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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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n. [洗衣店,要洗的衣服] washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed


Spelling Word: laundry
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n. [酒精飲料] any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid


Spelling Word: liquor
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n. [奢侈,豪華] something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive


Spelling Word: luxury
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n. [大規模購物中心] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk


Spelling Word: mall
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n. [部長,公使,外交使節] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department


Spelling Word: minister
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v. [修改,變更] alter; change something such as a plan, opinion, law to improve


Spelling Word: modify
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a. [不為情所動的,公平的] not influenced by emotions; having actual existence or reality


Spelling Word: objective
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n. [(特定的)時刻,時候,良機,機會] a significant event that occurs at a critical time; opportunity to do something; event or happening


Spelling Word: occasion
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n. [父權,父道,父系] relation of a father to his child


Spelling Word: paternity
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n. [哲學,原理,人生觀] body of highest truth; investigation of nature, causes, or principles of reality


Spelling Word: philosophy