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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residue  Speak Example sentences
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[sự làm phiền] act of vexing, or state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation
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[sinh hoạt] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[dư] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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[rider] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
rider  Speak Example sentences
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[nhút nhát] the feeling of fear of embarrassment
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[rider] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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[trừ] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
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[quán rượu] building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
rite  Speak Example sentences
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[nhút nhát] shy; craven; lacking self-confidence; shy
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[nghi thức] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[rider] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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[giả dối] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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[núi lửa] explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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[đụng độ] minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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[chế giễu] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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[quét] extensive; having wide-ranging influence or effect:
scrap  Speak Example sentences
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[phế liệu] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
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[hắc ín] delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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[núi lửa] explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
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[mộc mạc] typical of country life or country people; awkwardly simple and provincial; lacking refinement or elegance
sloping  Speak Example sentences
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[đáng sợ] frightening or intimidating; of a formidable nature; terrific
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[dốc] slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
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[duy trì] continued;  maintained at length without interruption or weakening
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[siêu] of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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[bừa bãi] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[nhớt] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow
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[tàu vũ trụ] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[thô sơ] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
spurious  Speak Example sentences
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[giả dối] false; counterfeit; forged; illogical
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[cầm vỏ kiếm] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[dư] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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[siêu] of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth; characterized by nobility; majestic
stately  Speak Example sentences
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[nghiêm trang] sober; serious, organized, and professional; characterized by dignity and propriety
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[tàu vũ trụ] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[cầm vỏ kiếm] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[trang nghiêm] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
stomach  Speak Example sentences
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[dạ dày] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[cầm vỏ kiếm] the case for sword blade; sheath
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[thời gian] not lasting forever; limited by time; secular or civil; of the material world; worldly
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[nhớt] sticky; gluey; having high resistance to flow