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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accurate  Speak Example sentences
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[坦白承认] acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong
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[友爱,挚爱,情爱] fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
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[复杂的,费解的,结构复杂的] complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
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[准确的,正确的] capable of providing a correct reading or measurement; performing with care and precision
affection  Speak Example sentences
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[竞争,竞赛] struggle; rivalry; an act of competing as for a profit prize
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[复杂的,费解的,结构复杂的] complicated in structure; a whole structure, as a building, made up of interconnected or related structures
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[仅仅] just; only; hardly; scarcely
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[友爱,挚爱,情爱] fondness; tender feeling toward another; fondness
bang  Speak Example sentences
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[发出砰的一声,重击] a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
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[平衡] being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
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[坦白承认] acknowledge; admit that you have done something wrong
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[芭蕾舞] a sort of theatrical representation by dancers
barn  Speak Example sentences
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[小屋(通常为木制的),船舱] a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
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[自助餐馆] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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[谷仓,畜棚] an outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals
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[白肤金发的(女人),白肤金发女子] of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
basement  Speak Example sentences
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[商标,牌子,燃烧的木头,烙印] a burning piece of wood; mark made by burning with a hot iron; distinctive mark upon in any way
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[自助餐馆] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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[比赛,竞争,争夺] contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
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[地下室] cellar; a part of a building that is below the level of the first floor
brand  Speak Example sentences
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[(书,文章的)章,回] division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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[魔力,护身符,咒文,符咒,魅力] power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
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[商标,牌子,燃烧的木头,烙印] a burning piece of wood; mark made by burning with a hot iron; distinctive mark upon in any way
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[出卖,背叛] be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
business  Speak Example sentences
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[白肤金发的(女人),白肤金发女子] of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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[职业,职责,本分,事务] rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade-in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
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[取消] revoke; call off; omit or delete
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[小屋(通常为木制的),船舱] a small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
cancel  Speak Example sentences
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[负担,支撑] support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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[芭蕾舞] a sort of theatrical representation by dancers
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[取消] revoke; call off; omit or delete
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[比赛,竞争,争夺] contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
chapter  Speak Example sentences
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[白肤金发的(女人),白肤金发女子] of a fair color; light-colored; as, blond hair; a blond complexion.
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[获得,挪用,据为己有] acquire; take possession of for one's own use; set apart for specific use
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[(书,文章的)章,回] division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
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[货摊,摊位,隔开的小间] house or shed built for temporary occupation; covered stall or temporary structure
combat  Speak Example sentences
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[比赛,竞争,争夺] contend for; call in question; oppose; dispute
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[斗争,战斗,争斗] struggle as with an opposing force; fight with
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[魔力,护身符,咒文,符咒,魅力] power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
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[平衡] being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability