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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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accountant  Speak Example sentences
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[会计员,会计师] one who maintains and audits business accounts
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[领袖,首长,首领] highest in office or rank; principal; head
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[滥用,虐待] improper use or handling; misuse
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[胃口,食欲] instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
accuse  Speak Example sentences
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[指责,归咎] blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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[论文,文章] essay; editorial; individual thing or element of a class
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[机会,运气] opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; a sudden change
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[芽,蓓蕾] one that is not yet fully developed; sprout
appetite  Speak Example sentences
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[胃口,食欲] instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
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[笨拙的,不灵活的] difficult to handle or manage
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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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[边,边缘,边境,国界] outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
audience  Speak Example sentences
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[拍卖] public sale of property to the highest bidder
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[使相信,信服,说服] overpower; force to yield assent to truth; satisfy by proof; prove guilty
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[观众] a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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[海湾] an inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf; a small body of water set off from the main body
awkward  Speak Example sentences
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[耐心应对,分娩] carrying another part; patient endurance; suffering without complaint; the act of producing or giving birth
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[一般的,普遍的,天主教的] broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
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[成年的,已成人的,成年人] one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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[笨拙的,不灵活的] difficult to handle or manage
badge  Speak Example sentences
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[指责,归咎] blame; say that someone has done something morally wrong, illegal, or unkind
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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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[徽章] a distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person
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[追捕] pursue to kill or take; hunt; follow as if to catch
beam  Speak Example sentences
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[海湾] an inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf; a small body of water set off from the main body
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[机会,运气] opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; a sudden change
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[边,边缘,边境,国界] outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden; margin; verge; brink; boundary
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[光束,铁梁,木梁,一束电波] ray of light; a long piece of metal or wood; long piece fixed or movable in structure, machine, or tool
bold  Speak Example sentences
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[条件,状况,健康状况] mode or state of being; fitness; existing circumstances
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[胃口,食欲] instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink
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[成年的,已成人的,成年人] one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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[勇敢的,大胆的,放肆无礼的] brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
bond  Speak Example sentences
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[勇敢的,大胆的,放肆无礼的] brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
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[观众] a group of people within hearing; crowd seeing a stage performance
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[故障,损坏,衰弱,崩溃] process of failing to function or continue; a sudden collapse in physical or mental health; summary of itemized data
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[联结,联系,粘连,化学键] link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty
break  Speak Example sentences
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[一般的,普遍的,天主教的] broadly sympathetic; universal; related to Roman Catholic Church
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[机会,运气] opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; a sudden change
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[校园] the field where the buildings of a university are situated
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[学士(学位),单身汉] unmarried men; the first or lowest academic degree conferred by universities and colleges