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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [杠杆,起杠杆作用的部件] a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force


Spelling Word: lever
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v. [跛行 无力的,松软的] walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily


Spelling Word: limp
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v. [逗留,闲逛,流连] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay


Spelling Word: linger
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v. [破坏,损伤] spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of


Spelling Word: mar
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a. [男人的,男子气概的,阳性的] of the male sex; not female; having the qualities of a man


Spelling Word: masculine
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a. [母性的] motherly; relating to mother or motherhood


Spelling Word: maternal
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n. [悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing


Spelling Word: melody
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ad. [尽管如此,不过,可是,然而] not the less; notwithstanding; despite that; yet


Spelling Word: nevertheless
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v. [纠缠,困扰] preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone


Spelling Word: obsess
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n. [起源,开端,出身] the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain


Spelling Word: origin