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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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affinity  Speak Example sentences
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[親和] natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
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[競争] quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
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[地金] gold and silver in the form of bars
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[弟子] follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
amiss  Speak Example sentences
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[気を悪くする] out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty
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[支払う] pay costs of; undertake payment of; make compensation to or for
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[債権] a person to whom a debtor owes money
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[連続] sharing an edge or boundary; touching; neighboring
antibiotic  Speak Example sentences
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[抗生物質]  of or relating to a chemical substance that kills microorganisms and cures infections
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[弟子] follower; adherent; a person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others
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[渓谷] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
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[気まぐれ] fickle; impulsive and unpredictable; apt to change opinions suddenly
arable  Speak Example sentences
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[レジャー] protection from harm
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[適合性] behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards
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[耕作] fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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[男] crack, as in earth surface; splitting of skin, caused by cold or exposure; one of the jaws or cheeks; man or boy
bellows  Speak Example sentences
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[適合性] behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards
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[動作] a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely
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[極貧] extremely poor; utterly lacking; devoid
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[ボヘミアン] unconventional in an artistic way
bland  Speak Example sentences
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[は、礼拝] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
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[士官候補生] not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
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[当たり障り] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[コミッショナー] a person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
brute  Speak Example sentences
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[士官候補生] not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence
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[は落胆] being in low spirits; depressed
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[当たり障り] lacking stimulating or mild; agreeable
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[従順] obedient; ready and willing to be taught; easily managed or handled
canyon  Speak Example sentences
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[賛同] expression of warm approval; praise
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[虐殺] destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
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[地金] gold and silver in the form of bars
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[渓谷] narrow chasm with cliff walls, cut into the earth by running water; a gorge
chivalry  Speak Example sentences
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[虐殺] destruction of life; the savage and excessive killing of many people
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[素っ気ない] having been shortened; effectively cut short; rudely brief or abrupt, as in speech or manner
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[騎士] courtesy towards women
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[車軸] pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel; transverse bar connecting the opposite wheels
clench  Speak Example sentences
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[コミッショナー] a person authorized by a commission to perform certain duties; member of a commission
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[食いしばる] close tightly; grasp or grip tightly; fasten with a clinch
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[騎士] courtesy towards women
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[気を悪くする] out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty