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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resolve  Speak Example sentences
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[決心,解決,找到解決方案] make a firm decision about; find a solution to
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[自我控制,疏遠] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
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[草本植物的莖或稈,細長的支撐結構] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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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
scrape  Speak Example sentences
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[吹捧] advertize in strongly positive terms; praise excessively; show off
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[存在,生存] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[反复摩擦表面] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
skirmish  Speak Example sentences
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[節,段落(詩的),盤(棋的)] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[小規模戰爭,小打小鬧] minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
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[存在,生存] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[渴望的] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
speculation  Speak Example sentences
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[決心,解決,找到解決方案] make a firm decision about; find a solution to
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[思索,推測,投機] examination by the eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
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[向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side
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[減少] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
stab  Speak Example sentences
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[完整的,持續的] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[刺傷,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument
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[存在,生存] something that has real or substantial existence; means of support or maintain life
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[向一旁,向側面地] with the side forward; to or from a side
stalk  Speak Example sentences
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[草本植物的莖或稈,細長的支撐結構] stem or central axis of the herbaceous plant; slender support or structure
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[批發商] someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells them to merchants
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[鬼鬼祟祟而行,偷竊] creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
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[大帆船,大酒杯,大篷車] originally, a small vessel with two masts; ship; large goblet or drinking glass
staple  Speak Example sentences
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[一點兒,少量] the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota
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[用訂書釘裝訂固定] principal raw material or commodity produced in a region; principal element
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[反复摩擦表面] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
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[丘陵地帶,高地] land or an area of land of high elevation
stomach  Speak Example sentences
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[勢利的,諂上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[進行預防接種] perform or produce immunity
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[胃,吃得下,容忍] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[反复摩擦表面] abrade or smooth by rubbing with a sharp or rough instrument; draw forcefully over a surface
sympathize  Speak Example sentences
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[限制性的] tending or serving to restrict; limiting; confining
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[同情,體諒] be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
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[勢利的,諂上欺下的] of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
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[火山的] explosively unstable;  relating to volcanoes
unbroken  Speak Example sentences
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[完整的,持續的] continuous, without interruption; intact
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[臉,面貌] face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal
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[渴望的] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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[刺傷,戳] pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by a pointed instrument