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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acquire  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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[適応] make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
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[大工] a skilled worker who makes, finishes, and repairs wooden objects and structures
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[取得] gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
arise  Speak Example sentences
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[誠心] gracious; showing warmth and friendliness
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[漂白剤] liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
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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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[評価] estimate  value; judge worth of something
attendant  Speak Example sentences
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[受付] aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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[漂白剤] liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
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[絶望] loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency
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[疎外] cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
beverage  Speak Example sentences
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[評価] estimate  value; judge worth of something
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[漂白剤] liquids for drinking, usually excluding water; refreshment
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[セメント] any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
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[クレードル] small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
buffet  Speak Example sentences
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[イライラ] disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
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[犬] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
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[ビュッフェ] table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out
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[室] one of parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided; separate room, section, or chamber
butcher  Speak Example sentences
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[彗星] an object that goes around the sun
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[肉屋] one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater
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[取得] gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
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[レジ] one who has charge of money; cash keeper
canal  Speak Example sentences
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[運河] an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
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[適応] make fit for; change to suit a new purpose
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[植民地] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[明確] make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
cartoon  Speak Example sentences
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[民主主義] a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of elected people
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[彫刻は] make something by cutting into especially wood or stone; sculpt
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[アニメ] a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke
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[疎外] cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
cement  Speak Example sentences
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[組み合わせ] state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
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[無視] refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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[セメント] any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
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[現代] modern; belonging to the same period of time
colonial  Speak Example sentences
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[組み合わせ] state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
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[植民地] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[飾る] adorn; add something to an object or place, especially in order to make it more attractive
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[注意] care; being attentive to possible danger