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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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n. [カップル] a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another


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v. [ときめき] press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing


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v. [定義] determine the nature of; give a definition; describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain


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n. [デザイン] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for


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n. [ダウンタウン] the commercial center of a town or city


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a. [ダム] mute; lacking the power of speech


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v. [当惑] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert


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a. [永遠] forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite


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v. [観光] investigate systematically; examine; search


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n. [数式は] plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement


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