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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abate  Speak Example sentences
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[减弱,减少] subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity
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[偿付] pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
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[查出,探获] act of detecting; being open what was concealed or hidden; discovery
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[控制,限制(自己)] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
abeyance  Speak Example sentences
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[轮轴(连接二个车轮的轴)] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
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[拨款] funding;  money set aside for a specific purpose
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[推测,猜测] believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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[悬而未决] suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension
accrue  Speak Example sentences
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[彬彬有礼,斯文] act of showing regard for others; courteous behavior; politeness; citizenship
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[债权人] a person to whom a debtor owes money
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[小巷,小径] a narrow passage, especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes
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[增加] increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time
adoration  Speak Example sentences
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[消毒剂] a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
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[陪伴,结交] associate; spend time in the company of particular people
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[爱慕,崇拜] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
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[废除] abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
apron  Speak Example sentences
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[债权人] a person to whom a debtor owes money
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[围裙] an article of dress, of cloth or other stuff, worn on the forepart of the body, to keep the clothes clean
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[消毒剂] a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine
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[厚颜无耻,傲慢] having loud, usually harsh, resonant sound; shameless
axle  Speak Example sentences
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[戒律] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority
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[过时的,陈旧的] too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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[轮轴(连接二个车轮的轴)] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
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[查出,探获] act of detecting; being open what was concealed or hidden; discovery
bellows  Speak Example sentences
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[债权人] a person to whom a debtor owes money
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[牢牢抓住] close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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[风箱] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
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[(精致的)衣服] external clothing; vesture; garments; dress; a small ornamental piece
bower  Speak Example sentences
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[偿付] pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
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[戒律] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority
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[凉亭,树荫下凉快之处] shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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[敏捷] mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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[深渊,深坑,无底洞] enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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[峡谷] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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[凉亭,树荫下凉快之处] shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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[废除] abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
cider  Speak Example sentences
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[天篷,(通常由布做成的遮盖物)遮篷] covering; umbrella; a cover fixed over a seat or bed
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[拨款] funding;  money set aside for a specific purpose
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[憎恨] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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[苹果酒,苹果汁] beverage made from juice pressed from apples