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***** [to offer or propose something to think about or consider]

Spelling suggest

Meaning: to offer or propose something to think about or consider
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She suggested doing the job a different way. 彼女は仕事を違う方法でやることを提案した。

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***** [the warmest time of the year, between spring and autumn]

Spelling summer

Meaning: the warmest time of the year, between spring and autumn
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Most public schools are closed during the summer. ほとんどの公立学校は夏の間、閉鎖されます。

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***** [the huge star in the sky that provides heat and light to earth]  

Spelling sun

Meaning: the huge star in the sky that provides heat and light to earth
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Without the sun, life would not exist on Earth. 太陽がなければ、地球上に生物は存在しないでしょう。

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***** [to direct and observe the work of others]  

Spelling supervise

Meaning: to direct and observe the work of others
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) She supervises a health services office. 彼女は医療保健事務所を管理しています。

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***** [(1) to give; (2) to provide; (3) the amount of something that can be given or sold to others]  

Spelling supply

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

Usage example (text) The organization supplies food and clothing to poor people. その団体は貧しい人々に食料と洋服を支給します。

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

Usage example (text) The store supplies workers with low cost uniforms and other work clothing. その店は労働者に安い制服とその他の仕事着を供給しています。

Meaning (3): the amount of something that can be given or sold to others
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The store has large supplies of uniforms in all sizes. その店はすべてのサイズを取り揃えた制服の豊富な在庫を持っています。

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***** [(1) to carry the weight of; (2) to hold up or in position; (3) to agree with others and help them reach a goal; (4) to approve] 

Spelling support

Meaning (1): to carry the weight of
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The walls support the weight of the house. 壁が家の重みを支えています。

Meaning (2): to hold up or in position
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) My helper supports the part while I connect it. 私の助手は私が部品を繋げる間、それを支えています。

Meaning (3): to agree with others and help them reach a goal
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Her job is to support the other workers by agreeing with their decisions. 彼女の仕事は、ほかの労働者たちの決定に同意することで彼らを支援することです。

Meaning (4): to approve
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He supports them by approving their efforts to complete the work. 彼は仕事を完成しようとする彼らの努力を認めることで、彼らを支持しています。

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***** [(1) to believe, think or imagine; (2) to expect]  

Spelling suppose

Meaning (1): to believe, think or imagine
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) I suppose you are right. あなたの言うとおりでしょう。

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

Usage example (text) It is supposed to rain tonight. 今晩、雨が降ることになっています。

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***** [(1) to put down or to keep down by force; (2) to prevent information from being known publicly]  

Spelling suppress

Meaning (1): to put down or to keep down by force
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The government suppressed any attempt to end its control. 政府は政権を終わらせようとするあらゆる試みを鎮圧した。

Meaning (2): to prevent information from being known publicly
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The government suppressed all reports of demonstrations. 政府は示威運動のすべての報道を禁止した。

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***** [(1) very probable; (2) with good reason to believe; (3) true without question]  

Spelling sure

Meaning (1): very probable
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He believed he had a sure method of escape. 彼は自分には確実な脱出の方法があると信じていた。

Meaning (2): with good reason to believe
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Everything she wrote was based on sure facts. 彼女が書いたことすべてが、疑いのない事実に基づいていた。

Meaning (3): true without question
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The government had sure proof that he did the crime. 政府は彼が罪を犯したという確かな証拠を持っていた。

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***** [the outer side or top of something]  

Spelling surface

Meaning: the outer side or top of something
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The rocket landed on the surface of the moon. ロケットは月面に着陸した。

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***** [(1) an amount that is more than is needed; (2) extra]  

Spelling surplus

Meaning (1): an amount that is more than is needed
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The United States had a big budget surplus. 合衆国は多額の予算剰余を持っていた。

Meaning (2): extra
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) That country has a trade surplus. It exports more than it imports. その国の貿易は黒字です。その国は輸入より多く輸出しています。

