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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[额外费用,保险金,奖金] having or reflecting superior quality or value
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[主要的] first in excellence, quality, or value; at the best stage; peak; first in degree or rank; chief
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[标签,说明性短语,标示,标明] paper affixed to anything by inscription; slip of ribbon, parchment; writing annexed by way of addition
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[输出,产品,生产量] act or process of producing; production; amount produced during a certain time
lamb  Speak Example sentences
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[婴儿室,托儿所,苗圃] room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
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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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[计算,估计,猜想] compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
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[哲学,原理,人生观] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
lap  Speak Example sentences
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[(人坐着时)大腿的朝上部分,(赛跑等的)一圈] 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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[废物,废旧货] a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
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[原则,主义,原理,定律] basic truth or law or assumption; rule or law of nature;  rule of personal conduct
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[私人的,个人的,亲自的] particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person
leak  Speak Example sentences
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[困难地做,太冗长地解释] effort expended on a particular task; the act of a mother giving birth; time period during which mother gives birth
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[漏,渗] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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[寻找,探索] act of searching for something
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[跳跃] jump; hop; place jumped over or from
lose  Speak Example sentences
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[明白的,显然的,显而易见的] exposed; easily discovered; plain
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[机会,时机] favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
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[漏,渗] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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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
monster  Speak Example sentences
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[原则,主义,原理,定律] basic truth or law or assumption; rule or law of nature;  rule of personal conduct
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[军事的,军用的,军队的,军人的] about soldiers, to arms, or war; of the whole body of soldiers
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[怪物,巨兽] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[额外费用,保险金,奖金] having or reflecting superior quality or value
motel  Speak Example sentences
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[哲学,原理,人生观] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[汽车游客旅馆] motor hotel; lodging rooms adjacent to a parking lot
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[合理的,懂道理的,通情达理的] showing reason or sound judgment; capable of reasoning; rational; being within bounds of common sense
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[赢得,换得,购买] act or an instance of buying; something bought
mutual  Speak Example sentences
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[相互的,共有的] common to or shared by two or more parties; shared
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[废物,废旧货] a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
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[私人的,个人的,亲自的] particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person
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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
nickel  Speak Example sentences
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[镍,镍币] a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
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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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[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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[问题] subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
nursery  Speak Example sentences
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[婴儿室,托儿所,苗圃] room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
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[市的,市政的] metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
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[释放] give off; liberate; grant freedom to; make something available
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[问题] subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish