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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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assure  Speak Example sentences
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[一门心思的,先天的] determined to do or have
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[确保,保证,使确信] tell someone confidently that something is true; guarantee; convince
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[控制,阻止] stop motion; curb or restrain
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[条件,状况,健康状况] mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
backward  Speak Example sentences
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[权力,权限,权威人士] jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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[向后的,返回的,落后的,没有自信的,羞怯的] directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
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[担心,担忧,关心,关照,有利害关系] interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
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[流产,流产儿,不足月婴儿,失败,夭折] termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan
barely  Speak Example sentences
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[仅仅] just; only; hardly; scarcely
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[分派角色,随机选择] assign the roles of; choose at random
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[混乱,混淆] a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; lack of clarity or order
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[自助餐馆] a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
battery  Speak Example sentences
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[流产,流产儿,不足月婴儿,失败,夭折] termination of pregnancy; failure of a plan
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[欺负,威协] noisy, blustering fellow; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; insolent, tyrannical fellow
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[线索,暗示] a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
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[电池,殴打] beating or pounding; set of guns or heavy artillery; a dry cell that produces an electric current
bound  Speak Example sentences
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[首都,首府,省会,资本,资金,大写字母] wealth in the form of money or property; assets available for use; a city that is the official seat of government
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[担心,担忧,关心,关照,有利害关系] interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
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[范围,限制] tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
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[指定,约会] act of putting a person into a non-elective position; arrangement
cabin  Speak Example sentences
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[进攻,攻击,抨击,侵袭] offensive move; expression of strong criticism; hostile comment
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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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[宪法,构造,体质,体格] law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; the act of forming something
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[范围,区域,地区,面积,领域] a plane surface, as of the floor of a room; open space in a building; the enclosed space; extent; scope; range
cash  Speak Example sentences
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[论文,文章] essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class
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[良心,良知] motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles; source of moral or ethical judgment
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[现金,零钱,钱,兑现,付款] money paid at the time of purchase; money in the form of bills or coins; currency
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[宪法,构造,体质,体格] law determining the fundamental political principles of a government; the act of forming something
chat  Speak Example sentences
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[闲谈] talk without exchanging too much information; informal conversation
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[现金,零钱,钱,兑现,付款] money paid at the time of purchase; money in the form of bills or coins; currency
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[担心,担忧,关心,关照,有利害关系] interest in any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety
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[怪异的] fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance
clue  Speak Example sentences
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[分派角色,随机选择] assign the roles of; choose at random
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[贿赂,贿赂] something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift to prevent judgment
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[秃头的,光秃的] hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering
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[线索,暗示] a ball of thread or cord; thread; something guides or directs anything of a doubtful or intricate nature
concept  Speak Example sentences
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[同伴,(陆军的)连,连队,卫队] team; guard team; group of persons; business enterprise
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[论文,文章] essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class
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[概念,观念] something formed in mind; thought or notion
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[电池,殴打] beating or pounding; set of guns or heavy artillery; a dry cell that produces an electric current