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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [立法] lawmaking; the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body


Spelling Word: legislation
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v. [逗留,閒逛,流連] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay


Spelling Word: linger
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n. [頁邊的空白,(湖,池等的)邊緣] border; rim; the amount by which one thing is different from another


Spelling Word: margin
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n. [草地,牧草場] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay


Spelling Word: meadow
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n. [隱喻] implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol


Spelling Word: metaphor
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n. [(總稱)神話] study of myths; a collection of myths


Spelling Word: mythology
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n. [對手,反對者] contestant; someone who offers opposition


Spelling Word: opponent
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v. [無意中聽到,從旁聽到] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again


Spelling Word: overhear
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v. [不理會,推翻] ride over or across; ride upon; trample down.


Spelling Word: override
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n. [(文章的)段,段落,(報紙的)一則新聞] the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line


Spelling Word: paragraph