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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [嫉妬] resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious


Spelling Word: jealous
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a. [ジュニア] less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or rank


Spelling Word: junior
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v. [誘拐] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom


Spelling Word: kidnap
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a. [ラメ] moving with pain or difficulty because of injury; disabled so that movement is difficult or impossible


Spelling Word: lame
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n. [芝生] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow


Spelling Word: lawn
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n. [リース] rent; charter; engage for service under a term of the contract


Spelling Word: lease
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v. [失う] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win


Spelling Word: lose
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v. [賃貸] operate with one's hands; control or play upon people, forces artfully


Spelling Word: manipulate
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v. [不思議] try to conceal something; disguise;  hide under a false appearance


Spelling Word: mask
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n. [人間] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death


Spelling Word: mortal