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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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coward  Speak Example sentences
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[剪短,扣除] deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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[精髓,要素] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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[膠,膠水,膠合,粘貼] be fixed as if by sticky substance; join or attach with or as if sticky substance
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[膽小的人,懦弱的人,懦夫] person who lacks courage to face danger; timid
current  Speak Example sentences
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[靈感] sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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[(液體,氣體)流,趨勢] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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[娛樂,款待] amusement; public shows, performances, or other ways of enjoying yourself
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[全球性的] worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe
disable  Speak Example sentences
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[巡航,巡弋,慢速行車] sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
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[溝,溝渠,拋棄,擺脫,逃脫,逃避] the trench made in the earth by digging; any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of the earth
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[精髓,要素] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
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[使殘廢,使無能力] deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
disturb  Speak Example sentences
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[註明日期,約會] mark the time of; assign a date to
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[世代,一代人] all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
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[華麗的,燦爛的] dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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[打擾,擾亂] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
domestic  Speak Example sentences
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[剪短,扣除] deprive someone of benefits; remove or shorten the tail of an animal
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[靈感] sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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[家裡的,家養的] house-hold; of or relating to the home; within the country or home
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[服裝] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
drill  Speak Example sentences
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[真正的,真實的] authentic; real; true
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[鑽孔,打眼,鍛煉] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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[聯邦的,聯邦制的,聯邦政府的] of or relating to central government; national
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[點,小圓點,星羅棋佈於] the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
engagement  Speak Example sentences
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[婚約,約會,約定,交戰] act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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[使殘廢,使無能力] deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
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[強烈的,劇烈的] extreme; acute; in an extreme degree
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[學分] arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
entry  Speak Example sentences
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[排除,剔除] eradicate; abolish; rule out
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[服裝] dress; attire; a set of clothes appropriate for a particular occasion or season
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[牙科醫生] a person qualified to practice dentistry
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[進口,入口] admission; entrance; item inserted in a written record
facility  Speak Example sentences
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[膽小的人,懦弱的人,懦夫] person who lacks courage to face danger; timid
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[註明日期,約會] mark the time of; assign a date to
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[設施,設備] service, space, and equipment provided for a particular purpose
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[報酬,薪水,費用] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
federal  Speak Example sentences
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[娛樂,款待] amusement; public shows, performances, or other ways of enjoying yourself
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[聯邦的,聯邦制的,聯邦政府的] of or relating to central government; national
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[展現,展覽,展品] the show, make visible or apparent
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[華麗的,燦爛的] dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent