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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[零售商] a company which sells goods
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[懇求] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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[狹長的景色] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
rite  Speak Example sentences
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[儀式] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[衛星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[搓,織,編飾,(使)纏繞] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop
sanction  Speak Example sentences
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[搓,織,編飾,(使)纏繞] act of twisting; lightweight cord
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[制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[未觸及的] intact; not mentioned; not touched
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[無常的,古怪的] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; capricious
scaffold  Speak Example sentences
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[尾跡,痕跡] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[腳手架,絞刑架] a temporary platform for workers; bracing framework; a platform for execution
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[懇求] request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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[尾跡,痕跡] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[丟棄,打碎] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage
skyscraper  Speak Example sentences
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[老練,精緻複雜] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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[衛星] small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
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[汽笛,警報器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[摩天大樓] a very tall building with many stories
snare  Speak Example sentences
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[水下的] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[遺跡,痕跡,殘留物] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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[充滿,到處都是] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[羅網,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
stately  Speak Example sentences
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[原始的,最初的,原來的] relating to basic facts or principles; being in the earliest stages of development; incipient
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[狹長的景色] the distant view, especially through an opening, as between buildings or trees; outlook
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[莊嚴的,堂皇的] majestic; impressive, as in size or proportions
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[尾跡,痕跡] trail of a ship or other object through water; a path of something that has gone before
tack  Speak Example sentences
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[大頭釘,圖釘] small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head
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[耳語,低聲說話] speaking in a quiet voice; soft speech produced without a full voice; secretly expressed belief, rumor, or hint
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[儀式] established ceremony prescribed by a religion
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[超音速的,超聲(波)的] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
teem  Speak Example sentences
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[全世界的] global; universal; throughout the world
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[充滿,到處都是] be abuzz; be full of; move in large numbers
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[逗留] temporary stay; a brief period of residence; place of temporary stay
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[活力,生命力] energetic style; being able to survive and grow; capacity to live, grow, or develop