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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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limb  Speak Example sentences
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[随机的] without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
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[肢,翼,树枝] arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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[收据,收条,接受,收到] act of receiving;  acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid
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[圈成环,缠绕] circle; ring; move in loops; make a loop in; join with a loop
marsh  Speak Example sentences
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[使命,任务,计划或执行任务] an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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[情况,方面,见解] brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation
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[拿走,撤走,除去] move away from the position occupied; cause to change place; take away
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[湿地,沼泽] swamp; bog; low lying wetland with grassy vegetation
miserable  Speak Example sentences
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[选项,选择权] act of choosing; power or freedom to choose
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[证明是正当的或有理的,辩护] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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[痛苦的,悲惨的,可怜的] very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
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[丢失,失败,减少,丧失] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
mission  Speak Example sentences
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[香味,香水] pleasing, agreeable scent or odor
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[使命,任务,计划或执行任务] an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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[丢失,失败,减少,丧失] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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[棕榈,棕榈叶,手掌,手心] the inner surface of the hand between bases of fingers and wrist; tropical evergreen trees of the family Palmae
motive  Speak Example sentences
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[情况,方面,见解] brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation
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[小羊,羔羊,受骗上当者] the young of the sheep; simple, unsophisticated person
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[动机] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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[追赶,追踪,从事] follow in; go in search of or hunt for
panic  Speak Example sentences
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[恐慌] sudden mass fear and anxiety
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[追赶,追踪,从事] follow in; go in search of or hunt for
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[凡人,人类] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
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[相反的事物] two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
performance  Speak Example sentences
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[履行,执行,表演,演奏] act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
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[风尚,风靡一时的事物] something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
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[圈成环,缠绕] circle; ring; move in loops; make a loop in; join with a loop
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[推荐,介绍(信)] making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
permanent  Speak Example sentences
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[情况,方面,见解] brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation
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[长久的,永久的] remaining without essential change
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[每百中,百分之,百分点] out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred
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[证明是正当的或有理的,辩护] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
physical  Speak Example sentences
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[物质的,自然的] relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
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[小羊,羔羊,受骗上当者] the young of the sheep; simple, unsophisticated person
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[入迷,固执的念头] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion
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[长久的,永久的] remaining without essential change
pier  Speak Example sentences
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[小路,小巷,航线,车道] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[桥墩,码头] landing-place; platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships
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[护照] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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[巡逻,巡视] the activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes