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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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defend  Speak Example sentences
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[防護,辯護] make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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[討價還價] argue about prices; bargain something, as over the price of something
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[裂口,缺口] opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
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[無害的] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
dependence  Speak Example sentences
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[降級,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[味,風味] distinctive taste; quality produced by the sensation of taste
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[依賴,信賴] reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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[防護,辯護] make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
dime  Speak Example sentences
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[疲乏,勞累] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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[(美)一角硬幣] a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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[使人激動的,令人興奮的] creating or producing excitement
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[裂口,缺口] opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
donate  Speak Example sentences
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[家具] movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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[好客的] disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity; receptive
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[捐贈] grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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[染色] a substance used to color materials
embroidery  Speak Example sentences
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[刺繡] elaboration by the use of decorative detail; ornamentation of fabric with needlework
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[含義,暗示] something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
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[促進,增進] get greater distance; make more in advance
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[依賴的,從屬的,由…而定的] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
emigrant  Speak Example sentences
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[移民(出國)] someone who leaves one country to settle in another
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[疲乏,勞累] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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[碩果累累的,成功的] productive; fertile; producing results; profitable
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[無害的] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
fatigue  Speak Example sentences
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[改編成戲劇,編寫劇本] represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
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[無害的] unlikely to harm or disturb anyone
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[疲乏,勞累] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
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[餐後甜點] a dish served as the last course of a meal
foliage  Speak Example sentences
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[樹葉] masses of leaves; a cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches
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[腳後跟] back part of the human foot; lower end of a ship's mast
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[立即的,(在時空上,關係上)最接近的,目前的] not deferred by an interval of time; present; occurring at once; instant
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[海灣] an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
frustration  Speak Example sentences
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[降級,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[挫敗,挫折] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating
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[裂口,缺口] opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
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[染色] a substance used to color materials
gap  Speak Example sentences
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[染色] a substance used to color materials
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[裂口,缺口] opening through mountains; pass; conspicuous difference or imbalance
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[防護,辯護] make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm
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[挫敗,挫折] disappointment; failure; an act of frustrating