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***** [(1) work; (2) workers as a group]  

Spelling labor

Meaning (1): work
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Building a house is hard labor. 家を建てることは重労働です。

Meaning (2): workers as a group
Usage example (text)

Usage example (text) Organized labor is a major force in American politics. 組織化された労働者たちは、アメリカの政治活動におけるひとつの大きな勢力です。

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***** [a room or place where experiments in science are done]

Spelling laboratory

Meaning: a room or place where experiments in science are done
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The medical students spent much of their time in the laboratory. 医学生たちはほとんどの時間を実験室で過ごした。

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***** [(1) to be without; (2) the condition of needing, wanting or not having] 

Spelling lack

Meaning (1): to be without
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The farmhouse lacked heat and electricity. 農家には暖房と電気がなかった。

Meaning (2): the condition of needing, wanting or not having
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The lack of rain caused the crops to fail. 降雨不足は農作物の不作を生じさせた。

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***** [a large area of fresh water surrounded by land]  

Spelling lake

Meaning: a large area of fresh water surrounded by land
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She swam across the lake. 彼女は湖を泳いで渡った。

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***** [(1) to come to the earth from the air; (2) the part of the earth not covered by water; (3) the ground]  

Spelling land

Meaning (1): to come to the earth from the air
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Airplanes land at airports. 航空機は空港に着陸します。

Meaning (2): the part of the earth not covered by water
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Only 25 percent of the earth's surface is land. 地球の表面のたった25パーセントが陸地です。

Meaning (3): the ground
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He bought this land ten years ago. 彼はこの土地を10年前に買った。

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***** [(1) words and their use; (2) what people speak in a country, nation or group]  

Spelling language

Meaning (1): words and their use
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She was interested in how new words come into the language. 彼女はどのようにして新しい言葉が、その言語に取り入れられるのか興味があった。

Meaning (2): what people speak in a country, nation or group
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) How many languages do you speak? 何ｶ国語を話しますか？

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***** [(1) big; (2) being of more than usual size, amount or number; (3) opposite small]  

Spelling large

Meaning (1): big
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) How large is your house? あなたの家はどのくらいの大きさですか？

Meaning (2): being of more than usual size, amount or number
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He had a large voice for such a small man. 彼は小男のわりには大きな声をしていた。

Meaning (3): opposite small
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She was a large woman. 彼女は体の大きな女性でした。

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***** [(1) to continue; (2) after all others; (3) the only one remaining]  

Spelling last

Meaning (1): to continue
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The talks will last three days. 話し合いは3日間続きます。

Meaning (2): after all others
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He was the last person to arrive. 彼が最後に到着した人だった。

Meaning (3): the only one remaining
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She is the last person in line. 彼女が列の最後尾です。

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***** [(1) after the correct time; (2) near the end; (3) opposite early]  

Spelling late

Meaning (1): after the correct time
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He arrived an hour late for work. 彼は仕事に1時間遅れて到着した。

Meaning (2): near the end
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The doctor said she would have her baby late in the year. 医者は、彼女は年末に子供を産むと言った。

Meaning (3): opposite early
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Do you like to eat early or late? 食事を早目にしたいですか、それとも遅くにしたいですか？

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***** [to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings]  

Spelling laugh

Meaning: to make sounds to express pleasure or happy feelings
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) I always laugh at her funny stories. 私はいつも彼女の面白い話しに笑う。

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***** [(1) to put into operation; (2) to begin; (3) to send into the air or space]  

Spelling launch

Meaning (1): to put into operation
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The terrorists launched an attack in the middle of the night. テロリストたちは夜中に攻撃をしかけた。

Meaning (2): to begin
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She said she soon will launch her campaign for mayor. 彼女は、自分はまもなく市長選の運動を始めると言った。 (現在時点ではまだ始めていない）

Meaning (3): to send into the air or space
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The United States launched an Apollo spacecraft on a flight to the moon. 合衆国は月への飛行にアポロ宇宙船を発射した。

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***** [all or any rules made by a government]  

Spelling law

Meaning: all or any rules made by a government
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The mayor urged city officials to pass the new law. 市長は市の役人たちに新法を承認するよう迫った。

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***** [(1) to show the way; (2) to command; (3) to control; (4) to go first]

Spelling lead

Meaning (1): to show the way
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) I could not find the store until he led me to it. 私は、彼が私を店に案内してくれるまでその店を見つけることができなかった。

Meaning (2): to command
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) General Wilcox will lead the special anti-terrorist force. ウィルコックス将軍は対テロリストの特別部隊を指揮します。

Meaning (3): to control
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He leads our music department. 彼は我々の音楽部門を率いています。

Meaning (4): to go first
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She followed as he led the way. 彼女は彼が先導するとおりについていった。

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***** [to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid)]  

Spelling leak

Meaning: to come out of or to escape through a small opening or hole (usually a gas or liquid)
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Oil leaked from the broken pipe. 油は折れたパイプから漏れた。

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***** [(1) to get knowledge about; (2) to come to know a fact or facts]

Spelling learn

Meaning (1): to get knowledge about
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He learned calculus in high school. 彼は微積分学を高校で学んだ。

Meaning (2): to come to know a fact or facts
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She wondered how he learned where she lived. 彼女は彼がどのように自分の住んでいるところを知ったのか不思議だった。

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***** [(1) to go away from; (2) to let something stay where it is]  

Spelling leave

Meaning (1): to go away from
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) His son will leave home next year for college. 彼の息子は大学進学のために来年家を出る。

Meaning (2): to let something stay where it is
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Please leave me alone. ひとりにしてください。

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***** [(1) on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north; (2) opposite right]  

Spelling left

Meaning (1): on the side that is toward the west when one is facing north
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Do you write with your left hand? あなたは左手で文字を書きますか？

Meaning (2): opposite right
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) I am lost because I turned left instead of right. 私は右に曲がらずに左に曲がったので道に迷ってしまった。

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***** [of or in agreement with the law]  

Spelling legal

Meaning: of or in agreement with the law
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He said his lawyer gave him good legal advice. 彼は、弁護士は適切な法的助言をしてくれたと言った。

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***** [a government lawmaking group]  

Spelling legislature

Meaning: a government lawmaking group
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The legislature makes laws. 立法機関が法律を制定する。

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***** [(1) to permit someone to use a thing temporarily; (2) to make a loan of money]  

Spelling lend

Meaning (1): to permit someone to use a thing temporarily
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Joe said he will lend me his car tomorrow. ジョーは明日、私に彼の車を貸してくれると言った。 (この時点ではまだ貸してもらっていない)

Meaning (2): to make a loan of money
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) None of his friends would lend him any money. 彼の友人たちは、だれも彼にお金を貸さないでしょう。

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