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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [拱,腳弓,使彎成拱,使成拱形] any part of a curved line


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v. [估計,估算,評估,評價] estimate  value; judge worth of something


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n. [傳記] an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life


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n. [煞車減速,阻止] a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


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n. [大批,大部分] majority; the main part; volume; mass


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n. [屠夫,肉商,屠宰,殘殺,濫殺] one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers; vendor, especially on a train or in theater


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a. [城市的,市鎮的,公民的] relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society


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n. [殖民地,群體] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees


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a. [和諧的] harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes


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v. [補償,賠償] make amends for; reimburse


Spelling Word: compensate