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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rhetorical  Speak Example sentences
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[隐藏,遮蔽,面纱] a length of cloth worn by women over the head, shoulders, and often the face; cover; hide
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[通用的] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[像,类似] be similar to; take after; look like
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[修辞色彩的,花言巧语的] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
saddle  Speak Example sentences
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[鞍子,马鞍] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[著名的] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[当时,有时,时时] while;  at the same time
speculate  Speak Example sentences
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[辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[使惊跳,使惊愕,使吃惊] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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[沉思,思索,投机] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
stack  Speak Example sentences
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[通用的] affecting all; general; present everywhere; relating to the entire world or all within the world; worldwide
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[摞,叠,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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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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[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
startle  Speak Example sentences
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[走私,私运] import or export without paying customs duties
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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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[使惊跳,使惊愕,使吃惊] move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
statistics  Speak Example sentences
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[笔直的,直立的,柱子,直立物] in an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward
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[统计学] a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
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[标本,样品] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
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[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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[空的,未被占用的] void of thought or knowledge; without an occupant or incumbent
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[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[杆状物,轴,垂直通道] axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
summon  Speak Example sentences
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
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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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[公用事业公司,公用设备] something useful; public service
tutor  Speak Example sentences
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[交易] deal; communication involving two or more people that affects all those involved
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[辅导,当家庭教师] guide; give individual instruction
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[使显现,使形象化] make visual, or visible; see in fancy; form a mental image of
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[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
ultimatum  Speak Example sentences
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[撕裂裂口,裂缝] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[潜水艇,潜艇] submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
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[最后通牒] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another