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 4000 CAE (B) - Spelling Practices
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v. 放逐,摒弃 drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel


Spelling Word: banish
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n. (楼梯的)栏杆 handrail, especially on a staircase


Spelling Word: banister
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v. 打击,敲击,打败 whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly


Spelling Word: beat
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a. 阴冷的,寒冷的,没有指 望的 cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable


Spelling Word: bleak
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v. 阻止,阻碍 hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch


Spelling Word: block
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v. 畏缩不前,不敢想像 hesitate as if in fear or doubt; shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment


Spelling Word: boggle
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n. 煞车 减速,阻止 a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


Spelling Word: brake
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n. 虚张声势 defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery


Spelling Word: bravado
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a. 活泼的,轻快的 marked by speed, liveliness, and vigor; energetic; swift; keen or sharp in speech or manner


Spelling Word: brisk
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n. 小册子 pamphlet; small book usually having a paper cover


Spelling Word: brochure