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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devotion  Speak Example sentences
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[献身] faithfulness; ardent, often selfless affection and dedication
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[努力] try to do something by employing effort
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[公平] not biased; fair; showing lack of favoritism
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[了] clear to the mind;  in a distinct way
discourage  Speak Example sentences
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[家庭] of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished
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[グリステン] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[霧] obscured by fog; indistinct or hazy in outline
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[落胆] depress; take away hope from
distinctly  Speak Example sentences
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[了] clear to the mind;  in a distinct way
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[渓谷] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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[不満] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
drawer  Speak Example sentences
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[かなり] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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[引き出し] a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out
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[家] provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
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[寮] a college or university building for student living; a large bedroom where several people sleep
effectiveness  Speak Example sentences
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[憂鬱] causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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[効果] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[は難色] a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
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[寄付] grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
emancipate  Speak Example sentences
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[解放] free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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[妨げる] put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
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[調和] concordant; accordant; suitable and fitting
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[従業員] worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
expedition  Speak Example sentences
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[減価償却] devaluation; decrease in price or value
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[は難色] a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
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[熱心] wanting very much to do or have something
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[遠征] journey organized for a particular purpose
fairly  Speak Example sentences
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[搾取] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
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[慣用句] having the nature of an idiom; characteristic of a given language
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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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[かなり] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
frustration  Speak Example sentences
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[フック] a piece of metal, or other hard material, bent into a curve or at an angle for catching, holding, or sustaining anything
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[不満] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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[かなり] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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[不快] distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
glorify  Speak Example sentences
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[家] provide living quarters for; lodge; contain; harbor
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[解放] free from bondage, oppression, or restraint; liberate
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[従業員] worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
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[美化] cause to seem more splendid; beautify