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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reed  Speak Example sentences
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[简单,朴素] easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
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[热心的,狂热的] enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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[芦苇] tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
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[讨厌的,麻烦的] annoying; causing a lot of problems for someone
reliance  Speak Example sentences
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[芦苇] tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
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[结束] end of something in time or space; result or outcome; conclusion
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[令人满意的,符合要求的] acceptable; good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
ripen  Speak Example sentences
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[诱惑,引诱,吸引] give rise to a desire by being attractive
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[热心的,狂热的] enthusiastic; filled with or motivated by zeal
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[涉水,费力行走] paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
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[(使)成熟] grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
scare  Speak Example sentences
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[讨厌的,麻烦的] annoying; causing a lot of problems for someone
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[惊吓,使受惊] frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
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[桶,浴盆] a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
scrub  Speak Example sentences
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[免除,宽恕,汇款] send back; give up; surrender; resign; restore; transmit or send, especially as money in payment of a demand
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[照料,看顾] make a tender of; be disposed or inclined; move or extend in a certain direction
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[漫步,闲逛] wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
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[擦洗,刷洗] rub hard; wash with rubbing
sharply  Speak Example sentences
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[部落,部族] family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same direct ancestor and kept distinct
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[粘的,粘性的] glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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[突然地,猛烈地] steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
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[简单,朴素] easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
simplicity  Speak Example sentences
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[简单,朴素] easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
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[令人满意的,符合要求的] acceptable; good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
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[繁殖,再生,复制] have offspring or young; duplicate; make a copy
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[不舒服的,有病的,恶心的] affected with the disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health
spoon  Speak Example sentences
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[惊吓,使受惊] frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
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[诱惑,引诱,吸引] give rise to a desire by being attractive
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[擦洗,刷洗] rub hard; wash with rubbing
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[匙,勺子] a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
suitable  Speak Example sentences
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[适当的,相配的] appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
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[令人满意的,符合要求的] acceptable; good or good enough for a particular need or purpose
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[涉水,费力行走] paddle; walk through relatively shallow water
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[芦苇] tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems
syllable  Speak Example sentences
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[(语音)音节] a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
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[手腕,腕关节] the joint between the hand and the forearm
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[获胜的,胜利的] successful; being the winner in a contest or struggle