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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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a. [抽象的] theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand


Spelling Word: abstract
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ad. [意外地,偶然地] inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically


Spelling Word: accidentally
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n. [任務,作業] a task that was given to students; job; distribution; appointment


Spelling Word: assignment
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n. [原子] a tiny piece of anything; the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element


Spelling Word: atom
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a. [一般的,通常的,平庸的] typical; mean; achieve or reach on average


Spelling Word: average
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n. [臨時保姆,代人照顧嬰兒者] a person engaged in caring for children when the parents are not home


Spelling Word: babysitter
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n. [男爵,大財主,大老闆] title or degree of nobility


Spelling Word: baron
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ad. [在…之下] lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; below


Spelling Word: beneath
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n. [毯子,厚的遮蓋物] heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing


Spelling Word: blanket
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n. [出租馬車,汽車] taxi; a one-horse vehicle for public hire


Spelling Word: cab