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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rebuke  Speak Example sentences
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[严厉批评,猛烈的训斥] scold harshly; criticize severely
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[(使)一致,符合 完全相似] record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
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[令人不满意的] not giving satisfaction;  inadequate
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[做声,发表] speak; express; send forth with the voice
religion  Speak Example sentences
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[宗教] belief in supernatural power regarded as creator and governor of the universe
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[退休] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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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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[活力] active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
ruin  Speak Example sentences
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[破坏,毁灭] fall or tumble down; destroy; devastate; exterminate
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[优雅的,精制的] cultured; purified; made pure
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[概略地,大致地] approximately; more or less
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[匙,勺子] a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
salmon  Speak Example sentences
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[照相,照片] photographic view or exposure
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[鲑鱼] several species of fish of the Salmonidae family; reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
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[才能,行业,职业] career; a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation
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[装运,装载的货物] sending of cargo; an act of sending off something
sample  Speak Example sentences
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[适合,适应] meet the requirements of; fit; please; satisfy
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[范例,样品] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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[头骨] a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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[识别,辨认] perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
satisfaction  Speak Example sentences
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[胜利,战胜] a successful ending of struggle or contest; a defeat of an enemy or opponent
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[满意,满足] fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite; source or means of gratification
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[镇压,粉碎] put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping
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[活力] active strength of body or mind; imaginative, lively style, especially style of writing; the exertion of force
shipwreck  Speak Example sentences
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[船只失事,海难] destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
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[连续的,相继的] consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
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[小提琴,小提琴手] a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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[匙,勺子] a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
skull  Speak Example sentences
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[头骨] a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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[识别,辨认] perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
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[宇宙] cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
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[尖叫] sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild crying such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like
suit  Speak Example sentences
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[退休] period of your life after you have stopped work at a certain age
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[适合,适应] meet the requirements of; fit; please; satisfy
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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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[滚动] a list of names
survivor  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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[令人不满意的] not giving satisfaction;  inadequate
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[识别,辨认] perceive the identity of; consent or admit with a formal acknowledgment; show appreciation of
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[生还者,残存物] one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction