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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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delusion  Speak Example sentences
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[好客的] disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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[内地,腹地] region; remote and undeveloped area
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[错觉] false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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[犹豫,踌躇] pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
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[内地,腹地] region; remote and undeveloped area
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[用,使用] engage the services of; put to work; apply
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[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
embroider  Speak Example sentences
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[镶边,绣花,添油加醋] decorate with needlework; add details to
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[椭圆的,有意模棱两可的] rounded like an egg; in shape reminding of an ellipse; oval
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[好客的] disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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[释放,解放] freeing someone from the control of another
employer  Speak Example sentences
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[筹集资金,融资] subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
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[固定的,不变的] firmly in position; stationary
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[雇主,老板] a person or firm that employs workers
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[排除,逐出] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
encourage  Speak Example sentences
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[延长,扩充,扩展名] supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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[固定的,不变的] firmly in position; stationary
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[迷惑人的,错觉的] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
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[鼓励,支持] activate; stimulate; make someone more likely to do something
extension  Speak Example sentences
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[促进,增进] get greater distance; make more in advance
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[汽油] petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons
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[延长,扩充,扩展名] supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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[证据] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
fiction  Speak Example sentences
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[排除,逐出] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[小说,(虚构)故事] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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[波动,起伏] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[筹集资金,融资] subsidy; a transaction that provides funds for a business
fluctuation  Speak Example sentences
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[承受,忍受] tolerate; carry on through, despite hardships
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[释放,解放] freeing someone from the control of another
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[波动,起伏] a wave motion; a situation in which prices, levels, or interest rates go up and down
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[迷惑人的,错觉的] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
further  Speak Example sentences
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[排除,逐出] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[多样性] point or respect in which things differ; the difference
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[促进,增进] get greater distance; make more in advance
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[远征,探险队] journey organized for a particular purpose
harden  Speak Example sentences
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[迷惑人的,错觉的] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
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[使变硬] become hard or harder
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[汽油] petrol; flammable liquid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons
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[椭圆的,有意模棱两可的] rounded like an egg; in shape reminding of an ellipse; oval