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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disappointment  Speak Example sentences
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[失望] feeling of dissatisfaction
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[神像,偶像] image used for worship; the image of divinity; representation or symbol; false notion or conception
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[幽默的,滑稽的] employing or showing humor; funny; amusing
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[坦白的,直率的] honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
diver  Speak Example sentences
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[好客,殷勤] act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
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[外殼,莢,船身] the outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; outer skin of a kernel; husk
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[潛水者,跳水運動員] one who works underwater
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[水滴,V.(使)滴下] process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; the sound made by liquid falling in drops
drip  Speak Example sentences
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[高度,海拔] altitude; the height of a place above the level of the sea
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[多樣的,各異的] vary; go in different directions from the same point
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[使固定] attach; become firmly fixed together, or in position
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[水滴,V.(使)滴下] process of falling in drops; liquid or moisture that falls in drops; the sound made by liquid falling in drops
exact  Speak Example sentences
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[忽視,不顧,不理會] refuse to pay attention to; disregard; overlook; neglect
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[毛髮的,多毛的] bearing or covered with hair; made of or resembling a hair; rough with hair
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[家常的樸素的,不漂亮的] of home; domestic; familiar; intimate; plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished
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[精確的,準確地] precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
exclusion  Speak Example sentences
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[延長,擴充,擴展名] supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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[排除,逐出] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[蚱蜢,螞蚱] terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
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[精確的,準確地] precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
exploration  Speak Example sentences
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[好客,殷勤] act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward
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[勘察,探究] travel for discovery
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[萎縮,衰退] become less intense; sink, or settle from pressure
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[取悅] give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
extension  Speak Example sentences
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[多事的,充滿大事的;意義重大的] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
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[延長,擴充,擴展名] supplement; an act of extending or the condition of being extended
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[精確的,準確地] precisely agreeing with standard, fact, or truth; perfectly conforming
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[居,住,棲息,細思,詳述,詳評] live as a resident; exist in a given place or state
fortunate  Speak Example sentences
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[幸運的] lucky; bringing something good and unforeseen
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[洋娃娃,玩偶] small toy with a human figure, normally for little children
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[讚美詩] song of praise or adoration, especially a religious ode, a sacred lyric
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[廣的,多方面的,廣泛的] widespread; far-reaching; wide
grasshopper  Speak Example sentences
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[多事的,充滿大事的;意義重大的] busy; momentous; full of events or incidents
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[迷惑人的,錯覺的] deceptive; misleading; based on or having the nature of an illusion
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[蚱蜢,螞蚱] terrestrial plant-eating insect; young student in initial stages of training
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[改編成戲劇,編寫劇本] represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
habit  Speak Example sentences
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[習慣,習性] an established disposition of the mind or character; distinctive dress, especially of a religious order
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[精疲力盡的] depleted; extremely tired
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[幽默的,滑稽的] employing or showing humor; funny; amusing
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[區域,地區] region; territory within which the lord has the power of coercing and punishing; division of territory