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 5000 Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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exposition  Speak Example sentences
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[thực vật] plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit a bodily organ
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[trung tâm] core port; nucleus; heart; center
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[ngây ngô] male goose; fool and simpleton; look or glance
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[trình bày] exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
famished  Speak Example sentences
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[đói] extremely hungry; exhausted through want of food or drink
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[gây] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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[bao da] case of leather or similar material for pistol
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[nắm] seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
fumble  Speak Example sentences
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[fumble] feel or grope about; make awkward attempts to do or find something; play childishly
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[nhìn] fix the eyes in a steady and earnest look; look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment
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[ảm đạm] imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
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[bí ẩn] puzzle; difficult problem
gander  Speak Example sentences
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[ngây ngô] male goose; fool and simpleton; look or glance
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[ngoại tình] lack of faith or belief in some religious system; unfaithfulness to a sexual partner, especially a spouse
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[lều tuyết] dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
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[tổ] box, basket, or other structure, for the reception and habitation of a swarm of honeybees
gloomy  Speak Example sentences
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[ảm đạm] imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
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[tôn kính] special honor or respect shown or expressed publicly; tribute
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[thăm dò] travel for discovery
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[cấp] level or rank in an organization, profession, or society; formation of troops, ships
grasping  Speak Example sentences
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[dùi cui] urge with a long pointed stick; give heart or courage to
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[bí ẩn] puzzle; difficult problem
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[lều tuyết] dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow
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[nắm] seizing; embracing; catching; exceedingly eager for material gain; avaricious
holster  Speak Example sentences
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[ấn tượng] readily or easily influenced; suggestible; capable of receiving impressions; emotional
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[trung tâm] core port; nucleus; heart; center
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[bao da] case of leather or similar material for pistol
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[hiss] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
horrendous  Speak Example sentences
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[kinh khủng] fearful; frightful; extremely bad
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[howl] utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
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[hiss] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
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[gnome] dwarf; a fabled race of dwarflike creatures who live underground
hub  Speak Example sentences
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[howl] utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
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[sắp] close in time; about to occur; approaching
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[trung tâm] core port; nucleus; heart; center
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[sa] sheer, light, delicate, or tenuous
imbecile  Speak Example sentences
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[ảm đạm] imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim; clouded
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[hiss] prolonged sounds like that letter s, made by forcing out the breath between the tongue and teeth
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[ấp] apparatus in which environmental conditions can be controlled, used for growing bacterial or hatching eggs artificially
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[khờ dại] without physical strength; feeble; impotent; helpless