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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [求助,求援] one that is turned or applied to for aid or security; resort for help or protection; access or admittance


Spelling Word: recourse
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n. [依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience


Spelling Word: reliance
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ad. [概略地,大致地] approximately; more or less


Spelling Word: roughly
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n. [县治安官] the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws


Spelling Word: sheriff
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n. [意义,含义,重要性] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning


Spelling Word: significance
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n. [(语音)音节] a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme


Spelling Word: syllable
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v. [(使)一致,符合 完全相似] record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score


Spelling Word: tally
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n. [碟,盘子] an open receptacle for holding or displaying, or serving articles or food


Spelling Word: tray
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a. [无法忍受的,承受不住的] unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable


Spelling Word: unbearable
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ad. [不幸地] unluckily; by bad luck


Spelling Word: unfortunately