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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [监狱,监禁] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody


Spelling Word: jail
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v. [发动] begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off


Spelling Word: launch
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v. [量度,度量衡制,计量单位,量具] determine the size of something; mark the layout, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison


Spelling Word: measure
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a. [整洁的,整齐的] clean or orderly; tidy, with everything in its place


Spelling Word: neat
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n. [入迷,固执的念头] compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion


Spelling Word: obsession
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v. [反对,反抗,对抗] place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand


Spelling Word: oppose
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n. [片,补缀,碎片] a piece of cloth; small area of ground covered by specific vegetation


Spelling Word: patch
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n. [阶段,态] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage


Spelling Word: phase
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v. [野餐,轻松的工作] eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion


Spelling Word: picnic
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n. [独处,隐私,秘密] quality of being secluded from view of others; condition of being hidden


Spelling Word: privacy