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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reserve  Speak Example sentences
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[发出低沉的隆隆声] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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[自我控制,疏远] lack of enthusiasm; skeptical caution; something saved for future use; self-restraint in expression
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[汽笛,警报器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[回复,故态复萌] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
residue  Speak Example sentences
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[绕远道的,转弯抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[残留物,余额] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
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[零售商] a company which sells goods
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[取消] cancel; make void; repeal or annul
retailer  Speak Example sentences
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[冥想,发呆,白日梦] daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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[高兴的,有希望的,乐天的] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
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[零售商] a company which sells goods
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[发出低沉的隆隆声] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
rout  Speak Example sentences
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[树液,汁液] the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid
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[汽笛,警报器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[零售商] a company which sells goods
sanguine  Speak Example sentences
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[尊敬,崇拜] religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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[绕远道的,转弯抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[发出低沉的隆隆声] utter or emit low dull sounds; move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound
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[高兴的,有希望的,乐天的] cheerfully confident; optimistic; of healthy reddish color; ruddy
sensual  Speak Example sentences
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[感官的,肉欲的,感官论的] physical rather than spiritual or intellectual; affecting any of senses or sense organ; sensory
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[超音速的,超声(波)的] supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
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[令人满足的] giving pleasure or satisfaction of the senses; having strong sexual appeal
shamble  Speak Example sentences
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[蹒跚而行,踉跄而行] walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet
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[制裁] approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid; penalty intended to ensure compliance
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[酵母,兴奋] foam, or troth, or the sediment, of beer or other in fermentation
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[用茅草覆盖屋顶] house roof made with a plant material
siren  Speak Example sentences
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[糖浆,果汁] a thick sweet sticky liquid
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[汽笛,警报器] an electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
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[尊敬,崇拜] religious zeal; willingness to serve God
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[温暖的,舒适的] a small secluded room; well and tightly constructed
spontaneously  Speak Example sentences
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[自然地,本能地] without advance preparation; naturally
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[竞争] strive for victory or superiority; contend; compete
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[旋转的] rapidly rotating on an axis; whirling; circling
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[吓跑,赶出,击退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
swarm  Speak Example sentences
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[绕远道的,转弯抹角的] circuitous; going round; indirect; encircling; enveloping; comprehensive
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[零售商] a company which sells goods
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[蜂群,一大群] move or gather in large numbers; be overrun
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[一致性,同样] sameness or consistency; freedom from variation or difference