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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [剩餘的,殘留的] remaining as a residue; surplus


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n. [肋骨,傘骨] one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax


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v. [丟棄,打碎] throw away; discard; break down into parts for disposal or salvage


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n. [派別,宗派,派系,] a separate religious body; faction united by common interests or beliefs


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n. [樹懶,怠惰,懶惰] laziness; apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue; any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals


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n. [短襪,重擊,痛打] plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama


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v. [口吃,結巴] make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty


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v. [過度的疲勞,緊張] pull, draw, or stretch tight; injure or impair by overuse or overexertion; stretch or force beyond the proper


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n. [減少] reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole


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n. [郊區] outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city


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