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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lust  Speak Example sentences
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[补充] fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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[镣铐] handcuff; shackle for hand or wrist; an instrument of iron for fettering the hand
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[强烈的欲望] pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
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[过量,过剩] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
marginal  Speak Example sentences
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[书页空白处的,不重要的] of or pertaining to a margin; written or printed in the margin
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[纪念] commemorate; commit to memory; learn by heart
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[主要考虑因素,全神贯注,抢先占据] state of being preoccupied; absorption of the attention or intellect
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[排序,整理] put in order; arrange or place something in line
mortar  Speak Example sentences
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[预言的] foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
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[强烈的欲望] pleasure; inclination; longing desire; eagerness to possess or enjoy
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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[激光] an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
multiple  Speak Example sentences
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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[纪念] commemorate; commit to memory; learn by heart
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[倍数] number that may be divided by another number with no remainder
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[瘟疫] any epidemic disease with a high death rate
oak  Speak Example sentences
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[橡树] any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus; durable wood of any of these trees or shrubs
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[遗赠] a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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[书页空白处的,不重要的] of or pertaining to a margin; written or printed in the margin
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[磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
oscillate  Speak Example sentences
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[奇异的,偏僻的,前卫的] unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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[可恨的,可耻的] hateful; arousing strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure
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[专利] grant made by the government to creator the sole right; invention protected by grant
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[振荡] swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm; vibrate pendulum-like; waver
overestimate  Speak Example sentences
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
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[评价过高] make too high an estimate of
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[开拓] open up an area or prepare a way; settle a region
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[磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
pantry  Speak Example sentences
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[食品室] apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept
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[错事,得罪] act of causing anger, displeasure, or affront; transgression of the law; attacking or assaulting
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[即将发生的,未决的] not yet decided or settled; awaiting conclusion or confirmation
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[灰泥,臼] a vessel in which substances are crushed or ground with a pestle; machine in which materials are ground and blended
pastoral  Speak Example sentences
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[倍数] number that may be divided by another number with no remainder
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[田园的,乡下的] rural; relating to shepherds or herders; relating to the country or country life
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[预言的] foretelling events as if by divine inspiration
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[磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
pestilence  Speak Example sentences
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[立法机关] part of government which makes laws
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[瘟疫] any epidemic disease with a high death rate
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[过量,过剩] overabundance; lavish or unrestrained expense
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[排序,整理] put in order; arrange or place something in line