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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resolve  Speak Example sentences
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[蛇行] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[存続] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[解決] make a firm decision about; find a solution to
retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[妨害] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[シェルは] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[販売店] a company which sells goods
rotary  Speak Example sentences
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[一蹴] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
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[ロータリー] turning, as a wheel on its axis; pertaining to, or resembling, the motion of a wheel on its axis
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[存続] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[痕跡] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
salutary  Speak Example sentences
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[危険] dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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[とりとめ] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[過渡] momentary; temporary; staying for a short time
scoff  Speak Example sentences
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[スノッブ] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[茂み] wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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[痕跡] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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[一蹴] mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
screwdriver  Speak Example sentences
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[毒] poisonous; secreting and transmitting venom; marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
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[痕跡] trace; remains; an indication that something has happened
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[ドライバ] a hand tool for driving screws
shell  Speak Example sentences
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[恨み] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[シェルは] remove from the husk; separate kernels from cob; defeat decisively; hit the pitches of hard and regularly
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[危険] dangerous; dangerously unstable and unpredictable; disloyal; tending to betray
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
snob  Speak Example sentences
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[猶予] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[スノッブ] a vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable than he really is; one who apes his superiors
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[胃] the principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
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[否認] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of
stanza  Speak Example sentences
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[物言い] full of wishful yearning or longing; sadly thoughtful
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[猶予] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[厳粛] seriousness; gravity; religious or ritual ceremony
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[スタンザ] unit of poem, written or printed as a paragraph
subsist  Speak Example sentences
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[存続] remain or continue in existence; maintain life; live; support oneself
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[恨み] indignation; a deep sense of injury; strong displeasure
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[発射] the whip used to inflict punishment; severe punishment
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[否認] disown; refuse to acknowledge; reject validity or authority of