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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resemble  Speak Example sentences
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[ベジタリアン] someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
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[似] be similar to; take after; look like
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[テープ才能タール] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[噂] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
starve  Speak Example sentences
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[小売] selling of goods to consumers
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[餓死] hunger; deprive of food
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[症状] sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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[仮想] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
statute  Speak Example sentences
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[警戒] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[法令] a law enacted by the legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
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[戦略] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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[違反] treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
stereo  Speak Example sentences
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[ステレオ] stereophonic sound-reproduction system
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[配偶者] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
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[嘔吐] throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
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[撤回] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
sterling  Speak Example sentences
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[スターリング] any English coin of standard value; coined money
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[タイルは] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[最大限] farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
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[スキムミルク] pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
strategic  Speak Example sentences
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[垂直] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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[戦略] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
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[風景] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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[古い] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
superstition  Speak Example sentences
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[竜巻] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[交感神経] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[ステレオ] stereophonic sound-reproduction system
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[迷信] excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
sympathetic  Speak Example sentences
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[交感神経] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[落ち着かない] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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[鮮やか] bright; lively; graphic; having striking color
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[最大限] farthest point or extremity; most distant; extreme
tornado  Speak Example sentences
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[振動] by the way of
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[チルト] slight but noticeable partiality; line or surface that departs from the vertical
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[しわ] a minor difficulty; a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface
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[竜巻] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
unconditional  Speak Example sentences
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[警戒] attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary
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[無条件] made without condition; absolute; unreserved
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[テープ才能タール] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal
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[小売] selling of goods to consumers