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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acceleration  Speak Example sentences
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[编纂] arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
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[祝贺,道喜] act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
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[加速度] a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time
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[深红色(的)] of a rich deep red color inclining to purple
accomplish  Speak Example sentences
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[令人厌烦的] uninteresting and tiresome; dull
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[完成,达到,实现] succeed in doing; bring to pass; achieve; reach the end of; complete
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[渴望的,担忧的] eager; keen; worried; uneasy, and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
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[仪式] ritual; ceremony or rite
admission  Speak Example sentences
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[协作,合作] work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort
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[准许进入,准许加入,入场费,会费,承认,招认] act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter
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[临时保姆,代人照顾婴儿者] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
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[寒冷的] cold but not freezing; unfriendly
ambition  Speak Example sentences
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[动人的,媚人的] attractive or interesting; charming
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[建筑,建筑学] art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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[抽象的] theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand
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[雄心,抱负] aspiration; a strong wish to achieve something
announcement  Speak Example sentences
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[宣告,发表] formal public statement; an act of making known publicly
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[骨干,支柱] support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
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[准许进入,准许加入,入场费,会费,承认,招认] act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter
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[大山洞,大洞穴] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
apology  Speak Example sentences
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[圆周,圆形物] round; something shaped like such a ring; a group of people sharing an interest, activity, or achievement
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[编纂] arrange laws, rules as a code; classify; arrange or systematize
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[在…之下] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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[道歉,歉意] acknowledgment expressing regret or asking pardon for a fault or offense; explanation or excuse
architecture  Speak Example sentences
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[临时保姆,代人照顾婴儿者] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home
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[铝] silvery ductile metallic element
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[建筑,建筑学] art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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[公民(的身份)] status of a citizen with rights and duties
beneath  Speak Example sentences
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[寒冷的] cold but not freezing; unfriendly
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[放宽,变宽,扩大] widen; grow broad or broader
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[在…之下] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below
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[加速度] a faster rate of improvement; the rate of change of velocity to time
brain  Speak Example sentences
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[铝] silvery ductile metallic element
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[渴望的,担忧的] eager; keen; worried; uneasy, and apprehensive about an uncertain event or matter
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[大山洞,大洞穴] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave
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[脑,大脑,头脑,智力] organ or seat of the intellect; understanding or imagination
cavern  Speak Example sentences
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[关税] money collected under a tariff
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[动人的,媚人的] attractive or interesting; charming
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[粗心的,疏忽的] negligent; taking insufficient care; reckless
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[大山洞,大洞穴] cave; large underground chamber, as in a cave