Princeton Toefl Flashcards

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Ritual

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Ceremony

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Plumage

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The features covering a bird’s body

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Tryst

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A meeting between lovers in a secret place or at a secret time

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Elaborate

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Intricate, complex

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Twig

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A small very thin stem of wood that grows from a branch on a tree

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Tunnel

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A passage under the ground that animals have dug to live in

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Perch

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A branch or stick where a bird sits

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Lavish

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Large, impressive

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Delineate

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To make the borders between two areas very clear

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Beak

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Bill

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Fondness

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To like sth

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Choke

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To be unable to breathe properly

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Set off

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To start to go somewhere

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Trinket

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A small pretty object that is not valuable

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Prune

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To cut off some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better

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Sturdy

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Strong

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Bypass

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To avoid system

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Hospitable

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Friendly, welcoming, generous to visitors

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Account

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Description

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Gratitude

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To feeling of being grateful

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Regardless of

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Without being affected or influenced by sth

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Pendulous

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Swinging freely

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Give off

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Produce a smell

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Scent

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Fragrance

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Edible

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Can be eaten

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Peek

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To look quickly at sth, just see a small amount of it

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Canopy

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Covering

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Foliage

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The leaves of a plant

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Exclusive

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Available only to particular people

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Exclusively

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Only

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Fend off

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Fight off

To defend yourself against someone who is attacking you

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Boundless

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Abundant, having no limit

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Surge

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To suddenly increase

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Shrunk

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Shrink=to become smaller

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Reed

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A type of tall plant like grass that grows in wet places

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Accompany

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To go somewhere with someone

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Rigorous

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Careful, thorough, exact

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Prospect

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The possibility that something will happen

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Harassment

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Threatening way

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Die off

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Die one by one until no more of that

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Wither

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Dry and not bloom

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Lintel

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A piece of stone or wood across the top of a window or door, forming part of frame

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Primitive

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Simple, not modern

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Apparent

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Easy to notice

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Inherent

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A natural part of it and cannot be separated from it

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Conquer

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To defeat an enemy

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Cumbersome

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Slow and difficult, heavy, not easy to use, clumsy

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Date back

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To have existed since a particular time in the past

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Hominid

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Human

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Underbrush

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Underground, small tree growing under

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Tame

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To reduce the power or strength of sth and prevent it from causing trouble

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Resourceful

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Good at finding ways of dealing with practical problems

เต็มไปด้วยความคิดริเริ่มสร้างสรรค์และสามารถแก้ปัญหาได้ดี

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Lit

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Light

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Hearth

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The area of floor around a fireplace in a house

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Harness

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Control

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Rubbing

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Polish

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Chipping

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Small pieces break off

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Flint

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Smooth hard stone

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Spark

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Flash ประกายไฟ

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Anthropologist

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The scientific study of people, their societies culture

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Portable

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Able to be carried or move easily

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Disposal

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Elimination

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Reveal

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Show

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Enable

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To make it possible for someone to do something

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Artifact

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Object

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Coincide with

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To happen at the Same time as something else, especially by chance

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Cope with

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Involve

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Regarding

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Speeches to introduce the subject
Concerning
With regard to

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Indifference

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Lack of interest

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Hail

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To describe someone or something as being very good

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Lariat

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A weapon

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Debt

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Sum of money

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Owe

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Borrow

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Arduous

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Involving a lot of strength and effort

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Bow

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To bend your body

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Squint

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To look at sth with your eyes partly closed in order to see better
หรี่ตา ชำเลืองมอง

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Glare

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To shine with very strong bright light which hurts your eyes

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Treeless

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No tree

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Toughen

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To become difficult

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Exertion

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A lot of physical effort, the use of power

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Tie

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ผูกให้แน่น

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Keep out

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ปิดกั้นไม่ให้เข้าไปข้างใน

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Bandage

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ผ้าพันแผล

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Chaps

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กางเกงหนังที่ไม่มีส่วนก้นที่ใช้สวมทับกางเกงปกติเพื่อป้องกันส่วนขา

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Thorny

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Plant has thorns

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Handler

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Someone who trains an animal

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Morale

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The level of confidence and positive feelings

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Call upon

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To formally ask someone to do sth, to visit someone for a short time

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Attribute to

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To believe that person said it

