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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accountable  Speak Example sentences
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[Kế toán] liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained
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[dân] relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society
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[bối cảnh] circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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[cùn] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
achieve  Speak Example sentences
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[đạt] gain with effort; accomplish; fulfill
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[tiện nghi đạn dược] military stores or provisions; articles used in weapons, as powder, balls, shot, shells
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[thuộc địa] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
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[nhân tạo] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
acquire  Speak Example sentences
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[phiếu] printed or written ticket used in voting; the act of voting; the whole number of votes cast at an election
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[mua] gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
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[lên án] blame; denounce; express strong disapproval of
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[chuyển đổi] change something into another form; transform
agony  Speak Example sentences
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[khổ] the extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
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[thách] refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
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[mua] gain through experience or effort; gain possession of; locate with a tracking system
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[Kế toán] liable to being called to account; answerable; responsible; something that can be explained
artificial  Speak Example sentences
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[nhân tạo] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
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[đáng tin cậy] capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entitled to confidence; trustworthy
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[vải] heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
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[khởi hành] take off; leave; set out
ban  Speak Example sentences
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[phiếu] printed or written ticket used in voting; the act of voting; the whole number of votes cast at an election
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[ảm đạm] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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[ban] official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
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[bó] packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
bleak  Speak Example sentences
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[cùn] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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[ảm đạm] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
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[sâu] decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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[pha] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
blunt  Speak Example sentences
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[lập phương] three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides; cubicle, used for work or study
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[cùn] having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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[bãi bỏ] ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
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[trước] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
brink  Speak Example sentences
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[Hồng y] chief; serving as an essential component
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[thuộc địa] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[bờ vực] edge, margin, or border of a steep place verge
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[trước] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
capsule  Speak Example sentences
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[viên nang] small container; pill in the form of small rounded gelatinous; a shortened version of a written work
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[thuộc địa] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
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[Kênh] an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
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[pha] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering