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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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endowment  Speak Example sentences
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[最初的,初始的] early; preliminary; occurring at the beginning
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[禀賦,捐款] gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
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[短柄斧] short ax used to chop wood
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[喪] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
exhortation  Speak Example sentences
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[勸告,規勸] act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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[末端,極端,極度] end; utmost point; the outermost or farthest point or portion
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[有治療作用的] curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
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[歡樂,適當] great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
festive  Speak Example sentences
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[搶劫,騙取錢財] rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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[漁場,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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[歡樂,慶祝] offering fun and gaiety; joyous; celebratory
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[喪] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
fishery  Speak Example sentences
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[過份好問的,好奇的] wanting to discover as much as you can about things, sometimes in a way that annoys people
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[無能的,弱的] weak; ineffective; lacking physical strength or vigor; incapable of sexual intercourse
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[貨物,貨運] convey commercially as cargo; load with goods to be transported
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[漁場,漁業] business or practice of catching fish; fishing; a place for catching fish; the right to take fish at a certain place
fleece  Speak Example sentences
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[有治療作用的] curative; a natural process by which the body repairs itself
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[獲取的能力,理解] ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
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[搶劫,騙取錢財] rob; a strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; ask an unreasonable price
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[歡樂,適當] great happiness; pleasing and appropriate manner or style
gallant  Speak Example sentences
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[眼花繚亂] lacking seriousness; dizzy; frivolous and lighthearted
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[積極努力的] earnest activity intended to do or accomplish something; exertion powers to attain an object
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[水槽,街溝] channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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[(對女子)殷勤的,勇敢的] courtly; lively and spirited; having or displaying great dignity or nobility
gospel  Speak Example sentences
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[福音] the doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
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[熱情,激情] the intensity of feeling; the warmth of feeling; intense, heated emotion
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[現存的] still in existence;  not destroyed, lost, or extinct
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[發電機] one that generates, especially converts mechanical energy into electrical energy; apparatus that generates vapor
grasp  Speak Example sentences
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[入侵者,闖入者] trespasser; someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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[期滿,終止] act of coming to a close; termination; the act of breathing out; exhalation
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[獲取的能力,理解] ability or power to seize or attain; understanding; comprehension
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[繼續向前] precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
gutter  Speak Example sentences
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[末端,極端,極度] end; utmost point; the outermost or farthest point or portion
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[喪] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[水槽,街溝] channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough
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[教化,啟蒙] education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
handle  Speak Example sentences
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[充斥,過量] fill beyond capacity, especially with food;  swallow greedily
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[柄,把手,處理] touch; feel with the hand; use or hold with the hand; manage in using; deal with
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[禀賦,捐款] gift; donation; funds or property donated to an individual or group
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[水槽,街溝] channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; eaves channel; eaves trough