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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recommend  Speak Example sentences
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[お勧め] suggest; bestow commendation on; represent favorably
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[散歩] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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[センセーショナル] arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
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[更新] renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
refute  Speak Example sentences
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[理念] disprove; prove to be false or incorrect
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[指先] one of the digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
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[リビジョン] modification; correction; an act of altering
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[スクラブ] rub hard; wash with rubbing
renew  Speak Example sentences
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[更新] renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
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[仮定] imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe or receive as true
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[保安官] the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
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[寺] church; place of worship
roughly  Speak Example sentences
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[仮定] imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe or receive as true
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[約] approximately; more or less
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[耐え難い] unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
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[シェル] the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals
satire  Speak Example sentences
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[振動] act of vibrating; a shaky motion
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[スカッシュ] crush something into a flat shape
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[風刺] form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly
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[宗教] of religion; concerned with religion; having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity
sheriff  Speak Example sentences
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[約款] provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
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[癒し] cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
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[評判] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[保安官] the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
stroll  Speak Example sentences
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[振動] act of vibrating; a shaky motion
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[認識] perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
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[主権は] the power of a country to control its own government
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[散歩] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
tact  Speak Example sentences
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[とげ] something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[寺] church; place of worship
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[振動] act of vibrating; a shaky motion
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[タクト] the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
terribly  Speak Example sentences
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[ひどく] dreadfully; frightfully; to a great extent; very much
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[変換] change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like
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[評判] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[振動] act of vibrating; a shaky motion
thorn  Speak Example sentences
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[とげ] something that causes irritation; a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf
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[リビジョン] modification; correction; an act of altering
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[保安官] the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
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[スカッシュ] crush something into a flat shape