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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Spelling Practices
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a. [trang trí] ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose


Spelling Word: decorative
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a. [trầm cảm] sad; gloomy; low in spirits; dejected


Spelling Word: depressed
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n. [tráng miệng] a dish served as the last course of a meal


Spelling Word: dessert
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n. [thất vọng] feeling of dissatisfaction


Spelling Word: disappointment
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v. [tặng] grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute


Spelling Word: donate
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n. [cống] draw out; flow out; waste


Spelling Word: drain
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n. [ngăn kéo] a boxlike container in a piece of furniture, made so as to slide in and out


Spelling Word: drawer
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v. [ngự] live as a resident; exist in a given place or state


Spelling Word: dwell
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v. [giải trí] amuse; keep a group of people interested or enjoying themselves


Spelling Word: entertain
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n. [thoát] act of fleeing from danger, of evading harm, or of avoiding notice; deliverance from injury or any evil


Spelling Word: escape