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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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v. [擠進,塞入,夾住,陷入困境,果醬] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together


Spelling Word: jam
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v. [綁架,綁票,誘拐(兒童)] 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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n. [草地,草坪,草場] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow


Spelling Word: lawn
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n. [繩,線,線條,畫線,排成行] thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface; border or boundary


Spelling Word: line
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n. [酒精飲料] any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid


Spelling Word: liquor
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v. [保持,維持,贍養,供給] keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue


Spelling Word: maintain
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n. [維修,保養] preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another


Spelling Word: maintenance
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n. [意見,看法,輿論] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation


Spelling Word: opinion
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n. [履行,執行,表演,演奏] act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner


Spelling Word: performance
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n. [瘟疫,討厭的人或物] epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance


Spelling Word: plague