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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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definitely  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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[不満] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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[絶対] clearly; without question and beyond doubt
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[細長い] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
dent  Speak Example sentences
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[ドラッグカバー] fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
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[凹み] cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
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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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[湿気] containing a high amount of water or water vapor
devotion  Speak Example sentences
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[出発] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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[分割] make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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[フィクション] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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[献身] faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
discourse  Speak Example sentences
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[不満] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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[新興移民] someone who leaves one country to settle in another
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[談話] a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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[凹み] cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
employ  Speak Example sentences
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[採用] engage the services of; put to work; apply
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[言葉遣い] choice and use of words in speech or writing
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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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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
endeavor  Speak Example sentences
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[欠損] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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[談話] a formal, lengthy discussion of a subject; verbal exchange; conversation
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[危険] activate; stimulate; make someone more likely to do something
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
engulf  Speak Example sentences
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[識別] prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements
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[歪み] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
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[巻き込むを] absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
eventful  Speak Example sentences
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[尋] measure the depth; come to understand
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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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[欠損] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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[忙しい] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
fashion  Speak Example sentences
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[弾性] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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[飢餓] strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
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[ファッション] style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model
fathom  Speak Example sentences
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[不道徳] not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
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[花崗岩] a common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz; unyielding endurance
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[不満] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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[尋] measure the depth; come to understand