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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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loaf  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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[資格] make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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[パン] any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
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[悼む] express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
lunar  Speak Example sentences
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[うぬぼれた] intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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[月面] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[海外] beyond or across the sea; abroad
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[パン] any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
marble  Speak Example sentences
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[それでも] despite what has just been said or done; however
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[大理石] a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
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[パッシブ] lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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[取得] get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
mentality  Speak Example sentences
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[妄想] psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
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[心理] mental action or power; intellectual activity; intellectuality
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[口ひげ] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[子孫] descendant; the young of an animal
miscarriage  Speak Example sentences
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[コンテスト] elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
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[流産] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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[パン] any thick lump, mass, or cake, especially a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread
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[妄想] psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
moustache  Speak Example sentences
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[最大化] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[いたずら] behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
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[享受] gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of the effort
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[口ひげ] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
obtain  Speak Example sentences
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[取得] get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
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[最大化] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[小耳に挟む] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
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[オプション] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
overseas  Speak Example sentences
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[海外] beyond or across the sea; abroad
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[肥料] fertilizer; any animal or plant material used to fertilize land; spread manure
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[原始] belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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[大理石] a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
pillar  Speak Example sentences
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[柱] a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building
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[神話] study of myths; a collection of myths
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[地域] province; district; tract; neighborhood; the upper air; sky or heavens; inhabitants of a district
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[通知] make known;  give notice to; inform by notice
poke  Speak Example sentences
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[原始] belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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[オプション] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
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[極] push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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[資格] make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable