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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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downpour  Speak Example sentences
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[土砂降り] pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
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[今後] from this time forward; henceforward
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[魅了] cause to be interested or curious; captivate
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[氷河] a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
earnest  Speak Example sentences
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[醸す] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
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[本格的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[イグザスペレイト] make worse; irritate; make very angry or impatient; annoy greatly
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[流暢] easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
emit  Speak Example sentences
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[放出] give off; send out; give out as a sound
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[砦] decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
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[氷河] a large body of ice that flows under its mass, usually downhill
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[フィクスチャ] commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
equivocal  Speak Example sentences
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[イディオム] an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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[実体] real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
erosion  Speak Example sentences
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[問題] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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[グラズは] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
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[を具現化] give a bodily form to; represent in a bodily or material form; incorporate
excavate  Speak Example sentences
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[フラッタ] vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
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[湧出] flow forth suddenly in great volume; make an excessive display
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[観光] trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
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[発掘] unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
excursion  Speak Example sentences
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[ヒッチハイク] travel by getting free rides from passing vehicles; be carried along with something else
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[温和] friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
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[観光] trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
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[交差点] the point where lines intersect; an act of intersecting
fallacy  Speak Example sentences
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[平衡] mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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[誤謬] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[有罪] association of people belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits;  business corporation
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[本格的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
genial  Speak Example sentences
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[温和] friendly; cordial; having a pleasant or friendly disposition or manner
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[頑固] stubbornly and often recklessly willful; unyielding
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[やせ] very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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[平衡] mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
ghastly  Speak Example sentences
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[観光] trip; usually a short journey made for pleasure
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[やせ] very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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[恐ろしい] horrible; inspiring shock; extremely unpleasant or bad
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[グラズは] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage