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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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deformation  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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[巻き込むを] absorb or swallow up as in a gulf; flow over or cover completely
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[固定] attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
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[変形] alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse
education  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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[教育] act or process of educating; the result of educating
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[ドレイン] draw out; flow out; waste
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[港] provide a refuge for; hide; give shelter to
exaggeration  Speak Example sentences
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[知識] state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; freedom from ceremony and constraint
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[過言] overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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[ファー] any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
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[繊維] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure; material to make paper or cloth
exalt  Speak Example sentences
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[変形] alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse
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[知識] state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; freedom from ceremony and constraint
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[讃える] raise in rank or dignity; praise
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[アイデンティティ] exact sameness; the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
excuse  Speak Example sentences
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[言い訳] free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely
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[以前] previously; at an earlier time; once
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[先祖] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[地区] region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory
exhibition  Speak Example sentences
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[讃える] raise in rank or dignity; praise
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[展示会] exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
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[エキサイト] make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
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[霧] obscured by fog; indistinct or hazy in outline
foliage  Speak Example sentences
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[減価償却] devaluation; decrease in price or value
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[紅葉] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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[アイデンティティ] exact sameness; the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
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[ドレイン] draw out; flow out; waste
forefather  Speak Example sentences
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[先祖] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[住む] live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
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[減価償却] devaluation; decrease in price or value
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[賛美歌] song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
formerly  Speak Example sentences
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[奥地] region; remote and undeveloped area
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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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[以前] previously; at an earlier time; once
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[エキサイト] make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
generalization  Speak Example sentences
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[エキサイト] make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
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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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[ホーン] one of the bony outgrowths on the heads of certain ungulates
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[一般] an idea having general application; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles