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 4000 FCE (B) - Spelling Practices
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a. 均衡的,平稳的 hold or carry in equilibrium


Spelling Word: balanced
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v. 缚,绑,装订,使应当,联合 tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together


Spelling Word: bind
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n. 传记 an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life


Spelling Word: biography
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a. 怪异的 fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance


Spelling Word: bizarre
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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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n. 花,开花 flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity


Spelling Word: bloom
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a. 令人厌烦的 uninteresting and tiresome; dull


Spelling Word: boring
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a. 无声息的,喘不过气来的 out of breath; breathing with difficulty,  as from tension or excitement


Spelling Word: breathless
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v. 酿造,酝酿,孕育 boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering


Spelling Word: brew