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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retirement  Speak Example sentences
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[演劇] of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
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[レギュレーション] act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
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[散歩] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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[退職] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
ripe  Speak Example sentences
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[音節] a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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[熟] ready; fully developed; mature
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[腰] narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
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[退職] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
senator  Speak Example sentences
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[感傷] emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
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[地下鉄] under the level of the ground; buried
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[上院] a member of a senate; a member of the king's council; a king's councilor
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[指先] one of the digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof
silly  Speak Example sentences
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[退職] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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[寺] church; place of worship
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[愚か] exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
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[日の出] the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky
sovereignty  Speak Example sentences
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[主権は] the power of a country to control its own government
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[感傷] emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
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[換気] act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
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[トリビュート] payment in money made by one ruler or nation; tax; the mark of respect; praiseworthy quality
sparrow  Speak Example sentences
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[スズメ] any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
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[感傷] emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
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[レギュレーション] act of controlling or directing according to rule; prescribed by or according to rule
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[演劇] of or pertaining to the theater, or scenic representations; resembling manner of dramatic performers
stroll  Speak Example sentences
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[成熟] grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
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[散歩] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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[手綱は] a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or restraining
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[腰] narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips
syllable  Speak Example sentences
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[音節] a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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[海底海岸] coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
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[宇宙] cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
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[ストライキ] a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
tempt  Speak Example sentences
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[日の出] the time in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky
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[誘惑] give rise to a desire by being attractive
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[刺激] arousing an organism to action
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[操縦] drive; direct;  guide by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel
toe  Speak Example sentences
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[愚か] exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
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[散歩] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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[退職] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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[指先] one of the digits of the foot; forepart of a foot or hoof