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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discrete  Speak Example sentences
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[ディスクリート] separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
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[傷] do harm to; inflict damage; do injustice to
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[愚痴] utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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[これまで] to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now
drainage  Speak Example sentences
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[グラズは] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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[消火] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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[筐体] a place where animals are kept
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[排水] emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
earnest  Speak Example sentences
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[本格的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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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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[ディスクリート] separate; consisting of unconnected distinct parts
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[報われない免除] not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
elastic  Speak Example sentences
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[砦] decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
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[愚痴] utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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[伝える] reveal or tell; grant a share of; bestow
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[弾性] springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
entity  Speak Example sentences
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[実体] real being; something that exists as a particular and discrete unit; fact of existence
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[陽気] merrily; showily; in a joyful, cheerful, or happy manner
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[関心] having no particular interest or concern; being neither good nor bad
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[怪しげ] questionable; filled with doubt
extinguish  Speak Example sentences
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[中間] middle; lying between two extremes
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[消火] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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[傾斜] cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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[強要] obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
facilitate  Speak Example sentences
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[面倒] help bring about; make less difficult
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[除名] expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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[報われない免除] not subject to duty or obligation; not subject to taxation
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[博覧会] exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
fluent  Speak Example sentences
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[生息] live in; occupy; reside in
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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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[模索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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[流暢] easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
formulate  Speak Example sentences
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[弾性] springing back; having the power of rebounding; able to return quickly to a former state or condition
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[これまで] to this place; to a prescribed limit; up to this time; as yet; until now
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[傾斜] cause to lean, slant, or slope; deviate from the horizontal or vertical
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[砦] decide upon and express in words;  develop all the details of something
fulfil  Speak Example sentences
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[怪しげ] questionable; filled with doubt
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[除名] expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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[満たす] fill full; fill to the utmost capacity, as a vessel, a room; make full or complete
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[公平] marked by or having equity; just and impartial