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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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remorse  Speak Example sentences
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[节奏,乐曲的速度] beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
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[速度] rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
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[懊悔,自责] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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[撤退] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
revolve  Speak Example sentences
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[梭子,公共交通工具(往返固定的线路)] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[工资,进行,开展,发起] hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
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[绕转,旋转,考虑,细想] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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[空的,未被占用的] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
rigid  Speak Example sentences
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[毛线,棉纱线,丝线] woolen thread; the thread of other material, as of cotton or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving
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[刚硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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[踢马刺] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[挥发的,飞行的,可变的,爆炸的] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
septic  Speak Example sentences
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[受感染的,腐败的] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
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[虚荣,自负] quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
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[停止,结束] stop; bring to an end or halt
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[浸泡,渗透] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
shuttle  Speak Example sentences
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[工资,进行,开展,发起] hazard on the event of a contest; stake; engage in, as a contest; venture for hire or reward; employ
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[呕吐,吐出,喷出] throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
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[不幸的,潦倒的(人),质量差的,令人不满意的] very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by deep affliction or distress; calamitous; woeful; worthless
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[梭子,公共交通工具(往返固定的线路)] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
sigh  Speak Example sentences
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[收入,国家的税收] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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[挥发的,飞行的,可变的,爆炸的] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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[叹息,叹气,风发出类似叹息的声音] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
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[呕吐,吐出,喷出] throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
soak  Speak Example sentences
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[外科手术刀,解剖刀] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
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[雕塑,雕刻品] statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
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[浸泡,渗透] cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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[虚荣,自负] quality or state of being vain; emptiness; feelings of excessive pride; conceit
stride  Speak Example sentences
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[监督,指导] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[卖国贼,叛徒] one who violates his allegiance and betrays his country
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[大步,一跨步,跨过] step; pace; significant progress
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[节奏,乐曲的速度] beat or speed of music; rate or rhythm of activity; pace
synthetic  Speak Example sentences
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[收入,国家的税收] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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[挥发的,飞行的,可变的,爆炸的] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
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[合成的,人造的] artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis
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[著名的] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
terminate  Speak Example sentences
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[荒野,荒凉的地方] a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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[抵抗,经受住] stand up against; successfully resist; oppose with force or resolution
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[叹息,叹气,风发出类似叹息的声音] inhale air than immediately expel it; make deep single respiration, especially to express  fatigue, exhaustion, grief
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[停止,结束] stop; bring to an end or halt