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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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delusion  Speak Example sentences
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[tài sản] the arrival of something suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; accident; luck
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[cản trở] put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
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[si] false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
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[hối hả] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
dependable  Speak Example sentences
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[khai thác] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
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[cậy] reliable; worthy of being depended on; trustworthy
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[trận động đất] quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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[biến động] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
disadvantage  Speak Example sentences
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[đáng sợ] inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
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[bất lợi] drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
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[thoát] act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil
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[ngu ngốc] marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
documentary  Speak Example sentences
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[thuốc] intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
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[bầu cử] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
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[suy thoái] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[tài liệu] film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
dweller  Speak Example sentences
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[người sống] a person who inhabits a particular place
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[bay hơi] process of extracting moisture
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[bất lợi] drawback; defect; hinder; unfavorable condition or circumstance
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[cố định] firmly in position; stationary
economize  Speak Example sentences
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[tổ tiên] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[tài sản] the arrival of something suddenly or unexpectedly; chance; accident; luck
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[kích thích] make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
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[kiệm] save money or resource; cut back; be thrifty
election  Speak Example sentences
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[thoát] act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil
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[chia] act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation
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[bầu cử] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
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[hình] the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
excite  Speak Example sentences
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[ngu ngốc] marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment
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[khá] in a fair manner; with justice; frankly
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[kích thích] make someone have strong feelings of happiness and enthusiasm
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[si] false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
exposure  Speak Example sentences
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[chia] act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation
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[trận động đất] quake from underground; extremely disruptive disturbance; temblor
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[cố định] firmly in position; stationary
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[tiếp xúc] risk, particularly of being exposed to disease; unmasking; an act of laying something open
fixed  Speak Example sentences
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[ảo tưởng] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
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[thuốc] intense joy or delight; any overpowering emotion
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[tài trợ] subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
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[cố định] firmly in position; stationary