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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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amuse  Speak Example sentences
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[thảm họa] calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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[phát sinh] come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
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[Điều lệ] license; authorize; hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services
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[giải trí] occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
appendix  Speak Example sentences
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[pha] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[giống] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
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[phim hoạt hình] a drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke
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[phụ lục] something appended or added
arch  Speak Example sentences
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[kiến trúc] any part of a curved line
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[nghiện] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[đóng góp] act of contributing; payment exacted for a special purpose; impost or levy
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[bãi bỏ] ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
arise  Speak Example sentences
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[aptitude] inherent ability; quickness in learning and understanding
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[giả] aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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[phát sinh] come up from a lower to a higher position; come above the horizon; spring up; come into action
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[giải trí] occupy in an agreeable, pleasing, or entertaining fashion; cause laughter or be funny; delude or deceive
attendant  Speak Example sentences
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[tiệc] feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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[crumb] small fragment or piece,  especially a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off
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[giả] aide; servant; accompanying; a person who participates in a meeting
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[hoan nghênh] acclaim; express approval, especially by clapping the hands
banquet  Speak Example sentences
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[Điều lệ] license; authorize; hold under a lease or rental agreement of goods and services
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[tham vọng] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
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[tiệc] feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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[Kênh] an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
beforehand  Speak Example sentences
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[đoàn] an army unit usually consisting of two or more divisions; a body of people associated together
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[thuộc địa] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
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[khởi hành] take off; leave; set out
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[trước] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
boil  Speak Example sentences
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[sôi] be agitated; pass from a liquid to vapor when heated; be  excited with passion; heat in the water
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[kết luận] enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination; bring to an end
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[thảm họa] calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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[phục vụ] supply what is needed or desired; provide food professionally for a special occasion
bulb  Speak Example sentences
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[bóng] the rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball
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[bội] something as bars at edges to absorb shock and prevent serious damage
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[lắp ráp] put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
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[thuộc địa] region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees
caution  Speak Example sentences
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[ca] song of praise or patriotism; the song of devotion or loyalty
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[pha] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[khoang] hole; cavern; hollow area within the body
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[cảnh cáo] care; being attentive to possible danger