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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lane  Speak Example sentences
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[小路,小巷,航線,車道] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[預先的,在前的,更重要的,優先的] preceding in the order of time; former; previous
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[拋擲] action or manner of throwing something
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[海報,招貼] a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
lock  Speak Example sentences
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[證明是正當的或有理的,辯護] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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[一綹捲髮] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key
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[海報,招貼] a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
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[大規模購物中心] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
lose  Speak Example sentences
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[舔,掠過,拍打] draw or pass the tongue over; pass or lap quickly and rapidly; beat thoroughly in a competition or fight
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[海報,招貼] a sign posted in public place as an advertisement
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[丟失,失敗,減少,喪失] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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[心理的,智力的,精神病的,精神不正常的] involving mind or intellectual process;  affected by disorder of mind
minor  Speak Example sentences
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[拋擲] action or manner of throwing something
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[小路,小巷,航線,車道] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[較少的,較小的] of lesser importance or stature or rank; not of legal age; limited in size or scope
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[折磨,使痛苦] framework for holding objects
miserable  Speak Example sentences
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[痛苦的,悲慘的,可憐的] very unhappy; full of misery; wretched
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[哲學,原理,人生觀] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[較年幼的,地位較低的,資歷較淺的] less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or rank
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[怪物,巨獸] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
motion  Speak Example sentences
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[財產,所有權] any tangible or intangible possession that someone owns
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[主要的,(高等院校的)校長,本金,主要演員] highest in rank, authority, character, importance, or degree
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[多數] greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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[運動] movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
nuclear  Speak Example sentences
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[核子的,核的,原子能的] of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
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[不可思議的,了不起的] wonderful; extraordinarily good
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[丟失,失敗,減少,喪失] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
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[怪物,巨獸] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
philosophy  Speak Example sentences
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[整潔的,整齊的] clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place
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[核子的,核的,原子能的] of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons
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[哲學,原理,人生觀] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality
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[較年幼的,地位較低的,資歷較淺的] less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or rank
pilot  Speak Example sentences
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[一綹捲髮] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key
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[飛行員] one who guides  a course of action for others; one who operates or is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
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[折磨,使痛苦] framework for holding objects
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[關於] with respect to; by concerning
pitch  Speak Example sentences
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[一綹捲髮] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key
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[恢復,收回,取回] get or find back; regain a former condition
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[運動] movement; an act of changing location; ability or power to move
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[拋擲] action or manner of throwing something