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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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anticipation  Speak Example sentences
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[予想] something expected; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence
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[廃止] ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
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[彫刻は] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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[バース] an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life
apparent  Speak Example sentences
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[バンパー] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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[杖] any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick
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[明らか] capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye
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[彫刻は] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
blunt  Speak Example sentences
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[崩壊] decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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[衰退] change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
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[キャンバス] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[鈍] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
cane  Speak Example sentences
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[ダム] a barrier to prevent the flow of liquid, specially built across a watercourse
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[杖] any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick
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[衰退] change toward something smaller or lower; gradual falling off from a better state
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[バンパー] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
cannon  Speak Example sentences
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[バンパー] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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[コンソール] cheer from distress or depression; alleviate grief and raise spirits of; relieve; comfort
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[大砲] great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung
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[曲線] bend or turn gradually from a given direction,  as the road curves to the right
canvas  Speak Example sentences
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[割り当て] appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
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[キャンバス] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[明らか] capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye
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[聖歌] utter with a melodious voice; celebrate in song; make melody with the voice
chunk  Speak Example sentences
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[塊] a thick mass or piece, amount
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[割り当て] appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
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[キャンバス] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[崩壊] breakdown; fall down suddenly because of pressure or having no strength or support
circumstance  Speak Example sentences
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[割り当て] appoint; allot; point out authoritatively or exactly
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[杖] any plant with long, hard, elastic stems;  walking stick
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[環境] situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
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[鈍] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
collision  Speak Example sentences
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[目的地] ultimate goal; the place to which one is going or directed
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[衝突] crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
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[赤面] become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
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[決定的] final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
condemn  Speak Example sentences
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[発生] come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
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[出発] take off; leave; set out
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[句] sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
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[非難] blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of