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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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envisage  Speak Example sentences
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[研究会] understanding; knowledge; a range of vision
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[下手] unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.
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[心に描く] look in the face of; apprehend; consider or regard in a certain way
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[園芸] cultivation of plants
epistle  Speak Example sentences
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[研究所] establish, organize, and set in operation
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[倫理] morals; study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct
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[無限] the unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity
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[信徒] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
fencing  Speak Example sentences
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[記事] monthly payment; a part of a published serial
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[佐賀] scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
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[フェンシング] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[信徒] writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; letter
financial  Speak Example sentences
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[熱っぽい] marked by intense agitation or emotion
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[アイリス] goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
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[イントレピッド] fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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[架空] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
frigid  Speak Example sentences
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[不感症] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[飼料] coarse food for cattle or horses
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[佐賀] scornful treatment; insulting speech or conduct
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[架空] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
horde  Speak Example sentences
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[大群] a large group or crowd; wandering troop or gang; a moving crowd
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[広がり] patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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[フリース] rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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[言葉で表せないほどの] incapable of being described
hypocrite  Speak Example sentences
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[アイリス] goddess of a rainbow; rainbow; a prismatic play of colors; something that is forming the colored portion of the eye
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[非国教徒] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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[魔法] production of wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or agency of supposed spirits; use of spells or charms
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[地獄] pertaining to hell; devilish; abominable; awful
imagery  Speak Example sentences
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[研究所] establish, organize, and set in operation
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[衝動] marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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[イントレピッド] fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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[画像] ability to form mental images of things or events; figurative writing
impediment  Speak Example sentences
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[インストール] installing or giving possession of an office or rank, with the usual ceremonies; the whole of a system of machines
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[差し迫った] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[非国教徒] one who puts on a false appearance of virtue; one who pretends to hold beliefs
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[厚皮動物] any structure that makes progress difficult; stumbling-block
impulsive  Speak Example sentences
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[恐ろしく] terribly; with alarm; fearfully
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[霜] cover with frost; damage or kill by frost; anger or upset
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[無限] the unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity; eternity; boundlessness; immensity
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[衝動] having a power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent