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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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delay  Speak Example sentences
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[激动,兴奋,刺激] state of being emotionally aroused
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[挤,推,拥挤喧嚷] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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[实证,示范] proof; an act of showing or making evident
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[推迟,耽搁] act later than planned; put off; adjournment
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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[弹性 伸缩力] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
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[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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[沮丧的] sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected
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[分歧,岔开] difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction
desire  Speak Example sentences
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[不道德的,淫荡的] not moral; contrary to conscience or the divine law; wicked; unjust; dishonest
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[原谅] free from blame; clear from guilt; release from a charge; forgive entirely
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[欲望,要求] anything which is longing for
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[特意地,特别地,清楚地] particularly; specifically; in an explicit manner
diplomacy  Speak Example sentences
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[毛发的,多毛的] bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
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[实证,示范] proof; an act of showing or making evident
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[外交,交际手腕] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[火腿,大腿] meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
drain  Speak Example sentences
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[捐赠] grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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[使固定] attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
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[夸张] overstatement; the act of making something more noticeable than usual
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[被浪费,白费] draw out; flow out; waste
elasticity  Speak Example sentences
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[不赞成] a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
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[树叶] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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[流行,风尚,流行式样] style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model
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[弹性 伸缩力] the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
excitement  Speak Example sentences
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[树叶] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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[散发,发射] radiation; discharge; an act of emitting
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[精通,亲近,不拘礼仪] state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; freedom from ceremony and constraint
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[激动,兴奋,刺激] state of being emotionally aroused
fashion  Speak Example sentences
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[无知的,不了解的] lacking education or knowledge; unaware
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[放弃] leave someone who needs or counts on you
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[流行,风尚,流行式样] style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model
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[分开,分割] act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation
flavor  Speak Example sentences
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[肥料] any substance used to make the soil more fertile
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[外交,交际手腕] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
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[味,风味] distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
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[怪僻,古怪,特性] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
forsake  Speak Example sentences
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[捐赠] grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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[放弃] leave someone who needs or counts on you
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[树叶] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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[渴望的,热心的] wanting very much to do or have something