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 Group 4 - Spelling Practices
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/meɪn'teɪn/ v. Syn. support; sustain
(保持,維持,贍養,供給) keep in any particular state or condition; keep up or carry on; continue


Spelling Word: maintain
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/'mi:dɪə/ n. Syn. medium; television; newspaper
(媒體) public institutions that report the news, such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television


Spelling Word: media
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/'mɪlɪtərɪ/;/-tɛrɪ/ a. Syn. soldiery; militia
(軍事的,軍用的,軍隊的,軍人的) pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; of whole body of soldiers


Spelling Word: military
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/'mɪnɪstrɪ/ n.
((政府的)部,部的辦公樓,部長) act of serving; government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister


Spelling Word: ministry
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/nɛvəðə'lɛs/ ad.
(儘管如此,不過,可是,然而) not the less; notwithstanding; in spite of that; yet


Spelling Word: nevertheless
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/ɒd/ a. Syn. bizarre; strange; unusual
(奇異的,古怪的) not easily explained; beyond from the usual or expected; not divisible by two


Spelling Word: odd
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/oʊvə'læp/ n.
(部分重疊,交搭,迭蓋) representation of common ground between two things; extend over and cover a part of


Spelling Word: overlap
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/'pærəgrɑrf/;/'pærəgræf/ n.
((文章的)段,段落,(報紙的)一則新聞) distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line


Spelling Word: paragraph
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/'pæsɪv/ a. Syn. compliant; inactive
(被動的) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice


Spelling Word: passive
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/feɪz/ n. Syn. stage; moment
(階段,態) any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage


Spelling Word: phase