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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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restrain  Speak Example sentences
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[克制,抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[节奏,韵律] pattern; beat;  recurring at regular intervals
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[捣碎,摔碎] break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush
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[最后通牒] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[发抖,哆嗦,打颤] shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; quake; quiver; shiver; shudder
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[过剩的] remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
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[革命] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[真空] empty area or space; an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction
savage  Speak Example sentences
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[消失,灭绝] disappear; pass out of sight, especially quickly; die out
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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
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[潮汐,潮流] periodic rise and fall of the sea level
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[凶猛的,野蛮的] in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
shred  Speak Example sentences
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[克制,抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[切成细条,撕成碎片] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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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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[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
specimen  Speak Example sentences
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[胜利] victory; win; expressing great joy
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[绊倒] miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
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[冒险(事业),投机活动] put at risk; adventure
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[标本,样品] model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
spouse  Speak Example sentences
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[部分,片断] sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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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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[污点,瑕疵] soiled or discolored; a symbol of disgrace or infamy; a natural spot of a color different from the gound
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[夫,妻,配偶的一方] man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; married person, husband or wife
stack  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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[包围,围攻] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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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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[摞,叠,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
stitch  Speak Example sentences
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[缝,针脚,缝针] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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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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[挑选,选择,择优] taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
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[看得见的,可见的] being often in the public eye; obvious to the eye
thrust  Speak Example sentences
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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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[推力,冲] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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[最后通牒] last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another
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[摞,叠,大堆,谷堆] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
toll  Speak Example sentences
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[清空,鸣钟,(道路,港 口的)通行费,过路税] charge a fee for using;  sound in slowly repeated single tones; announce or summon by ringing a bell
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[部分,片断] sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
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[推力,冲] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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[驯服的,没精打采的] domesticated; very restrained or quiet; make less strong or intense; soften