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Cupboard

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Wardrobe, cabinet

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Rear

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Front

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Molasses

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กากน้ำตาล

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Perishable

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Is likely to decay quickly

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Picturesque

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สวยงดงามมีเสน่ห์

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Solitude

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Isolation, privacy

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Aviation

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The science or practice of flying in aircraft

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No sooner had…than

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ในอีกไม่ช้า used to say that something happened almost immediately after something else

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Smite

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To hit sth with a lot of force

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Take in a movie

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Go to see a movie

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Up-to-date

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Modern

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Odds against

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How likely it is that something will or will not happen

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Stunt

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A dangerous action

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Exemplified

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To give an example of sth

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Resourcefulness

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Good at finding ways of dealing with practical problems

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Testify to

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To show clearly that sth is the case

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Grudge

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To do or give sth veery unwillingly

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Be deem to do sth

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Consider

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Indignant

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Angry and surprised because you feel insulted or unfairly treated

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Ironically

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เชิงเหน็บแนม

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Subsequent

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Come after สิ่งที่ตามมาภายหลัง

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Settle down

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To become quiet and calm

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Illustrious

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Famous and admired because of what you have achieved

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Foremost

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The most important

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Mishap

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A small accident that does not have very serious results

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Stack

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Heap

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Intrusion

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Annoying

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Profusion

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A very large amount of sth

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Fairly

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Quite

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Endeavor

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Try hard to do something

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Skimmed off, scraped from

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To remove sth from the surface

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Seep

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To flow slowly through small holes or spaces

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Conduit

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A pipe which water passes

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Drill

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A tool or machine used for making holes in something

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Artificially

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Not real

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Offshore

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Not far from the coast

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Platform

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ชานชาลา

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Vigorous

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Energetic

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Rupture

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Breach, break แตกออก

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Pipeline

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A line of connecting pipes, often under the ground, used for sending oil , gas over long distances

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Spill

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หก

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Finite

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Having a limit

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Frighteningly

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Making you feel afraid or nervous

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Crest

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Top, highest point

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Incorporate

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Consolidate, unite, to include sth as part of a group

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Prominence

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The fact of being important and well-known

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Genre

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Kind, sort, type, style

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Virtuoso

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Someone who is a very skillful performer especially in music

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Literally

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To emphasize a strong expression, actually, virtually

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Figuratively

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To give you a particular idea or picture in your mind

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Mere

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Small or unimportant things

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Cohesive

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Connected or related in a reasonable way to form a whole, uniting people or things

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Epic

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A poem that tells along story about brave actions and exciting events

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Summon

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Call, gather

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Deposit

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To put sth down in a particular place

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Squeezing

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Press sth firmly

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Uplift

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An increase sth, raised upwards

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Carve

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To make an object or pattern by cutting a piece of wood or stone

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Wash off

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To clean dirt from the surface of sth with water

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Flank

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Side

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Outward

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Directed towards the outside or away from a place

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Upheaval

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A very big change that often causes problems

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Gorges

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A deep narrow valley with steep sides

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Till

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Until

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Tilt

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To move or make sth move into a position

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Terrain

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Region, territory ภูมิประเทศ

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Picturesque

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สวยสง่ามีเสน่ห์, scenic

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Incessant

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Constant

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Railroad

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Railway

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Executive

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เกี่ยวกับการดำเนินการ การบริหาร

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Wrought iron

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เหล็กบริสุทธิ์ที่ดัดเป็นรูปร่างต่างๆได้

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Drawn-out

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Take more time than usual or more time than you would think

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Cutlery

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Knives, forks, spoons

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Spring

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Curved metal

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Mine

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To dig large holes in the ground in order to remove gold

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Shovel

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พลั่ว

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Depot

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A place where goods are stored until they are needed

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Dizzy

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โง่เง่า เวียนศีรษะหน้ามืดfeeling unable to stand steadily ex. A high place

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Disparate

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Consisting of things or people that are very different and not related to each other

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Confluence

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The place where two or more rivers flow together

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Radical

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Extreme, very big and important

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Prodigious

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Very large or great in a surprising or impressive way

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Crisscross

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A pattern made up of a lot of straight lines that cross each other

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Punctuate

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To be interrupted by sth, especially when this is repeated

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Graphically

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Very clear, vividly

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Craftwork

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งานฝีมือ

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Bead

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ลูกปัด

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Crafts person

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คนที่มีทักษะงานฝีมือ

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String

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To put thing together

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Excise

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To remove or get rid of sth, especially by cutting it out

