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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recede  Speak Example sentences
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[後退] move back; retreat; withdraw a claim or pretension
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[リップル] wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
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[象徴] represent; signify; stand for
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[キラキラ] shine with a weak or fitful light; glimmer intermittently
reciprocal  Speak Example sentences
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[糧] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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[クーポン] a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate
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[土砂] deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
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[相互] concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
ripple  Speak Example sentences
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[クーポン] a piece of substantiating evidence; proof; written authorization or certificate
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[回転] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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[リップル] wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
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[肩] draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
sediment  Speak Example sentences
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[相互] concerning each of two or more persons or things; exchangeable; interacting
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[象徴] represent; signify; stand for
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[でんぷん] naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
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[土砂] deposit; matter deposited by some natural process
shrug  Speak Example sentences
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[渦巻き] whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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[引受] write under something else; subscribe; assume financial responsibility for; guarantee against failure
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[肩] draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
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[吐き気がする] make sick; disease;  impair; weaken; become sick; fall into disease
slab  Speak Example sentences
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[回転] plant or grow in a fixed cyclic order of succession; swirl; revolve; turn on or around an axis or a center
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[ワゴン] four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle; wagon
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[スラブ] block consisting of a thick piece of something
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[渦巻き] whirling motion; eddy, as of water
specification  Speak Example sentences
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[渦巻き] whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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[仕様] instruction; description; an act of specifying or making a detailed statement
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[シーム] line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar
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[支流] a branch that flows into the mainstream; tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
stagger  Speak Example sentences
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[よろめき] sway; walk as if unable to control one's movements
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[スコーチ] burn superficially;  parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn
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[スラブ] block consisting of a thick piece of something
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[改ざん] a knot of threads, or other things, united confusedly, or so interwoven as not to be easily disengaged
starch  Speak Example sentences
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[スラブ] block consisting of a thick piece of something
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[でんぷん] naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits
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[上部] physical or conceptual structure extended or developed from a basic form; part of a building above the foundation
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[売上高] the amount of money turned over in a specified time; the number of people replaced in a business
subjective  Speak Example sentences
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[精通] acquainted through study or experience; knowledgeable or skilled
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[主観] occurring or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world; unreal
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[ワゴン] four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle; wagon
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[シミュレーション] make a pretense of; reproduce someone's behavior or looks