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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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relaxation  Speak Example sentences
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[风景如画的] constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
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[松弛,缓和] state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
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[猜测] guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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[男高音,要点,要旨] continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
reliance  Speak Example sentences
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[退休,引退] move back and away from; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
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[隐伏跟踪(猎物)] go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[猜测] guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
replace  Speak Example sentences
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[优雅的,精制的] cultured; purified; made pure
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[做声,发表] speak; express; send forth with the voice
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[代替,取代] substitute; put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
responsibility  Speak Example sentences
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[责任,职责] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
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[依靠,依靠的人或物] dependence; certainty based on experience
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[优雅的,精制的] cultured; purified; made pure
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[反抗,抵抗,抵抗力,阻力] the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
scenic  Speak Example sentences
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[连续的,相继的] consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
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[风景如画的] constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
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[拱顶,地下室] arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; burial chamber usually underground
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[宇宙] cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
significance  Speak Example sentences
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[缺乏的,稀有的,罕见的] hard to find; absent or rare; limited
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[意义,含义,重要性] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
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[头骨] a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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[紧急的,迫切的] pressing; compelling immediate action or attention
skull  Speak Example sentences
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[战术,策略] strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
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[安全] freedom from risk or danger; safety
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[头骨] a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
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[(使)一致,符合 完全相似] record by making a mark; reckon or count; keep score
surmise  Speak Example sentences
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[猜测] guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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[退休,引退] move back and away from; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position
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[讨厌的,麻烦的] annoying; causing a lot of problems for someone
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[男高音,要点,要旨] continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
tactics  Speak Example sentences
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[战术,策略] strategy; policy; plan for attaining a particular goal
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[报酬,赔偿] render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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[利用] put into service; take advantage of
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[宇宙] cosmos; everything that exists anywhere
tenor  Speak Example sentences
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[规定,条款] provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
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[责任,职责] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
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[男高音,要点,要旨] continuous, unwavering course; exact meaning or actual wording of a document
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[缺乏的,稀有的,罕见的] hard to find; absent or rare; limited