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Pierce

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to make a small hole in or through something, using an object with a sharp point

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Sinew

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A part of your body that connect a muscle to a bone

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Embroidered

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Decorated

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Paleness

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More white

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Fathomless

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Impossible to measure or understand

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Hang on

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To hold sth tightly

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Worship

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Respect for a God

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Commemorate

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ระลึกถึง

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Made out of

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Produce

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Woven

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Weave

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Barter

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Exchange

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Come into

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Move towards you

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Reluctant to

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Unwilling to

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Stand-in

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someone who does the job or takes the place of someone else for a short time

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For a while

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ชั่วขณะหนึ่ง, a period of time

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Shatter

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To break suddenly into very small pieces

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Splinter

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a small sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal, that has broken off a larger piece:

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Virtue

A

Moral goodness of character and behaviour

Opp; vice

197
Q

Boon

A

something that is very useful and makes your life a lot easier or better:

The bus service is a real boon to people in the village.

198
Q

Take up

A

Interested in anew activity

199
Q

Rim

A

The outside edge of sth circular

200
Q

Stand on

A

Give opinion

201
Q

Gash

A

A large deep hole

202
Q

Cataclysm

A

A violent or sudden event

203
Q

Wear away

A

To gradually become smoother or thinner

204
Q

Topmost

A

Top

205
Q

Cave in

A

Fall down

206
Q

Tumble

A

Fall down quickly

207
Q

Meandered

A

Slow relax

208
Q

Bulge

A

To stick out in a rounded shape, especially bcoz sth is very full or too tight

209
Q

Carve out

A

Move

210
Q

Sweep away

A

To completely destroy

211
Q

Subject to

A

Depend on

212
Q

Perpetual

A

Continue to exist for a long time

213
Q

Break off

A

To end

214
Q

Be/get carried away

A

To be so excited, interested

215
Q

Split

A

To divide

216
Q

Friction

A

the natural force that prevents one surface from sliding easily over another surface:

217
Q

Respect

A

The belief in something

218
Q

Crust

A

The hard outer layer of the earth

219
Q

Tremble

A

Shake slightly

220
Q

Palimpsest

A

An ancient document

221
Q

Collision with

A

Hit each other while moving in different direction

222
Q

Cease

A

Stop

223
Q

Ripped from

A

แยก ฉีก

224
Q

Come up with

A

To have an idea

225
Q

Accretion

A

a layer of a substance which slowly forms on something

226
Q

Side by side

A

Next to each other

227
Q

Arise

A

Begin to happen

228
Q

Peculiar

A

Strange

229
Q

Remain

A

ซากที่ยังเหลืออยู่

230
Q

Coalesced into

A

Fuse

231
Q

Comet

A

ดาวหาง

232
Q

Meteor

A

ดาวตก

233
Q

Crater

A

ปล่องภูเขาไฟ

234
Q

Apart from

A

เว้นเสียแต่ว่า, นอกเหนือไปจาก

235
Q

Patch

A

A small area

236
Q

Efface

A

To destroy or remove sth, erase

237
Q

Mitigate

A

Alleviate

238
Q

Wildlife

A

Animals and plants growing in natural conditions

239
Q

Tap

A

Use

240
Q

Traverse

A

To move across, over , or through sth, especially an area of land or water

241
Q

Extremity of

A

The part that is furthest away from the centre of sth

242
Q

Subsequently

A

Accordinglyตามลำดับ

243
Q

Mindful of sth

A

Conscious of, remembering a particular rule ofpr fact and thinking about it when you are making decisions about what to do

244
Q

Driftwood

A

Wood floating in the sea or left on the shore

245
Q

Myriad

A

Very many

246
Q

Creek

A

A small narrow stream or river

247
Q

Birch

A

A tree with smooth

248
Q

Aspiration

A

Ambition, a strong desire to have or achieve sth

249
Q

Venture

A

A new business activity that involves taking risks, to go somewhere that could be dangerous

250
Q

Nimble

A

Agile, quick

251
Q

Voyager

A

Someone who makes long and often dangerous journeys, especially on the sea

252
Q

Paddle

A

พาย

253
Q

Paramount

A

More important than anything else

254
Q

Frontier

A

The border of a country

255
Q

Cooperation

A

การทำงานร่วมกัน, ความร่วมมือ willingness to do what someone asks you to do