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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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remedy  Speak Example sentences
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[旅行] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
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[质量极高的,极好的,威严的] of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
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[药物] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
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[刮,擦,擦痕] gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
resignation  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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[听从,辞职] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[温度计,寒暑表] an instrument for measuring temperature
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[序列,顺序] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
retrieve  Speak Example sentences
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[木材,木料] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[瓦,瓷砖,花砖] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
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[重新得到,找回] recover; find and bring in; get back
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[使分散,扩散] sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
sensible  Speak Example sentences
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[细枝,嫩枝] small branch or division of a branch
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[复兴,再生] revival; renewal; the revival of learning and culture
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[明智的,合理的] able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
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[看得见的,可见的] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
slit  Speak Example sentences
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[摇摆,摇动] swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
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[药物] a medicine or therapy; cure; fix; repair; provide relief for
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[撕裂裂口,裂缝] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[废料,残余物] a small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
starve  Speak Example sentences
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[挖苦,讽刺] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
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[挨饿] hunger; deprive of food
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[论题,论文] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[瓦,瓷砖,花砖] the flat thin rectangular slab used to cover surfaces; a short pipe made of clay, used in sewers and drains
stereo  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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[血管,静脉,木纹,矿脉,岩脉] a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body
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[木材,木料] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[立体声,立体声系统] stereophonic sound-reproduction system
tendency  Speak Example sentences
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[细枝,嫩枝] small branch or division of a branch
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[无教养的,平常的,粗俗的] common and coarse; relating to the common people with less cultivated or educated; lacking cultivation or refinement
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[趋势,倾向] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[旅行] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult
thesis  Speak Example sentences
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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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[撕裂裂口,裂缝] long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
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[论题,论文] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[看得见的,可见的] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
transit  Speak Example sentences
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[细枝,嫩枝] small branch or division of a branch
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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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[汹涌,澎湃,喷发] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
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[通过,经过,转口,过境运输] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage