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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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protrude  Speak Example sentences
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[準時的,按時的] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[突出] extend out or project in space; stick out
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[撤退,退卻] force or drive back; disgust; offer resistance to; fight against
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[措辭,用語] act or style of expressing in words; expression, or power of expression
punctual  Speak Example sentences
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[食物,生計] act of sustaining; something, especially food, that sustains life or health
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[電信,遠距離通訊,電信學] electronic systems used in transmitting messages
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[準時的,按時的] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[外貌,相似] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
reimburse  Speak Example sentences
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[小心翼翼的,謹慎的] precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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[替罪羊] someone who bears the blame for others
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[償還] pay back for some expense incurred
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[猖獗的,滋生的,猛烈的] unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
repatriate  Speak Example sentences
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[(自異國)遣返] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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[主觀的,個人的] occurring or taking place in a person's mind rather than the external world; unreal
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[聚集] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together
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[飛,翱翔,驟升,升騰] fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
shoal  Speak Example sentences
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[刺激,激勵,激發] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
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[替罪羊] someone who bears the blame for others
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[一群(魚)] shallow place in a body of water; sandy elevation of the bottom of a body of water, sandbank, or sandbar
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[猖獗的,滋生的,猛烈的] unrestrained and violent; occurring without restraint
spatial  Speak Example sentences
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[空間的] relating to space; existing in or connected with space
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[小心翼翼的,謹慎的] precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious
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[氣質,性情] person's normal manner of thinking, behaving, or reacting; tendency to become irritable or angry
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[(自異國)遣返] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
stuntman  Speak Example sentences
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[修改,修訂] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[超越] be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
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[特技演員] man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk
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[替罪羊] someone who bears the blame for others
supersede  Speak Example sentences
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[取代,推遲] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
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[修改,修訂] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[樓層] story; floor or level of a building or ship
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[辯護,維護] clear from blame; exonerate; maintain, uphold, or defend
tentacle  Speak Example sentences
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[外貌,相似] seeming; outward or token appearance; show; figure; form
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[(動物的)觸角,觸鬚,觸手] a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
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[準時的,按時的] consisting in a point; limited to a point; unexpended; precise
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[半透明的] partly transparent; transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen
throng  Speak Example sentences
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[(動物的)觸角,觸鬚,觸手] a long, thin arm of some sea animals, such as the octopus and jellyfish
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[(自異國)遣返] restore or return to the country of birth, citizenship, or origin
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[保證書,質保書,證書] guarantee; assurance by the seller; authorization or certification
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[聚集] large group of people gathered or crowded closely together