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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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limp  Speak Example sentences
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[长期的冒险旅行] long, eventful journey; extended adventurous voyage or trip
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[无意中听到,从旁听到] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
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[乱丢] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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[跛行 无力的,松软的] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
melody  Speak Example sentences
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[无意中听到,从旁听到] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
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[可能性] possibility, strong probability; state of being probable
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[跛行 无力的,松软的] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
navigation  Speak Example sentences
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[航海] guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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[普通的,一般的] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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[部分的] incomplete; fragmentary; favoring one person or side over another or others
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[布道,鼓吹] advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
nonetheless  Speak Example sentences
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[虽然如此,但是] despite what has just been said or done; however
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[朝圣客,香客] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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[跛行 无力的,松软的] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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[神话,神话故事] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
norm  Speak Example sentences
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[航海] guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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[标准,规范] convention; standard; rule
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[小册子] brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
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[特有的,专有的] special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
null  Speak Example sentences
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[无效的,无价值的,等于零的] invalid; void; nullified; having no legal force; invalid
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[类似,相似,] make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at the same time; not intersecting
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[死,暴卒] be destroyed; pass away; become nothing
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[巨大的,可怕的] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
opponent  Speak Example sentences
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[对手,反对者] contestant; someone who offers opposition
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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[寄生,寄生体] animal or plant living on another
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[委任,命令] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
organ  Speak Example sentences
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[庭院,平台] paved outside area, adjoining a house, used for dining or recreation
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[冒犯] act of causing anger, resentment, displeasure, or affront; violation or infraction of moral or social code
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[少数,少数民族] a group of people who differ racially or politically from a larger group
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[器官,机关,机构] natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action
overall  Speak Example sentences
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[大客轮,邮轮] a vessel belonging to a regular line of packets, like ship or plane
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[全部的,全面的] general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything
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[朝圣客,香客] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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[收割,收获] gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of the effort
overhear  Speak Example sentences
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[委任,命令] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[一块,肿块,形成块状] a small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; a small cube of sugar
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[臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的] disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous
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[无意中听到,从旁听到] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again