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tyre/tire  noun

   a thick ,round piece of rubberfilled with air, that fits around a wheel

  I got a　flat tire.

scrape  verb

  to damage the surface of something by rubbing it against something rough

  Tom happened to scrape his knee.

horizontally    adv

  level or flat ,or parallel to the ground or to the bottom of a page

  Write lines horizontally, everyone.

stripe  noun

  a long straight area of color

  This skert is striped.

officer  noun

  someone with an important job in a military organization

  He was an army officer wh4en he was young.

hybrid  noun

   a plant or animal that is produced from two different types of plant or animal

  The dog that I have is hybrid.

manufacture  verb

  to produce something ,usually in large numbers in a factory

  Manufacture became famous in the 1990 in Japan.

domestic  adj

  relating to the home and family relationships

  I am a rather domestic person and I donnot like to go travel.

industry  noun

  the production of goods in factories

  The entertainment industry is the most popular today.

unit  noun

   a group of people who are responsible for a particular part of an organization

   New arthists are divided by some units.

panacea  noun

   something that peoplo believe can solve all their problems

    The existance of my pet is like panacea to me.

undeniable  adj

    certainly true

    The fact that she is innocent is undeniable.

sedentary  adj

   spending a lot of time sitting down or not being active

   The life of my mother is sedentary.

randomly  adv

   done or chosen without any plan or system

   Please pick cards up randomly.

threshold  noun

   the level at which something starts to happen

   I have a low threshold.

survey   noun

   an examination of a structure of a buIlding in order to find out if thereis anything wrong with it

   We have survey done properly.

hampere  verb

   to make it difficult for someone to do something

   The need of my boss hampered us to do our homework.

inflammation  noun

   a red, painful , and often swollen area in or on a part of your body

   I had an inflammation on my back when I was young.

circulation  noun

  the movement of blood around your body

  Exercise improves your circulation.

obsession  noun

　something or someone that you think all the time

   Doing the diet becomes like a obsession to us these days.

non-fiction  adj

   not made

    Charles Wickens is a non-fiction author.

comprehention  noun

     the ability to understand something

     Please answer these comprehention questions.

creature  noun

     anything that lives but is not a plant

     Mammel is a living creature today.

pursuit   noun

     when you try to acheive a plan ,activity or situation, usually over a long period of time

     Pursuit of happiness is confirmed legelly in Japan today.

 hallmark   noun

    a quality or method that is a typical of a particular type of person or thing

    Red color is a hallmark of this brand.

clump   noun

    a group of plants growing closely together

    There is a clump of grass in this park.

pre-existing  adj

    existing before

symptom  noun

     a physicalo feeling or problem which shows that you have a particular illness

     The inablity to sleep is symtom of insomnia.

trial  noun

     a test of something new to find out if it is safe, works correctly ,etc

     This trial is important one to the future.

hamper   noun

    a large basket

equivlant  adj

    equal in amount ,value ,importance or meaning

    The academic award is equivalent to the Oscar.

inflammatory  adj

   intended or likely to cause anger or hate

    Inflammatory speech is likely to be risky.

suppress  verb

    to conterol feelings so that they do not show

    I could barely suppress my anger when my boss talked to me.

vary  verb

    If things of the same type vary, they are different from each other.

    Car prices vary greatly across Europe.

molecule  noun

    the smallest unit of a substance, consisting of one or more atoms

    We searched molecules in a science work.

consistent  adj

    always behaving or happening in a smilar, usually positive way

    The level of searching problems is consistent.

pin down

    to discover exact details about something

    Investigaters try to pin down what happend.

sleepless   adj

    a night when you are unable to sleep

    She spent a sleepless night wandering what to do.