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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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v. [tra] explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically


Spelling Word: investigate
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n. [vấn đề] subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish


Spelling Word: issue
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n. [tù] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody


Spelling Word: jail
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a. [không còn tồn tại gây chết người] deadly; causing or capable of causing death


Spelling Word: lethal
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ad. [nghĩa] with meaning; letter by letter


Spelling Word: literally
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n. [khóa] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key


Spelling Word: lock
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a. [phút] extremely small; short note


Spelling Word: minute
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n. [khốn khổ] great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind


Spelling Word: misery
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a. [số] belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters


Spelling Word: numerical
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a. [lẻ] not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two


Spelling Word: odd