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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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v. [采用,采纳] accept; take on; raise; take into one's family


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n. [助手] person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; helper; assistant


Spelling Word: aid
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n. [量,总合] total of two or more quantities; aggregate; sum


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n. [忧虑,焦虑,不安] concern something  in a state of painful uneasiness;  state of restlessness and agitation


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n. [权力,权限,权威人士] jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government


Spelling Word: authority
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n. [熏猪肉,培根肉] back and sides of a pig salted and smoked


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v. [欺负,玩弄,折磨] harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap


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a. [锻打的,被击败的,人迹罕至的] formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted


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n. [腹部,腹状物] part of the human body which extends downward from breast to thighs, and contains bowels; womb


Spelling Word: belly
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v. [跳起,弹回] jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface


Spelling Word: bounce