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  Academic Words Level 5 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abyss  Speak Example sentences
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[vực thẳm] enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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[gặm mòn] destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
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[rộng] measure or dimension from side to side; width; extent
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[ám chỉ] refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion
additive  Speak Example sentences
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[mật mã] secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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[phụ gia] something added to a substance, esp. food, to improve it or to preserve it; supplement
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[chợ] market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East
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[chống] negate; act against
amateur  Speak Example sentences
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[cụm] cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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[tổ tiên] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
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[nghiệp dư] one who engages in an art, science, study, or athletic activity as a pastime rather than as a profession
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[đoái đến] condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
artery  Speak Example sentences
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[vực thẳm] enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell
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[mạo] give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
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[chầu] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
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[động mạch] one of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart; major transit corridor
beseech  Speak Example sentences
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[mật mã] secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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[vàng] gold and silver in the form of bars
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[chống] negate; act against
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[cầu xin] beg; plead with; ask for or request earnestly
bourgeois  Speak Example sentences
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[kho vũ khí] storage place for military equipment; a stock of weapons
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[tư sản] middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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[mật mã] secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number
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[hỗn loạn] absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
caution  Speak Example sentences
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[cảnh cáo] formal warning in law; close attention to minimizing risk
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[hiện ra] ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
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[tàn phá] an event that results in destruction;  the state of being decayed or destroyed
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[chầu] act of playing honor to a divine being; worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god
chivalry  Speak Example sentences
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[tinh thần thượng võ] courtesy towards women
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[chấp nhận sự] assent; agree without protesting
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[mạo] give sanction or support to; tolerate or approve
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[sợ hãi] capable of knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
clump  Speak Example sentences
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[cổ] ancient times, especially the times preceding the Middle Ages; extreme oldness
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[răn] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority
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[cụm] cluster or close group of bushes, trees; mass; the sound of heavy treading
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[bạc lá] blast; prevent the growth and fertility of; destroy the happiness of; ruin; frustrate
clutch  Speak Example sentences
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[đoái đến] condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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[ly hợp] device for gripping and holding; a tense, critical situation
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[kho vũ khí] storage place for military equipment; a stock of weapons
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[răn] order or injunction given by authority; command; charge; an act of commanding; exercise of authority