paper affixed to anything by inscription; slip of ribbon, parchment; writing annexed by way of addition
neat  Speak Example sentences
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[ngược lại] two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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[mứt] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[đột kích] search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
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[gọn gàng] clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
offer  Speak Example sentences
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[tạp chí] magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
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[cung cấp] act of presenting; something, such as a suggestion, proposal, bid, or recommendation
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[đột kích] search without warning; surprise attack by a small armed force
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[mứt] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together