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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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eject  Speak Example sentences
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[thiêu] great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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[cố hữu] firmly established by nature or habit
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[sai lầm] likely to fail or be inaccurate
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[đẩy] put out or expel from a place; discharge
elapse  Speak Example sentences
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[trôi qua] slip or glide away; pass away silently
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[ăn mòn] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[cao] enhance; hoist; raise or increase the quantity or degree of; intensify
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[hạn hán] dry period; aridity; a long period of abnormally low rainfall
entreat  Speak Example sentences
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[van nài] plead; make the earnest request of; ask for earnestly
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[càu nhàu] utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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[phễu] passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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[thành ngữ] an expression whose meaning differs from meanings of its individual words; distinctive style
fallible  Speak Example sentences
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[sai lầm] likely to fail or be inaccurate
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[phễu] passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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[sợi] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure
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[rên] give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing
fibre  Speak Example sentences
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[cản trở] put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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[nghiêm túc] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[sợi] slender, elongated, threadlike object or structure
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[khả thi] capable of being accomplished or brought about
forerunner  Speak Example sentences
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[tiên phong] predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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[cản trở] put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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[càu nhàu] utter or emit low, dull rumbling sounds
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[ăn mòn] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
funnel  Speak Example sentences
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[phễu] passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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[bóp méo] twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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[bất bình] affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment
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[khó tính] difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
gravel  Speak Example sentences
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[độ bền] perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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[cản trở] put at a disadvantage; tie up; hamper; prevent the progress
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[sỏi] small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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[giả thuyết] assumption; an idea or explanation for something that is based on known facts but has not yet been proved
grit  Speak Example sentences
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[dập tắt] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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[sạn] sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
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[kéo theo] imply or require; cause to ensue or accrue; cut or carve in an ornamental way
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[howl] utter a loud, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do; utter a sound expressive of distress
groan  Speak Example sentences
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[tiên phong] predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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[đẩy] put out or expel from a place; discharge
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[thuật ngữ] a brief explanation of words often placed at the back of a book
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[rên] give forth a low, moaning sound in breathing