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***** [(1) to cause a feeling of wonder because something is not expected; (2) something not expected; (3) the feeling caused by something not expected]

Spelling surprise

Meaning (1): to cause a feeling of wonder because something is not expected
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Her friends surprised her with a party. 彼女の友人らはパーティーを開いて彼女を驚かした。

Meaning (2): something not expected
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The party was a big surprise. パーティーはとても思いがけないものだった。

Meaning (3): the feeling caused by something not expected
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Her real surprise made everyone else as happy as she. 彼女が本当に驚いたので、ほかの皆も彼女と同じくらいうれしくなった。

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***** [(1) to give control of oneself or one's property to another or others; (2) to stop fighting and admit defeat]  

Spelling surrender

Meaning (1): to give control of oneself or one's property to another or others
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The robbers surrendered to police. 強盗たちは警察に自首した。

Meaning (2): to stop fighting and admit defeat
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Germany surrendered to the allied powers to end the war in Europe. ドイツが連合国軍に降伏して、ヨーロッパの戦争は終わった。

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***** [(1) to form a circle around; (2) to be in positions all around someone or something]  

Spelling surround

Meaning (1): to form a circle around
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The house was surrounded by big trees. 家は大きな木々で囲まれていた。

Meaning (2): to be in positions all around someone or something
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Soldiers surrounded the enemy headquarters. 兵士たちは敵軍本部を包囲した。

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***** [to remain alive during or after a dangerous situation]  

Spelling survive

Meaning: to remain alive during or after a dangerous situation
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) No one survived when the plane crashed into the mountain. 飛行機が山に衝突した時、だれも生き残らなかった。

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***** [(1) to imagine or believe that a person is guilty of something bad or illegal; (2) a person believed to be guilty]  

Spelling suspect

Meaning (1): to imagine or believe that a person is guilty of something bad or illegal
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Police suspected her from the beginning. 警察ははじめから彼女を疑っていた。

Meaning (2): a person believed to be guilty
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) They questioned all the usual suspects. 彼らはいつもの要注意人物全員に尋問した。

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***** [to cause to stop for a period of time]  

Spelling suspend

Meaning: to cause to stop for a period of time
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The committee meeting was suspended because not enough voting members were there. 委員会の会議は、投票権のあるメンバーの出席数が足りなかったので延期された。

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***** [to take into the stomach through the mouth]  

Spelling swallow

Meaning: to take into the stomach through the mouth
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) He swallowed the medicine. 彼は薬を飲み込んだ。

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***** [to put an official into office by having him or her promise to carry out the duties of that office] 

Spelling swear in

Meaning: to put an official into office by having him or her promise to carry out the duties of that office
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The chief justice will swear in the president. 最高裁判所長官が大統領に就任の宣誓をさせます。

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***** [tasting pleasant, like sugar]  

Spelling sweet

Meaning: tasting pleasant, like sugar
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) This fruit is very sweet. この果物はとても甘い。

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***** [to move through water by making motions with the arms and legs]

Spelling swim

Meaning: to move through water by making motions with the arms and legs
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Can you swim across the river? あなたはこの川を泳いで渡れますか？

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***** [a sharing of feelings or emotions with another person, usually feelings of sadness]  

Spelling sympathy

Meaning: a sharing of feelings or emotions with another person, usually feelings of sadness
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) You have our sympathy for your loss. ご不幸に対しお悔やみ申し上げます。

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***** [(1) a method of organizing or doing something by following rules or a plan; (2) a group of connected things or parts working together for a common purpose or goal]  

Spelling system

Meaning (1): a method of organizing or doing something by following rules or a plan
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) The office established a filing system so that we can find documents easily and quickly. 職場は、我々が書類を簡単に早く見つけることができるように 書類整理の方式を確立した。

Meaning (2): a group of connected things or parts working together for a common purpose or goal
Usage example (voice)

Usage example (text) Our system of justice sometimes makes mistakes and punishes an innocent person. 我々の司法の機構はときどき間違いを犯し、無実の人を罰する。

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