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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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afford  Speak Example sentences
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pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
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the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color
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being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
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passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
agency  Speak Example sentences
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move quickly and violently; jump vertically; strive with determination
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a way of considering or doing something
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solitary; by oneself, not with any other people
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
alone  Speak Example sentences
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solitary; by oneself, not with any other people
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fee for services; a group of people appointed to find out about something; authorize
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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someone who pays to get goods or services
appetite  Speak Example sentences
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instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
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a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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sour; water-soluble compounds having a sour taste; quality of being sarcastic, bitter, or scornful
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any furniture old and valuable; out of fashion
balance  Speak Example sentences
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group of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister; hut; cottage; small house; small room; a closet
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being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
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struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words
bleed  Speak Example sentences
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked
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emit blood; lose blood; withdraw blood from the body
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of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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express an opinion; remark
blonde  Speak Example sentences
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capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time
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just; only; hardly; scarcely
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of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground
carrot  Speak Example sentences
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the root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped and of a reddish yellow color
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a way of considering or doing something
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work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence
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passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
catch  Speak Example sentences
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capture or seize, especially after a chase; take by or as if by trapping; reach just in time
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approach; entry; entrance
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money-making; involved in work that is intended for the mass market
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body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words
channel  Speak Example sentences
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noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
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instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
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passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
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back and sides of a pig salted and smoked