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  Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sheriff  Speak Example sentences
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give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
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melt or blend ores, changing their chemical composition
shortcut  Speak Example sentences
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spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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developed or designed for a special activity or function
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the company owned by the parent company or holding company
sidestep  Speak Example sentences
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avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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a job involving confinement; an exercise device on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
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the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
soak  Speak Example sentences
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bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
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wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
stabilize  Speak Example sentences
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wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words
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open and shut the eye rapidly; blink; wink
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become stable or more stable
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apartment barely meeting minimal standards
stale  Speak Example sentences
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wood or collection of trees, shrubs
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give testimony in a court of law; provide evidence for
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name written in own handwriting
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having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
stalwart  Speak Example sentences
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throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge
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marked by imposing physical strength; firmly built; firm, and resolute
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causing or ending in or approaching death; station
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
tractor  Speak Example sentences
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a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
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annoy; disturb, especially by minor irritations; be a mystery or bewildering to
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a motor vehicle with large back wheels and thick tires, used on farms for pulling machinery
tramp  Speak Example sentences
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avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
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travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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cut with a sharp blade using a quick, strong movement; reduce largely
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the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
tranquility  Speak Example sentences
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delay; leave slowly and hesitantly; wait
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causing or ending in or approaching death; station
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a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, or worry
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throw up; eject from stomach through the mouth; disgorge