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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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laurels  Speak Example sentences
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[ルアー] something that tempts or attracts with the promise of pleasure or reward; attraction or appeal
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[総主教] father and ruler of family or tribe
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[月桂冠] honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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[千] a span of one thousand years; a thousandth anniversary
lineage  Speak Example sentences
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[態度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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[血統] direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
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[その他] mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
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[ミンチ] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
mare  Speak Example sentences
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[微々たる] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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[猛] assault; a very powerful attack
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[盗用] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
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[馬] female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
mien  Speak Example sentences
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[態度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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[言語] humanistic study of language and literature
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[放射線] tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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[怒り] offend grossly against; produce anger or resentment in
miscellaneous  Speak Example sentences
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[反対されそうな] open to doubt; unsettled; questionable; difficult to solve
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[住民] the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
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[その他] mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous
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[実勢] most frequent; widespread; predominant
onslaught  Speak Example sentences
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[触] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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[ニッチは] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
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[猛] assault; a very powerful attack
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[疲れ果てるを] covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
overlapping  Speak Example sentences
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[放射線] tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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[住民] the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
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[疲れ果てるを] covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another
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[メロン] juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon;  plant that produces the fruit juicy
overload  Speak Example sentences
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[態度] aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing
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[放射線] tiny particles of a radioactive substance that can cause illness or death
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[貧民] very poor person; one living on or eligible for public charity
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[過] place too much a load on
palpable  Speak Example sentences
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[議会] having the supreme legislative power
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[過] place too much a load on
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[手錠] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[触] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
paltry  Speak Example sentences
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[ミンチ] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
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[微々たる] insignificant; lacking in importance or worth; worthless
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[議会] having the supreme legislative power
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[パイオニア] initial; groundbreaking; originating; serving to pioneer