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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [重新开始,继续] give a summary; return to a previous location or condition


Spelling Word: resume
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n. [时间表,计划表] plan for an activity or event; arrange


Spelling Word: schedule
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n. [庇护,保护] protective covering or structure; protect; guard


Spelling Word: shield
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n. [柱子,赌注] money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something


Spelling Word: stake
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n. [公司股票,(船上的)货物重量] certificate for a shareholder of the corporation; the total amount of goods in a shop


Spelling Word: stock
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n. [过度的疲劳,紧张] group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure


Spelling Word: strain
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v. [撕扯,撕裂,撕破] separate or be separated by force; divide or disrupt; fill with tears or shed tears


Spelling Word: tear
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a. [完全的,彻底的] accurate or careful; complete


Spelling Word: thorough
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n. [拇指,惹人注目] the short, thick first digit of a human hand


Spelling Word: thumb
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a. [由三部分合成的,使成三倍] consisting of three united; multiplied by three; threefold; three times repeated


Spelling Word: triple