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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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elaboration  Speak Example sentences
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[衝動] marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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[不感症] intensely cold; lacking warmth; stiff and formal in manner
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[フリゲート] originally, a vessel of the Mediterranean propelled by sails and by oars; any small vessel on the water
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[推敲] production by a gradual process; the act of working out with great care in detail
emblem  Speak Example sentences
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[エンブレム] symbol; sign; distinctive badge, design, or device
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[巻き付けるのに適した] capable of destroying; lethal
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[係] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[過敏性] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
engaging  Speak Example sentences
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[係] charming; tending to draw attention or affections
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[漁業] business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
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[すぐ] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[無痛] lazy; slow to heal, grow, or develop; inactive
expanse  Speak Example sentences
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[広がり] patch; wide and open extent, as of surface, land, or sky
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[ゲージ] standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
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[鉈] short ax used to chop wood
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[無害] harmless; innocent; giving no offense
fell  Speak Example sentences
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[流暢] quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
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[差し迫った] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[巻き付けるのに適した] capable of destroying; lethal
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[過敏性] easily annoyed; abnormally sensitive to a stimulus
fig  Speak Example sentences
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[イチジク] small fruit tree with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity
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[巻き付けるのに適した] capable of destroying; lethal
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[傲慢] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[飼料] coarse food for cattle or horses
fluency  Speak Example sentences
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[薄っぺらな] weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity
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[流暢] quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
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[調理] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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[漁業] business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
galley  Speak Example sentences
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[飼料] hunt for; search; the act of searching for food
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[免責] permission not to do something
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[調理] a boat propelled by oars; a large vessel for war and national purposes
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[服装] costume; clothes of a particular type
glut  Speak Example sentences
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[健康] conducive to the good health of body or mind
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[傲慢] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[過剰] fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
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[巻き付けるのに適した] capable of destroying; lethal
gospel  Speak Example sentences
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[福音] the doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
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[鉈] short ax used to chop wood
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[傲慢] high; lofty; bold; arrogant; overbearing
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[飼料] coarse food for cattle or horses