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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reputable  Speak Example sentences
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[污染,感染,污點] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[著名的,令人尊敬的] having a good reputation; honorable
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[荒唐的,揮霍的,放蕩的,不受限制的] unrestrained; willfully malicious; immoral or unchaste
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
rider  Speak Example sentences
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[釘書機] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
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[附文,扶手] amendment or clause added to a legislative bill; one that rides, especially one who rides horses
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[推擠,猛推] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
royalty  Speak Example sentences
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[污染的,玷污的] discolored; dirty; having a stain
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[皇室,版稅(付給著作人的錢)] being royal; quality of royal person; share of the product, as a percentage paid to the copyright owner
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[大豆] soybean; most highly protein vegetable
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[證明,證實] confirm; prove the truth by a presentation of evidence or testimony
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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[嘲弄,奚落] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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[(婦女用)披肩,圍巾] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[逗留] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[劍鞘] the case for sword blade; sheath
shawl  Speak Example sentences
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[(婦女用)披肩,圍巾] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[大豆] soybean; most highly protein vegetable
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[釘書機] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[身高,身材,聲望,地位] height; status; high level of respect
shove  Speak Example sentences
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[推擠,猛推] drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
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[勢利的,諂上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[釘書機] one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; a device used to bind the material together through staples
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[惱火,憤怒] forceful, often vindictive anger; fury; just punishment of an offense or crime
sojourn  Speak Example sentences
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[逗留] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[尊敬的,可敬的] respectful; worshipful; impressed with deep respect
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[污染,感染,污點] contaminate; cause to lose purity; affect with or as if with a disease; corrupt morally
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[包紮,翹起,彎曲] cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right; state of being twisted or bent out of shape
sprain  Speak Example sentences
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[光禿禿的,荒涼的] bare; empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[捷徑] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[扭傷] a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments
stink  Speak Example sentences
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[(婦女用)披肩,圍巾] a large piece of cloth worn especially by women or girls over their shoulders and head
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[發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[單桅帆船] single-mast sailing boat
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[狡猾的] cunning; full of tricks; skill in deception
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[莫名其妙的,沒來由的,冤枉的] having no justification; groundless; not guaranteed to be good, sound, or of a certain quality
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[著名的,令人尊敬的] having a good reputation; honorable
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[發臭,臭味] strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
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[代替品] one that takes the place of another; a replacement