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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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n. [消退,退卻] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position


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v. [陰謀破壞,顛覆活動] destroy property or hinder normal operations


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a. [靈敏的] able to feel;  responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others


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v. [草圖,素描] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of


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a. [硬的,僵直的] not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant


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n. [生活重壓,強調,重讀] put special emphasis on; utter with an accent; state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain


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n. [錄音室,藝術家工作室] workplace for the teaching or practice of an art


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n. [主題,學科,(藝術品的)主題,被處理的對象] something to be treated; course or area of study


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n. [外科醫生] one who performs manual operations on a patient


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n. [酷刑,折磨] extreme pain; anguish of body or mind


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