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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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downcast  Speak Example sentences
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[意気消沈] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[溝] long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience
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[利用] deed or action, particularly a brave deed
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[鉈] short ax used to chop wood
drowsy  Speak Example sentences
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[眠] dull with sleepiness; showing lack of attention
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[不可解] not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for
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[想像] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
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[安易] done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
endeavor  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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[発酵] conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast; state of being in high activity or commotion
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[努力] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[有害] harmful; tending to injure or impair; abusive; insulting
exhaustive  Speak Example sentences
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[イントレピッド] fearless; indicating or springing from courage
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[想像] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
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[網羅] treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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[格納庫は、] touch; feel with the hand; use or hold with the hand; manage in using; deal with
fiend  Speak Example sentences
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[決闘] combat between two persons; fought with deadly weapons by agreement
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[悪魔] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel
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[うるさい] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[網羅] treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
financial  Speak Example sentences
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[架空] monetary; pertaining or relating to money matters
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[うるさい] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[群れ] gather, keep, or drive animals together; gather and place into a group or mass
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[現職] impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
forage  Speak Example sentences
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[人称] having no personal preference; objective
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[無害] harmless; innocent; giving no offense
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[飼料] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[雄弁] powerful and effective language; persuasive speech
fussy  Speak Example sentences
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[想像] impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
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[無尽蔵] incapable of being exhausted, emptied, or used up; unfailing; not to be wasted or spent
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[うるさい] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[新郎] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
healing  Speak Example sentences
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[止] act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
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[癒し] curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
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[網羅] treating all parts or aspects without omission; comprehensive
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[溝] long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience
hideous  Speak Example sentences
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[群れ] gather in companies or crowds; coat a surface with dense fibers or particles
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[鉈] short ax used to chop wood
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[恐ろしい] frightful, shocking, or offensive to the eyes; offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable
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[溝] long narrow furrow or channel; settled routine; very pleasurable experience