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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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departure  Speak Example sentences
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[偽善] pretending to be what you are not, or pretending to believe something that you do not
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[出発] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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[真っ逆さま] uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
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[採用] engage the services of; put to work; apply
divide  Speak Example sentences
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[危険] sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
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[優秀] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[変形] change shape by stress; become misshapen; make formless
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[採用] engage the services of; put to work; apply
dwelling  Speak Example sentences
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[住居] residence; place to live in; abode
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[おもてなし] act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
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[ダイビング] plunge, especially headfirst, into the water; plummet
endless  Speak Example sentences
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[硬化] a small number; an amount of something that can be held in one hand
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[忙しい] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
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[意味] something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
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[無限] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
excellent  Speak Example sentences
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[優秀] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[危険] sever into two or more parts or pieces; separate into parts; cause to be separate
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[地区] region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
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[鍬] weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
exclusion  Speak Example sentences
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[除外] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[地区] region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
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[かじる] bite or chew on with the teeth
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
fiber  Speak Example sentences
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[繊維] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
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[無限] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[早める] accelerate; make something happen sooner or more quickly
fiction  Speak Example sentences
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[とらえどころのない] difficult to describe; difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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[チョーク] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[体操] a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
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[フィクション] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
fixed  Speak Example sentences
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[固定] firmly in position; stationary
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[真っ逆さま] uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
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[過言] overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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[列挙] list each one; mention one by one
furniture  Speak Example sentences
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[家具] movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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[住居] residence; place to live in; abode
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[優秀] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[意味] something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied