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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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liaison  Speak Example sentences
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[ラケット] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[巡礼] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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[連絡] a close relationship, connection, or link; a secret love affair
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[近接] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
monarchy  Speak Example sentences
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[モットー] short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
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[拒否] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[説教] advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
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[君主制] government under a single ruler
monstrous  Speak Example sentences
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[舗装] floor or covering of solid material laid to make a hard and convenient surface for travel
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[怪物] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
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[独特] special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
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[採石場] victim; object of hunt; hunted animal
muster  Speak Example sentences
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[過失] neglect; failure to take reasonable care; state or quality of being negligent
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[深い] deep; not superficial; far-reaching
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[もっともらしい] likely but not certain to be or become true or real
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[召集] call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
negligence  Speak Example sentences
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[注意事項] prevention; measure taken beforehand; an act of foresight
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[クォータ] limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
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[過失] neglect; failure to take reasonable care; state or quality of being negligent
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[深い] deep; not superficial; far-reaching
notorious  Speak Example sentences
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[悪名] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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[肥料] fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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[パドル] row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
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[不快] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
numb  Speak Example sentences
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[オブリージュ] without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible; unresponsive; indifferent
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[海外] beyond or across the sea; abroad
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[過失] neglect; failure to take reasonable care; state or quality of being negligent
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[相手] contestant; someone who offers opposition
offspring  Speak Example sentences
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[子孫] descendant; the young of an animal
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[優先] induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out
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[君主制] government under a single ruler
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[パドル] row slowly and gently; move through the water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs
organ  Speak Example sentences
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[現象] appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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[拒否] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[鉱石] natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action
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[クォータ] limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
outright  Speak Example sentences
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[拒否] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[悪名] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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[不快] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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[完全] altogether; entirely; without reservation or exception