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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doze  Speak Example sentences
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[禁輸] ban on commerce or other activity
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[刑務所] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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[装備] supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for the performance
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[居眠り] slumber; sleep lightly; be in dull or stupefied condition, as if half asleep; be drowsy
drowse  Speak Example sentences
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[居眠り] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
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[発掘] unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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[砦] decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
empirical  Speak Example sentences
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[エクセル] be superior; distinguish oneself
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[明らか] easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
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[フィクスチャ] commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
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[実証] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
entreat  Speak Example sentences
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[蒸発] vaporize; disappear; change into a vapor
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[水薬] wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
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[切望] plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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[居眠り] sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; slumber; be heavy with sleepiness; doze.
equip  Speak Example sentences
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[装備] supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for the performance
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[禁輸] ban on commerce or other activity
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[発火] kindle; cause to start burning; set fire to
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[実証] derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
erosion  Speak Example sentences
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[足枷] restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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[侵食] corrosion; a gradual decline of something
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[港] sheltered part of a body of water deep enough to provide anchorage for ships; place of shelter; refuge
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[萎縮] shrink; reduce in size; become less
escalator  Speak Example sentences
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[抜粋] passage or segment that is taken from a longer work, such as literary or musical composition
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[エスカレーター] stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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[取り出し] put out or expel from a place; discharge
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[陽気] merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
evident  Speak Example sentences
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[明らか] easily seen or understood; obvious; apparent; clear
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[耐久性] lasting; long-lasting; enduring
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[移民] one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
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[公平] marked by or having equity; just and impartial
evoke  Speak Example sentences
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[公平] marked by or having equity; just and impartial
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[呼び起こす] bring out; arouse; call forth
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[熱心な] extremely hot; sincerely or intensely felt
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[ホロコースト] great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
excavate  Speak Example sentences
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[切望] plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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[ファ] small, smooth, flat surface, as on a bone or tooth; side; a smooth surface
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[発掘] unearth; dig out; make a hole in; hollow out
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[刑務所] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment