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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residence  Speak Example sentences
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[敏感] able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
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[緊張] stretch or force to the limit; tight
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[外傷] emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
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[レジデンス] official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
scheme  Speak Example sentences
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[方式] an elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
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[視覚] seen or able to be seen by the eye; visible; optical
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[平手打ち] sharp blow from a flat object  as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
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[不審] openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
sense  Speak Example sentences
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[スイング] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
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[シーク] make an effort to; try to get; try to discover
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[感] faculty through which to know the external world; feeling produced by a stimulus
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[反応] show a reaction to something favorably or as hoped
sensitive  Speak Example sentences
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[レジデンス] official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
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[スクープ] vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; deep shovel for digging out and dipping; spoon-shaped instrument
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[敏感] able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
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[舌] organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
shift  Speak Example sentences
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[平手打ち] sharp blow from a flat object  as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
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[シフト] moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
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[舌] organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
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[外傷] emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
sour  Speak Example sentences
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[酸味] taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
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[串焼き] not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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[入札] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[素晴らしい] causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
stall  Speak Example sentences
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[スケジュール] plan for an activity or event; arrange
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[ストール] the small area set off by walls for special use; booth
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[スクープ] vessel with a long handle, used for dipping liquids; deep shovel for digging out and dipping; spoon-shaped instrument
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[ウィット] intellect; mental ability; natural ability to perceive and understand
suspicious  Speak Example sentences
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[方式] an elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
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[舌] organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
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[不審] openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
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[評決] findings of a jury on issues of fact for decision; judgment or opinion
swing  Speak Example sentences
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[セクション] one of several parts; pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
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[タオル] rectangular cloth or paper for drying or wiping
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[スイング] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
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[セーター] knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
tender  Speak Example sentences
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[トンネル] a passageway through or under something, usually underground
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[有毒] poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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[入札] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[ラフ] not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface